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.
Le Devoir — Fronde contre la fin de l’aide juridique en immigration à Québec
Un service d’aide juridique spécialisé en immigration jugé « essentiel » par le milieu communautaire et les immigrants entre Trois-Rivières et Gaspé fermera à la fin du mois. « Pour des économies de bouts de chandelle », dénonce Laurie Arsenault-Paré, directrice du Carrefour d’action interculturelle (CAI), les migrants les plus vulnérables devront maintenant s’adresser au privé ou au bureau de Montréal. Cet organisme de soutien aux immigrants de Québec mène la fronde contre cette décision de la Commission des services juridiques (CSJ), qui survient au moment où « les besoins sont plus criants que jamais », dit-elle.
National Post — ‘Prioritize skill’: How Canada can make immigration work again
The Liberal government’s recent reversal on the consumer carbon tax takes first prize for its biggest policy backpedal, but in a close second is a dramatic U-turn on immigration. The Liberals came to power offering an expansive vision of immigration that saw permanent resident targets nearly double, from 260,000 in 2015 to a goal of 500,000 in 2025. By 2023, when inflation was spiking after the pandemic and housing issues had grown into a full blown crisis, Canadians were starting to become skeptical that the country could handle the kind of population growth the Liberals envisioned. At the same time, population growth was hitting record levels.
CP24 — N.B. Business warns it’ll lose skilled workers following changes to immigration policy
As Canadian businesses try to roll with an ever-changing tariff policy south of the border, there’s another issue creating challenges at home: recent changes to Canada’s immigration policy. “The biggest threat to our business is immigration policy, and the lack of available workers,” said Blair Hyslop, co-owner of Mrs. Dunster’s Bakery in Sussex, N.B. In the decade since Hyslop and his wife took over the business, it’s expanded, and he wants it to keep growing. “I can find alternative markets for my business, but as I set out to double our business again in three to four years, I can’t find alternative markets for my labour.”
Government of Canada — Ministerial Instructions 86 (MI86), 87 (MI87) and 88 (MI88): Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots
Ministerial Instructions took effect to establish two new economic immigration pilots: the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot (Child Care) and the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot (Home Support). The pilot programs provide direct pathways to permanent residence for foreign nationals in home care occupations. The Home Care Worker Immigration (Child Care) class and Home Care Worker Immigration (Home Support) class were created under section 14.1 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the Act). This section authorizes the Minister to issue instructions for creating economic immigration programs with a maximum duration of five years, and with no more than 2,750 principal applicants processed in a class per year.
CTV News — N.B. Business warns it’ll lose skilled workers following changes to immigration policy
As Canadian businesses try to roll with an ever-changing tariff policy south of the border, there’s another issue creating challenges at home: recent changes to Canada’s immigration policy. “The biggest threat to our business is immigration policy, and the lack of available workers,” said Blair Hyslop, co-owner of Mrs. Dunster’s Bakery in Sussex, N.B. In the decade since Hyslop and his wife took over the business, it’s expanded, and he wants it to keep growing. “I can find alternative markets for my business, but as I set out to double our business again in three to four years, I can’t find alternative markets for my labour.”
CBC News — WestJet considers hiring temporary foreign workers to solve pilot shortage
Calgary-based WestJet is considering whether to use temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to fly its planes. In a statement, spokesperson Julia Kaiser told CBC News the airline is exploring the labour market impact assessment (LMIA) process as one of “multiple avenues” to meet a shortage of WestJet Encore captains. The LMIA is essentially a piece of paperwork that a business needs to take part in the federal TFW program, to prove that there are no local workers available to take a job.
