The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
CTV News – Canada Back in World’s Top 10 Economies, with Room to Grow: Report
The latest edition of the World Economic League Table places Canada as the world’s 10th-largest economy based on its GDP of US$1.731 trillion (CAD$2.251 trillion) in 2019. The U.K.-based Centre for Economics and Business Research says population growth brought on by immigration has contributed to Canada’s economic strength. “Countries that are successful in attracting skilled migrants tend to grow faster,” reads a press release accompanying the report.
Global News – What’s Next for Canadian Refugee Policies in 2020
Over the next year, Canada will have to grapple with people fleeing persecution and war around the world at rates not seen since the Second World War. And as President Donald Trump has significantly scaled back U.S. commitments to resettling refugees, and taken an aggressive stance toward asylum seekers crossing U.S. borders, Canada’s own responses to newcomers will continue to be tested in the new year.
CTV News – Feds Postpone Popular Immigration Program to Sponsor Parents, Grandparents
The parents and grandparents program normally opens for applications once a year, and often in January. But Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino has given notice that the application process for 2020 is being postponed. “These instructions will allow the Department sufficient time to complete the development of a new application intake management process,” he wrote. The application process for the wildly popular program has been reworked several times in recent years following criticism and problems with the system.
La Presse – Immigration : le programme de parrainage des parents et grands-parents retardés
Le Programme de parrainage des parents et des grands-parents accueille normalement les demandes en janvier, mais il ne le fera pas comme prévu en janvier 2020. Le ministère de l’Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté affirme que le gouvernement a besoin de plus de temps pour élaborer un nouveau processus de réception des demandes. Il s’agit de la plus récente tentative du gouvernement libéral de remanier ce programme très populaire qui permet à environ 20 000 parents ou grands-parents d’être admis chaque année au Canada, dans le cadre de la réunification des familles.
Globe and Mail – Nova Scotia Approved Record Number of Immigrants to the Province in 2019
The province’s Office of Immigration approved 2,780 applications as of Dec. 27, up 21 per cent over 2018 and more than 300 per cent over 2013. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab says the province’s population is at an all-time high and getting younger, while filling persistent labour needs in key sectors, including health care. Since 2018, 52 physicians and 184 continuing care assistants have been approved to move to Nova Scotia through various immigration programs.
ICI Colombie-Britannique-Yukon – 40 ans après son arrivée, une réfugiée cambodgienne revient sur son expérience canadienne
Quarante ans après l’arrivée de sa famille au Canada, une réfugiée cambodgienne se remémore son expérience et plaide pour davantage de soutien pour les nouveaux arrivants. Le 3 décembre 1980, Y-Dang Troeung, ses parents et ses deux frères aînés atterrissent à Montréal lors d’une journée enneigée, dans le cadre du Programme de parrainage privé de réfugiés du gouvernement canadien.
