Une alliance nationale visant à fournir une base factuelle pour l'établissement et l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants, ainsi que pour la promotion de communautés accueillantes au Canada
La revue de presse fournit des liens aux articles récents et archivés, à la fois en anglais et en français, sur l’immigration et la diversité lesquels ont été publiés dans les média locaux et nationaux. Il y a également des articles internationaux. Cette section est mise à jour hebdomadairement.
Globe and Mail – Canada Urged to Set Up Trust Fund to Distribute Seized Russian Assets to Ukraine
A refugee advocacy group chaired by former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy is proposing a trust fund be created to redistribute seized Russian assets to Ukrainians as allies of Kyiv make plans for rebuilding the war-damaged country. The federal government under Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pioneered an effort last year to seize and sell Russian assets to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine and has already announced plans to seize a massive Volga-Dnepr cargo plane parked in Toronto as well as US$26-million belonging to a company owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Global News – Finding Work After Fleeing Home: Moncton Holds First Job Fair for Refugees
Fifty-nine refugees have been preparing for Moncton’s first refugee job fair for weeks. City of Moncton Immigration Strategy Officer Angélique Reddy-Kalala said settlement agencies like the Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area (MAGMA) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) helped refugees create a résumé for the event. She said the newcomers were matched with employers based on their prior experience, and 110 interviews were arranged for the job fair.
Radio-Canada – La population de la Saskatchewan augmente grâce à l’immigration, selon un expert
Un analyste auprès de Statistiques Canada indique que la Saskatchewan connaît une croissance démographique importante grâce à l’immigration. « Il y avait eu des années que la population de la Saskatchewan avait connu des décroissances de sa population, mais ça semble avoir pris de la rigueur depuis plusieurs années et ça continue à croître surtout grâce à l’immigration », affirme Patrick Charbonneau lors d’une entrevue à l’émission Point du jour.
CBC News – Workers Injured in Forestry Road Bus Crash Were Mostly Immigrant Women from Ethiopia and Somalia, Union Says
Most of the workers injured in a bus crash on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C., on Friday were immigrant housekeepers who had recently been rehoused off site and made to commute two hours each way to Coastal GasLink’s Parsnip Lodge work camp, according to their union. The bus was carrying 25 people when it flipped over on the remote Firth Lake forest service road.
Global News – Winnipeg Rally Calls for Repeal of Safe Third Country, Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Dozens of people headed to Winnipeg’s Central Park on Monday, joining a rally in support of repealing a years-old agreement between Canada and the United States. “(The agreement) takes back Canada’s commitment to refugees and makes Canada (go back) on its obligations to protect the rights of refugees,” said Abdikheir Ahmed, a member of the Immigration Matters in Canada Coalition. Ahmed said the agreement can put the lives of refugees in danger.
CBC News – Blaming Immigration for the Country’s Housing Crisis Disguises the Real Problem, Analysts Say
Immigration advocates and housing experts say criticism of newcomers as the cause of the housing crunch is misguided. They say immigrants are too often the scapegoats for societal and governmental failures. Instead, they point at the federal government for setting large targets while failing to ensure the infrastructure needed to support population growth.
