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.
CBC News – Frustrations Mount as Locked-Out Workers Picket Refugee Settlement Office in Downtown Winnipeg
Fatuma Omar showed up for an appointment at Welcome Place in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday morning only to find its employees locked out. “They didn’t tell me,” said the 27-year-old Somali woman, who scheduled a day off work to access refugee settlement services at the Bannatyne Avenue building. More than 20 casual and full-time employees at Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council, also known as Welcome Place, took shifts picketing outside the non-profit’s building on Wednesday, protesting a lockout that started the day before.
Global News – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Accused of Discrimination in Sponsorship Applications
A Montreal woman is accusing Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) of discrimination as she tries to get permission to bring her Cuban husband to Canada. Global News first reported on Lauren Degilio’s story in November 2020. She says no progress has been made, adding the spousal sponsorship process is agonizingly slow and painful. Last week, she protested her situation in front of federal MP David Lametti’s office in Verdun.
CBC News – COVID-19 Deaths of 3 Ontario Farm Workers Prompt Coroner’s Call for Changes
A deputy chief coroner’s review of the COVID-19 deaths of three migrant farm workers in Ontario is calling for better safeguards and improved working conditions for foreign seasonal agricultural workers, a population that faces barriers to accessing health care and added dangers due to communal living quarters. The report includes 35 recommendations, calling on everything from improved access to health care to better communication between governments and agencies involved in bringing foreign workers to Canada each growing season.
CTV News – Welcome Place Locks Out Winnipeg Settlement Workers, Says Services for Refugees Will Continue
Welcome Place, also known as the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council (MIIC) locked out workers Tuesday morning and said services to clients will still be provided but didn’t elaborate on how that would happen. The move affects 23 settlement workers whose union said the workers have already taken wage decreases and shouldn’t have to sacrifice anymore.
Le Quotidien – 1,2M$ pour faire face à la pénurie de main d’œuvre
La ministre des Affaires municipales et responsable de la région Andrée Laforest a confirmé une enveloppe de 1,2 M$ jusqu’en 2024 afin de mettre en place la stratégie régionale de recrutement et d’attraction de main-d’oeuvre, en collaboration avec les MRC et la Ville de Saguenay. Le Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean fait face à une pénurie de main-d’oeuvre au même titre que l’ensemble du Québec alors qu’il affiche le troisième plus bas taux de chômage.
Le Soleil – Montréal discute de la possibilité d’élargir le droit de vote aux non-citoyens
Des élus montréalais envisagent d’étendre le droit de vote à plus de 100 000 non-citoyens afin de mieux intégrer les immigrants et d’encourager davantage de personnes racisées à participer à la politique municipale. Montréal peut « faire preuve de leadership » sur cette question et relancer le débat dans le pays, selon un rapport daté du 19 avril de la Commission sur le développement social et la diversité montréalaise.
