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.
Info Radio-Canada – Le gouvernement Legault impose un test de valeurs dans la sélection des immigrants
Le gouvernement Legault procédera à l’implantation d’un test des valeurs. Mais contrairement à ce que le premier ministre du Québec souhaitait initialement, ce test ne sera pas une condition à l’obtention de la résidence permanente d’un nouvel arrivant. Il sera plutôt inséré dans le processus de sélection. Un ressortissant étranger qui souhaite s’établir au Québec à titre permanent ainsi que les membres de sa famille qui l’accompagnent devront obtenir une attestation d’apprentissage des valeurs démocratiques et des valeurs québécoises afin d’être sélectionnés par le ministère de l’Immigration.
Toronto Star – Quebec Introducing Values Test for Newcomers Wanting to Move to the Province
Starting Jan. 1., anyone seeking permanent residency in Quebec will need to score at least 75 per cent on a 20-question, multiple-choice exam, to be completed in 90 minutes, Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette announced Wednesday. Jolin-Barrette brought some examples of test questions for journalists during his news conference in Quebec City. “In Quebec, women and men have the same rights and this equality is written into law. True or False?” reads one example.
CTV News – Quebec to Impose a ‘Values Test’ on Immigrants as of Jan. 1
The test will be part of the province’s selection process and must be taken within a two-year period before candidates can apply “for selection for permanent immigration,” states the official Gazette of Quebec, the official publication of the Quebec government. “If you compare our test to the test that already exists in Canada about knowing Canada, it’s not very different,” Quebec Premier François Legault said Wednesday.
Globe and Mail – Canada Should Consider Refugee Resettlement Program for Venezuelans, Says UNHCR
Renata Dubini, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees director for the Americas, said Canada could add to its leadership role in finding a resolution to the crisis in the South American country by establishing a resettlement effort for Venezuelans, as it did for Syrian refugees four years ago. Ms. Dubini said such a program would be a “blessing” as surrounding countries take in most of the 4.5 million Venezuelans who have fled since 2015 – a number the UNHCR predicts will grow to 6.5 million by the end of 2020.
Info Radio-Canada – Le milieu des affaires insatisfait de l’augmentation des cibles d’immigration
Le gouvernement Legault a confirmé sa volonté de rehausser les seuils d’immigration, moins d’un an après les avoir baissés. Cependant, cette augmentation n’est pas aussi importante que ce qu’avait revendiqué le milieu économique lors des consultations publiques cet été. Finalement, le ministère de l’Immigration a confirmé sa volonté d’accueillir entre 49 500 et 52 500 personnes en 2022, comme cela a été envisagé avant les consultations publiques cet été.
Curator Aanjalie Roane’s project, Scary Immigrants, is all about juxtaposing mundane family photos — the kind stuck on fridges, framed on living room bookshelves or slotted into photo albums across Canada — and captioning them with common xenophobic tropes. “The project is really seeking to confront those stereotypes in their face and show exactly how absurd they might be,” she said.
