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.
Radio-Canada – En Estonie, l’extrême droite rejoint une coalition gouvernementale
Un parti politique d’extrême droite connu pour ses positions anti-immigration et euroceptiques a conclu un accord, samedi, pour devenir l’un des trois partenaires au sein de la coalition qui formera probablement le prochain gouvernement de l’Estonie. Le Parti conservateur du peuple estonien, ou EKRE, a indiqué que sa coalition avec le Parti du centre (centriste) et le parti conservateur Fatherland créerait une majorité gouvernementale dans ce petit pays balte, qui est à la fois membre de l’OTAN et de l’Union européenne.
Globe and Mail – False Promises: Foreign Workers Are Falling Prey to a Sprawling Web of Labour Trafficking in Canada
Kuldeep Bansal is among the more notorious of the thousands of job recruiters and consultants operating both in Canada and abroad. A four-month Globe and Mail investigation probed 45 such agents, who together have amassed scores of complaints, lawsuits and charges against them in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. Along with employers and career colleges who paid them to help fill their job openings and classrooms, they collectively stand accused of exploiting at least 2,300 people in recent years for their money, their labour or both.
CBC News – Opposition to Quebec’s Bill 21 Intensifies as Minister Pleads for Calm
A week after tabling the legislation, opposition to the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s plan to ban certain public workers from wearing religious symbols is growing more organized — and more vitriolic. Politicians in Montreal’s west end at the federal, provincial and municipal level came together Friday to speak out against the ban. Hampstead Mayor William Steinberg told a news conference the ban amounts to “ethnic cleansing.” The remarks prompted Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette to appeal for calm, as he did last Thursday after tabling the bill.
Ottawa Citizen – City to Get $7M from Feds for Temporary Refugee Housing
Ottawa will be receiving $7 million from the federal government to help ease the financial burden of providing temporary housing for refugee claimants. The announcement was made Friday by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. “This funding for Ottawa and the recent funding provided to Toronto assist our key partners in securing temporary housing for those in need, including asylum claimants,” Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, said in a statement.
CTV News – ‘Beyond Words’: Family Torn Apart by Rwandan Genocide Reunite in Canada
Debbie Assimwe survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994 but her parents and eight of her 10 siblings did not. In 2008, she and her daughter immigrated to London, Ont. Her brother Robert survived the genocide but his wife was killed. So when he died a decade later, his death effectively orphaned his four children. For the past 10 years, it became Assimwe’s mission to adopt and bring them to Canada. On Friday, she was reunited with her orphaned nieces and nephew at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Windsor Star – ‘Game Changer’ – Matthew House Refugee Centre Revives Forest Glade Building
Because of limited space, Matthew House Refugee Centre had to turn away about 1,400 refugees struggling to start a life in Canada in the last 15 years including 389 people in the last 18 months. If it can get enough volunteers for an “old-school, barn raising” renovation, the charity hopes in May to start welcoming refugees to a building on Forest Glade Drive that’s 18 times larger than its current house.
