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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.
Le ministre Simon Jolin-Barrette exposera le gouvernement québécois à des poursuites judiciaires s’il élimine les 18 000 demandes d’immigration non traitées, comme le prévoit le projet de loi 9 qu’il a déposé à l’Assemblée nationale jeudi, avertissent des juristes.
https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/547311/quebec-annule-18000-dossiers-d-immigration
Between 2011 and 2015, the then-Conservative government admitted an average of 20,370 permanent residents per year under the parents and grandparents program, according to the Immigration Department’s annual reports. The Liberals, who took office in late 2015, approved an average of 18,768 permanent residents per year under the program in 2016 and 2017.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4935553/fact-check-liberals-immigration-parents/
Les critiques de la ministre Isabelle Charest ont remis le port du hidjab au coeur de la joute politique, mercredi, tout en rappelant à quel point le sujet est polarisant. Les réactions aux propos de la nouvelle ministre de la Condition féminine ont fusé de toutes parts, mercredi au parlement. « C’est dommage d’entendre des propos qui divisent, de la part de la nouvelle ministre de la Condition féminine », a déploré la députée libérale Paule Robitaille en point de presse, en après-midi, tout en l’invitant à venir rencontrer des femmes voilées « épanouies » et « libres » dans sa circonscription de Bourrassa-Sauvé.
https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/547229/port-du-hidjab-une-opinion-personnelle-dit-la-caq
A brash new scam on social media hijacked the identity of Canada’s immigration minister to defraud desperate refugees of thousands of dollars. The fake Facebook profile of Ahmed Hussen spelled his last name with one “s” but used the same photos the minister has on his official Facebook page. The account’s information was written in Arabic and English. Over text, the fake minister offered to help Dana Adil, an Iraqi Kurd who is a refugee in Turkey, get permanent residency in Canada — for a price.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-minister-ahmed-hussen-facebook-refugee-scam-1.5001566
Canada has begun resettling hundreds of people rescued from slavery in Libya, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says. Canada was “one of the few countries” to respond to a request from the United Nations refugee agency in 2017, Hussen said in an email Wednesday. More than 150 people have been resettled and another 600 more are expected over the next two years through the regular refugee settlement program, he said.
La ministre responsable de la Condition féminine, Isabelle Charest, nuance sa position : elle assume ses propos sur le hijab comme symbole d’oppression, mais si des femmes choisissent de porter le voile, elle respecte pleinement leur choix.