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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.
Un ancien premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick et ex-ambassadeur du Canada à Washington a prévenu mercredi que la survie du Canada atlantique passera par l’immigration. Frank McKenna prononçait l’allocution d’ouverture, à Fredericton, au colloque du Forum des politiques publiques intitulé «Sommet de l’Atlantique: Immigration et Revitalisation».
Le manque de services a encore une fois été au cœur des débats de la Journée de réflexion sur l’immigration francophone, qui se déroule à Calgary. Près de 155 personnes ont participé à la rencontre, mercredi, à Calgary. Plusieurs employés de centres d’aide aux immigrants francophones ont pris la parole pour dénoncer le manque de financement qu’ils reçoivent du gouvernement fédéral.
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The percentage of immigrants with Canadian citizenship dropped between 2011 and 2016, the result of what an expert calls “Harper-era citizenship policy changes.” According to a new analysis, Canada’s overall naturalization rate fell to 82.7 per cent from 85.6 per cent in that period, during which the former Conservative government, under then prime minister Stephen Harper, raised the residency, language and knowledge requirements, as well as the citizenship application fee.
Dozens of members of the right-wing group La Meute showed up to a college conference on extremism south of Montreal to challenge academic researchers describing their anti-immigration movement as radical. About 30 members of the group, wearing hats and T-shirts bearing the group’s logo, took seats in the audience at a library at CÉGEP Édouard-Montpetit Wednesday , just ahead of a presentation by sociology professor Martin Geoffroy on the extremist characteristics of La Meute.
A former ambassador and premier of New Brunswick issued a stark warning about the future of Atlantic Canada on Wednesday, saying the region could be in jeopardy if more isn’t done to increase its population through immigration. McKenna, now deputy chairman of the TD Bank Group, said the region has finally woken up to the plight of having both an aging population and an exodus of young people in search of employment.
Abdoul Abdi’s deportation hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board in Toronto has been postponed until after his Federal Court case in Halifax on May 29, his lawyer said Wednesday. “He was incredibly relieved with the result and to learn that he’s not going to lose his permanent resident status before he gets to have his day in court,” said Ben Perryman, Abdi’s Halifax-based lawyer, who will represent him at Federal Court.