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 – L’immigration perd son ministère sous Doug Ford
Le président de l’Association algérienne du Grand Toronto, Housseyn Belaiouer, s’est dit « très surpris » en écoutant le dévoilement des ministres. Il s’inquiète de la restructuration des ministères qui, selon lui, rendra la cible en immigration francophone encore plus difficile à atteindre. Cette cible a été fixée à 5 % par la province il y a six ans, mais les immigrants francophones ne représentaient qu’environ 2 % du total des nouveaux arrivants l’an dernier.
L’Ouest se mobilise contre la séparation des familles de migrants
Quelques centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées dans différentes villes des provinces de l’Ouest pour exprimer leur mécontentement envers la politique du gouvernement américain ayant pour effet de séparer les familles d’immigrants illégaux à la frontière avec le Mexique.
Globe and Mail – Thousands March Across U.S. and Canada to Protest Trump’s Immigration Policy
Thousands of protesters across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, marched Saturday — in major cities and tiny towns — to demand President Donald Trump’s administration reunite the divided families. More than a dozen protests were organized across Canada, including in Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa and Vancouver. Alexandra Vaz, who organized a rally outside the American Consulate in Toronto, says she decided to act because as a mother of a young girl, the situation frustrated her.
Global News – Hundreds in Toronto Rally Against Trump’s ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Immigration Policy
Hundreds of people in Toronto joined the chorus of voices across North America in the Families Belong Together march. Rally organizers are hoping for action from the Trudeau government. “We have 22 demands for the Canadian government,” said rally co-organizer Andrea Vasquez Jimenez. “[They include] revoking the safe-country agreement that sees the U.S. as a safe country. We’re looking at ending immigration detention, ending indefinite detention, and so much more.”
CBC News – Federal Budget Watchdog to Take Deep Dive into Costs of Asylum Seekers
In response to a request from Conservative MP Larry Maguire, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will take on a global accounting exercise to determine what costs have been incurred to date and how much irregular migration might cost in the future. “We just need to know, as Canadians, what the costs are and how the government intends to handle it in the future, given that many of our communities are becoming very loaded with the numbers of refugees,” Maguire said.
CBC News – Indigenous Woman Fights to Stay in Canada, Saying Traditional Territory Is B.C.
A First Nations woman working to revive a threatened language in her traditional territory of northern British Columbia says she’s being forced to leave the country on Canada Day. Mique’l Dangeli belongs to the Tsimshian First Nation, whose territory straddles the border between Alaska and British Columbia. She says Canada won’t recognize her right to live and work in B.C. because she was born on the American side of the Annette Island Indian Reserve. She said her visa expires July 1.
