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.


CBC News – Delayed Arrival of Agriculture Workers Could Be ‘Catastrophic’ for Crops, Industry Says

A newly announced pause on the arrival of temporary foreign workers in Windsor-Essex amid the Omicron surge is expected to come at a cost for vegetable growers in southwestern Ontario. Joe Sbrocchi, general manager of Ontario Greenhouse and Vegetable Growers, says the delay could potentially be “catastrophic” for crops. “Once the plants grow too wild they can’t be cultivated, and so they have to be basically killed down. So you’re talking about massive amounts of food waste, tons of money being poured down the toilet,” he said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-essex-covid19-greenhouses-1.6313118

CBC News – Vancouver, Toronto and Edmonton Have Highest Immigrant Retention Rates: StatsCan

Vancouver, Toronto and Edmonton have the highest immigrant retention rates in the country, according to data published by Statistics Canada. The agency looked at immigrants who were admitted to Canada in 2014 and filed taxes in 2019. Five years after being admitted to Canada, 86.1 per cent of immigrants who first settled there had stayed in Vancouver, which had the highest retention rate of any metropolitan area, followed by Toronto (85.5 per cent) and Edmonton (84.6 per cent).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/vancouver-toronto-edmonton-immigration-1.6311574

CBC News – Businesses in Windsor-Essex Ordered to Pause Bringing Temporary Foreign Workers to Ontario Region

Public health officials in southwestern Ontario have put a three-week pause on the arrival of any temporary foreign workers to the Windsor-Essex region. Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health for the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), on Wednesday issued a new letter of instruction to business owners or operators who employ temporary foreign workers. Nesathurai said 275 migrant workers are self-isolating in the region. But officials are running out of space to care for people.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/wechu-order-jan12-1.6311998

CBC News – Ontario to deploy internationally trained nurses to hospitals as COVID-19 ICU admissions hit 477

Ontario reported a new high of 3,220 patients in hospital with COVID-19 on Tuesday, while Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province would deploy internationally trained nurses to health-care settings strained by staffing shortages. Of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19, 54 per cent were admitted to hospital seeking treatment for COVID-19, while 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for the illness, according to new dataset from the Ministry of Health.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-ontario-jan-11-2022-1.6310732

Radio-Canada – Travailleurs étrangers temporaires et délais : Ottawa dit ne pas être le seul en cause

Ottawa concède que les délais de traitement des dossiers des travailleurs étrangers se sont allongés, mais fait valoir que Québec y est pour quelque chose, dans certains cas. Et Ottawa rappelle aussi que les demandes dans ce domaine ont augmenté de 50 %. La ministre fédérale de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire a tenu à répliquer au ministre québécois du Travail et de l’Emploi, Jean Boulet, qui, la veille, s’était plaint des délais de traitement des dossiers de travailleurs étrangers par Ottawa.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1853441/canada-quebec-traitement-agriculture-bibeau-boulet

Radio-Canada – L’Ontario déploie des infirmières formées à l’étranger dans ses hôpitaux

En raison de l’absentéisme qui « met une grande pression sur le système » de santé, les infirmières qui ont été formées à l’étranger pourront travailler dans les hôpitaux et les foyers de soins de longue durée de l’Ontario. Le programme permettra à ces infirmières de travailler au sein d’une équipe sous la supervision d’un fournisseur de soins de santé réglementé, comme une infirmière ou un infirmier autorisé ou un médecin, peut-on lire dans le communiqué officiel.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1853440/ontario-infirmieres-formees-etranger