Media Roundup

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.


Le Devoir – Les immigrants temporaires ne feront pas parties des discussions de Québec

Reconnaissant que près de 300 000 immigrants non permanents se trouvaient en sol québécois à la fin de 2022, la ministre de l’Immigration, Christine Fréchette, refuse toutefois d’inclure la question des immigrants temporaires dans sa consultation sur les cibles cet automne. Talonnant Mme Fréchette sur le sujet lors de l’étude des crédits de son ministère, le député solidaire de Saint-Henri–Saint-Anne, Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, a sommé le gouvernement d’aborder le sujet lors de ses consultations sur les cibles d’immigration 2024-2027. 

https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/790468/politique-les-immigrants-temporaires-ne-feront-pas-partie-des-discussions-de-quebec

CBC News – 3 Charged in India After Complaint Details Family’s Last Moments Before Fatal St. Lawrence River Journey

Human smugglers pressured the Indian and Romanian families into a boat in bad weather the night they died trying to cross the St. Lawrence River, according to a police complaint filed in India that led to charges against three Indian nationals. The bodies of the two families, totalling six adults and two children, were pulled from the St. Lawrence River on March 30 and 31 near the Kanien’kehá:ka community of Akwesasne after a failed human smuggling attempt to take them into the U.S.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/akwesasne-river-deaths-india-charges-1.6832530

CBC News – Sask. Teachers’ Federation Says More EAL Specialists Needed Amid Immigration-Driven Enrolment Spike

Saskatchewan’s premier said Monday that the province has listened to the calls for more education funding. But the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) wants the government to also make sure it focuses on the need for English as an additional language (EAL) specialists in schools. Both the province and the STF said a recent uptick in immigration in the province has driven up enrolment numbers in public schools. Many of these children need language support.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/stf-says-more-eal-specialists-needed-high-immigrant-enrolment-1.6831100

Radio-Canada – Forcés de grandir trop tôt : des enfants d’immigrants ouvrent les factures

Traduire le menu au restaurant, déchiffrer la carte des transports en commun, ou encore vérifier que tel article est bien en solde, c’est le genre de petites tâches du quotidien que des enfants d’immigrés sont amenés à faire lorsque les parents ne parlent pas la langue de leur nouveau pays. Plus aptes à assimiler une nouvelle langue et plus précoces à acquérir les normes sociales, les enfants sont souvent un relais pour les parents. Dans certains cas, ils deviennent des médiateurs et se retrouvent impliqués dans des enjeux qui les dépassent.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1967390/sante-mentale-enfants-immigrants

CTV News – Expect Long Passport Lineups This Week, Post-Strike Immigration Backlog: Ministers

A federal minister is advising Canadians to expect long lines at passport offices this week as the public service resumes work following a 12-day strike. Families minister Karina Gould says the job action did not create a significant backlog, as the federal government received only about 20 per cent of the typical volume of passport applications during the strike. Meanwhile, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says about 100,000 decisions regarding immigration files were not processed during the strike.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/expect-long-passport-lineups-this-week-post-strike-immigration-backlog-ministers-1.6379650

CBC News – Sewing Class Teaching Newly-Arrived Afghan Women More Than Just Sewing

A class for Afghan women starting new lives in Calgary is using sewing machines to help them craft a fresh start in a new country. The women fled violence in their home country after the Taliban returned to power there in 2021. The federal government has brought more than 30,000 vulnerable Afghans to Canada, with many now settling and starting new lives in cities like Calgary.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/newcomers-refugees-calgary-afghan-women-sewing-1.6828660