Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

For the past year, Mohad Asef Faqiri has been trying his best to support his wife, daughter and 10-year-old grandson, Hadis Afghanfar in Toronto — as well as Hadis’s parents and his two brothers abroad. Hadis, his grandparents and other members of his family got separated from his parents at Kabul International Airport in the rush to flee Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover last summer. But with their temporary resident visas (TRV) denied by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) last month after eight months of waiting, Faqiri’s not sure when the child’s mother and father can get here.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/grandfather-asks-help-immigration-afghanistan-1.6499073

Immigration, économie, services en français, rayonnement de la langue française : les ministres responsables de la francophonie dans les provinces et territoires ainsi qu’au gouvernement fédéral ont discuté de certains des enjeux de l’heure, lors de leur rencontre annuelle qui avait lieu à Regina cette année. Les ministres estiment toujours pertinent d’appuyer leurs collègues responsables de l’immigration pour que davantage de nouveaux arrivants au pays maîtrisent la langue française.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1893517/rencontre-ministres-francophonie-canadienne-2022-regina

Some retail space donated to a local organization to help Ukrainian refugees is now open in Halifax. Newcomers can shop for whatever they need to fill their homes – for free. The Ukraine Store opened Tuesday at 7071 Bayers Rd. to limited hours, and in those two days they’ve already helped 11 families find items they need for their new homes.

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/store-opens-in-halifax-for-ukrainian-refugees-to-shop-for-their-homes-free-of-charge-1.5960771

Immigration backlogs and processing delays have become a top barrier to Canadian employers seeking to attract talent and the situation is impeding economic growth and business investment, a new survey suggests. The report by the Business Council of Canada found 80 per cent of surveyed employers were having trouble finding skilled workers, with labour shortages in every province and territory — with it being most pronounced in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/06/24/canadas-covid-spurred-immigration-backlog-is-hurting-its-economic-growth-survey-suggests.html

The populations of smaller communities in Canada have been shrinking because of low birth rates, youth and working professionals moving away and a failure to attract and retain new residents. In an attempt to prevent this decline, many communities are turning to marketing campaigns. For example, Sarnia-Lambton in Ontario seeks to attract new residents by highlighting the community’s affordable housing, accessible health care and strong and diversified economy — which is said to make it an ideal place to live and work.

https://theconversation.com/discrimination-can-make-smaller-communities-unappealing-to-immigrants-racialized-and-indigenous-people-183959

Deux programmes d’immigration, l’un mis en place pour aider les interprètes afghans qui sont venus en aide aux soldats canadiens et l’autre prévu pour les personnes particulièrement en danger sous le régime des talibans, pourraient ne pas suffire à répondre à la demande, préviennent des députés fédéraux et des organismes communautaires. Le ministère de l’Immigration a confirmé avoir reçu près de 15 000 demandes pour le programme visant les Afghans qui ont aidé le Canada, qui compte 18 000 places.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/2022-06-23/refugies-afghans/les-programmes-d-immigration-sont-pres-d-etre-complets.php