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.
CBC News – Feds Give Toronto $15M to Help Curb ‘Greater Demand’ on Shelters Due to Migration
The federal government is giving Toronto $15 million to help address mounting demand on the city’s shelter system as it faces the added pressures of refugee claimants. It’s the latest injection of funding since Ottawa committed $11 million last summer. In a news release Friday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada acknowledged that while affordable temporary housing has been a “key challenge in Toronto for some time,” the impacts of global migration have placed the system under greater strain over the past year.
ICI Manitoba – « Ottawa lance un projet pilote pour accroitre l’immigration dans les régions »
Le gouvernement fédéral a lancé, jeudi, un nouveau programme destiné à favoriser l’immigration au sein des communautés rurales ou nordiques du pays. Ce projet pilote cherche à répondre à la pénurie de main-d’oeuvre et au déclin démographique auxquels font face ces collectivités en Ontario, dans les provinces de l’Ouest et dans les territoires.
La Presse.ca – « Le Mexique agacé que les É.U. lui renvoient des demandeurs d’asile »
Les autorités mexicaines ont déclaré vendredi qu’elles « désapprouvaient » la nouvelle politique des États-Unis consistant à renvoyer les demandeurs d’asile de l’autre côté de la frontière durant l’examen de leur dossier, mais qu’elles les accueilleraient pour des raisons « humanitaires ». Roberto Velasco, porte-parole du ministère mexicain des Affaires étrangères, a expliqué que le Mexique n’avait pas donné son feu vert à cette décision du président Donald Trump.
National Post – Man Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Wife Under Threat of Deportation
A Windsor, Ont., man abused his wife’s precarious immigration status by continuously using the threat of deportation to pressure her to perform sex acts she would not otherwise have consented to, a judge ruled Friday. In a decision delivered late in the day, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Howard said there was only enough evidence to convict the man, who cannot be identified to protect his wife’s identity, on one count each of extortion and sexual assault.
CBC News – Trudeau Warns Fear-Mongering Over Immigration Will Be Part of Election Campaign
The prime minister made the prediction Thursday during a town hall meeting in northern New Brunswick, where a young Syrian refugee thanked him for allowing her family to come to Canada. But Trudeau’s upbeat tone changed when he suggested the world has become increasingly fearful, insular and anxious about immigration. There are people trying to create fear, intolerance and misinformation about immigration across Canada, he said, though he did not name any individuals or groups.
CTV News – Businessman Guilty of Immigration Fraud Sold Filipino Workers ‘Canadian Dream’
Mantolino, originally from the Philippines, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to misrepresentation under provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The owner of several cleaning and maintenance companies used the temporary foreign worker program to staff his companies, bringing 28 workers to Canada from the Philippines over a number of years. Crown lawyer McLaughlin said the total difference between the official salaries and the amounts actually paid to the workers was no less than $500,000.
