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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.
Les partisans du projet de loi 21 du gouvernement de la CAQ voient dans cette démarche une affirmation de la laïcité dans l’espace public, et pour plusieurs d’entre eux, également une victoire contre l’obscurantisme porté par l’islam politique dont le hijab serait l’étendard. Croire que le hijab est un signe de soumission à des «valeurs obscurantistes» ne correspond pas toujours à la réalité.
Des élus des quatre partis représentés à l’Assemblée nationale ont fermé la porte mardi à l’octroi d’un statut particulier pour Montréal qui lui permettrait de se soustraire à l’application de l’éventuelle loi sur la laïcité de l’État.
Canada has made a name for itself around the world as a safe haven for refugees. But recent changes to its laws may make the country seem far less friendly, refugee advocates and legal critics warn. The Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says it intends to change the law to make it harder for refugees to go “asylum shopping”. But legal experts and refugee advocates warn these changes could flout domestic and international law, and ruin Canada’s reputation as a defender of refugees.
The Demitris came to Canada in a panic in 2013, fearing a Mafia vendetta against them both. When Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers came to deport them last year, they avoided the sweep and have lived as fugitives ever since. A Federal Court decision last month, however, allows people from countries such as Italy to have a pre-removal risk assessment (PRAA) to determine how safe it is to deport them to their homeland, meaning they saw another way to remain in Canada without all the hiding.
Mahmud Hac, originally from Syria, arrived in Canada in 2016 with his young family as part of a government-sponsored program. He recently launched the food truck Kebab Me Krazy with the help of several others in the community. Hac tried several different gigs — from construction to cleaning — when he first arrived to support his wife and children, the youngest of whom was born six months ago. He struggled to find and keep work, though, because of the language barrier and his credentials not being recognized in his new home.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kebab-me-crazy-syrian-food-truck-victoria-1.5098403
Some lawyers who represent refugees and immigration applicants in Ottawa are urging the Ontario government to reverse its decision to end legal aid funding for their clients. “We had a bit of an inkling that there was going to be something coming, but I’m shocked at the level and the abruptness of the change,” said Ronalee Carey, an immigration and refugee lawyer in Ottawa who also teaches refugee law at the University of Ottawa.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/legal-aid-cuts-lawyer-reaction-ottawa-1.5099888