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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.
Trudeau makes big changes with Chrystia Freeland, who becomes the new deputy PM and Catherine McKenna, who made a lateral move away from the environment portfolio
Minister of Immigration — Marco Mendicino
Last portfolio: N/A
First elected in: 2015
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/justin-trudeau-cabinet-2019-liberals
Nos finissants du cégep et de l’université se placent mieux que jamais au Québec, grâce à une économie dynamique. Il reste toutefois des formations moins prisées sur le marché du travail. Et dans certains cas, la plus faible demande pour des formations ne date pas d’hier, mais de plus de 20 ans, et il est donc peu probable que cette tendance change du jour au lendemain.
U.S. officials have said asylum seekers should seek protection in the first country they reach that is safe, meaning where they are not likely to be persecuted, because many cross several borders on their way to the United States. However, the new regulation states that asylum seekers may be sent to countries that have signed agreements – even if they did not first travel through those countries. Amnesty International Canada secretary-general Alex Neve called the agreements “sinister,” but said it’s too soon to say how it might affect Canada’s border.
As Canada struggles to thaw its frosty relationship with China, academics and researchers are boycotting the world’s largest conference on migration, settlement and diversity to be held in Beijing. The group has launched an online petition urging that the 2020 International Metropolis migration conference be relocated to a country other than China, due to its poor human rights record: the repression of the Muslim Uighur and Tibetan minorities, threats to Hong Kong’s legal and judicial independence, and the detention of foreign nationals, including Canadian businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig.
A Vancouver suburb that boasts the largest proportion of immigrants anywhere in Canada has unveiled the final draft of its “cultural harmony” strategy, which officials hope will bring together residents and ease social tensions. While the slate of initiatives recommended by Richmond city staff include no-brainers, such as the promotion of intercultural activities and celebration of the arts, it also contains more ambitious goals, such as recruiting employees who reflect the population they serve and developing a policy to ensure under-represented communities have greater say in the city’s decisions.
Le gouvernement devrait annuler sa récente réforme de l’immigration, selon trois chercheurs de l’Université Laval, parce que le Programme d’expérience québécoise (PEQ) fonctionne déjà à merveille. Le taux d’emploi et le revenu d’emploi moyen des premières cohortes d’immigrants participants au PEQ, de 2010 à 2012, étaient supérieurs à ceux de l’ensemble de la population québécoise âgée de 15 à 64 ans, d’après leur étude.