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 Soleil – Malgré les besoins de main d’œuvre, la discrimination toujours présente dans les milieux de travail

Les personnes racisées ou issues de l’immigration continuent de vivre de la discrimination en emploi, et ce, même si les besoins de main-d’œuvre demeurent criants. Une étude réalisée pour le compte de l’Observatoire sur les inégalités raciales au Québec (OIRQ) et rendue publique mercredi montre que les membres de minorités vivent la discrimination au quotidien dans leurs milieux de travail. L’étude en question a spécifiquement été réalisée auprès de 137 personnes qui disent avoir vécu de la discrimination raciale.

https://www.lesoleil.com/2022/06/01/malgre-les-besoins-de-main-duvre-la-discrimination-toujours-presente-dans-les-milieux-de-travail-9a78eb76943cbcb242b9012aa042f8fa

Montreal Gazette – Quebec Must Boost Immigration Levels to Solve Labour Woes: Think Tank

Although Quebec has the right to select its economic immigrants, Canada remains responsible for setting national immigration standards and objectives. Allowing Quebec to verify by itself the health, security and criminal records of economic immigrants would considerably speed up the bureaucratic process and improve Quebec’s attractiveness in an increasingly competitive labour market, according to Institut du Québec chief executive Mia Homsy.

https://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/quebec-must-boost-immigration-levels-to-solve-labour-woes-think-tank

Toronto Star – Quebec Is No Louisiana, Experts Say as Premier Accused of Stoking Immigration Fears

Premier François Legault’s assertion that Quebec risks turning into Louisiana if the province doesn’t have more control over immigration is based more in pre-election posturing than reality, opposition politicians and experts said this week. Legault has faced accusations of stoking fears about newcomers after he told delegates at his party’s convention on the weekend that the survival of the Quebec nation depended on the federal government granting Quebec more power over who can immigrate to the province.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/06/01/quebec-premier-accused-of-stoking-immigration-fears-lacking-empathy-toward-newcomers.html

Toronto Star – They’ve Lost 14 Years as They’ve Fought to Be Together in Canada – Anguish Compounded by the Deaths of Two Infant Sons in West Africa

Bernadin Kossi Ben Djikounou says he always pauses when he’s out and sees young kids running around in parks or riding on their parents’ backs. It’s a glimpse of the life he once might have had here in Canada, with the two sons he never got to meet and hold. Both boys, Elizier and Enfta, died as infants in Togo in Western Africa a decade apart, in 2009 and 2019 — while the former refugee was trying to bring his wife to join him in Canada.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/06/01/theyve-lost-14-years-as-theyve-fought-to-be-together-in-canada-anguish-compounded-by-the-deaths-of-two-infant-sons-in-west-africa.html

Winnipeg Free Press – Province to Pay for Ukrainian Refugee Medical Tests

The Manitoba government is picking up the tab for Ukrainian refugees to get medical checks required by the federal government, after first trying to get Ottawa to pay. Under its emergency permit, Ottawa requires Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion to get medical exams — which can cost $350 for an adult — within their first 90 days of reaching Canada. The tests, usually an X-ray and blood test, check for communicable diseases more prevalent outside Canada, such as tuberculosis and HIV.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/province-to-pay-for-ukrainian-refugee-medical-tests-576557402.html

La Presse – Le Québec, une « Louisiane ». « Un parallèle un peu rapide » de Legault

Le premier ministre François Legault a fait « un parallèle un peu rapide » en disant dimanche que le Québec risquait de devenir « une Louisiane » si Ottawa ne lui cédait pas les pleins pouvoirs en immigration, estime un expert embauché par le gouvernement pour le conseiller dans ce dossier. Le démographe Marc Termote appuie l’idée de rapatrier les pouvoirs en matière d’immigration. Il précise qu’Ottawa a le contrôle sur 35 % à 40 % de l’immigration permanente.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2022-05-31/le-quebec-une-louisiane/un-parallele-un-peu-rapide-de-legault.php