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.
Global News – Trudeau Liberals Eager to Understand CAQ’s Controversial Immigration Proposals
The incoming provincial government led by the centre-right Coalition Avenir Québec could clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals over several files — with Legault’s contentious pledges on immigration as potential headliners. Legault won after vowing to lower Quebec’s annual immigration levels by 20 per cent and to force newcomers to pass French and values tests within three years of their arrival or face removal from the province.
CTV News – Asylum Seekers Staying in Toronto-Area Hotels Get Four-Week Extension
The hotel rooms were reserved in August as a temporary solution that was supposed to last until as late as Sept. 30, with a more detailed, long-term approach for temporary housing of irregular migrants to be released in the interim. Those plans, it seems, are still being worked out. “With the city’s shelter system at capacity, accommodating these new arrivals continues to put even more pressure on the system,” City of Toronto official Cheryl San Juan said Monday.
Libération – En septembre, près d’un migrant sur 5 partant de Libye aurait disparu en Méditerrannée
Ils sont plus de 30 000. Trente mille hommes, femmes et enfants, qui ont trouvé la mort en Méditerranée en essayant d’atteindre l’Europe sur des embarcations de fortune. Depuis le début de l’année, et encore plus au cours des quatre derniers mois, la mortalité du trajet a explosé. Et ce, même si le nombre de personnes qui tentent la traversée a chuté.
CBC News – Ottawa Concerned About ‘Potential Misuse’ of P.E.I.’S PNP Years Before Program Axed
Federal officials were expressing concerns about a controversial immigrant investor program run by the P.E.I. government as far back as 2013, documents reveal. Those kinds of concerns led to the launch of a federal review begun in the spring of 2018. A spokesperson with the federal department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] said the review concluded over the summer, but the results still have not been finalized.
Radio-Canada – Un premier vote excitant pour plusieurs personnes issues de l’immigration
Pour plusieurs électeurs issus de l’immigration, le scrutin du 1er octobre est un moment symbolique et exaltant puisqu’ils votent pour la première fois au Québec.
Radio-Canada – ICI Estrie – Un premier vote excitant pour plusieurs personnes issues de l’immigration
Pour plusieurs électeurs issus de l’immigration, le scrutin du 1er octobre est un moment symbolique et exaltant puisqu’ils votent pour la première fois au Québec. Ces nouveaux électeurs expriment les émotions qui les habitent et leurs principales préoccupations à l’égard de la campagne électorale québécoise.
