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.
Global News – Montrealers Growing Weary Over Delays in Delivery of Federal Government Services
Global News reported a week ago about a recent interruption of Guaranteed Income Supplement payments to seniors. Now, more community workers are speaking out about delays and problems in other federal government departments, and some experts believe it could take some time before some of the problems are resolved. Franz André, a co-ordinator with Comite d’action des Personnes sans status, a refugee support group, noted that with the volume of people arriving since last fall, he’s seeing more delays in services to them.
CBC News – Iranian-Canadians Feel Like ‘2nd-Class Citizens’ as Many Continue to Be Stopped While Travelling to the U.S.
Amir Abolhassani sold his house in Saskatoon when his U.S.-based employer asked him to relocate to North Carolina. But at the Calgary airport this January, his family was not allowed to cross the border. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer told Abolhassani, who is a Canadian citizen, that it was because of time he spent as a conscript in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) more than a decade ago. The family was subjected to a secondary screening involving a long interview and an extensive search of their belongings, cellphones and social media.
CBC News – N.B. Driver’s Licence Program Doesn’t Apply to Many Immigrants from Outside Europe
Drivers from 18 European countries as well as those from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Republic of Korea and Taiwan can exchange their licences for New Brunswick licences. The province recently added Ukraine to that list. In a joint statement released on Aug. 4, Black Lives Matter New Brunswick, the New Brunswick African Association, the Nigerian-Canadian Association of New Brunswick and Conseil provincial des personnes d’ascendance africaine du Nouveau Brunswick, called for the government to extend the courtesy to all newcomers regardless of their country of origin.
Toronto Star – Are You Waiting for the Confirmation of Your Extended Work Permits? It May Be in a Stranger’s Inbox
As officials are rushing to renew more than 93,000 expired and expiring work permits by the end of this year, some applicants are shocked to find in their email and immigration accounts the documents that belong to someone they don’t know. What’s more, the department has explicitly warned in the letter and on its website to “not email us to ask questions” to avoid penalties. So some are resorting to social media to find the real owners of the documents.
CTV News – Major Immigration Backlog in Canada Leaving Thousands of Trained Health-Care Professionals on the Sidelines
In February 2021, Sharlene Ullani applied for permanent residency after years spent working in Canada as a caregiver for children. Eighteen months later, the internationally trained nurse with more than seven years experience hasn’t heard anything from Immigration Canada about her application status. Online, the government only estimates the processing time for permanent resident card applications. As of Aug.2, that wait is 2.6 months, or 81 days.
CBC News – Newcomers Waiting Up to 9 Months for N.B. Medicare Card
While wait times for medical treatments are increasing for many New Brunswickers, some newcomers are struggling to even get a medicare card. New Brunswick Multicultural Council president Moncef Lakouas says he’s hearing about cases where newcomers are waiting up to nine months to get one — and said it’s having a snowball effect.
