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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.
L’opposition à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard demande au gouvernement d’apporter des changements au Programme des candidats de la province (PCP). Les progressistes-conservateurs disent que dans sa forme actuelle, le programme d’immigration économique permet à certains immigrants […].
More women and seniors are working than ever before as Canada’s labour market sees a rise in part-time employment over full-time jobs, Statistics Canada says. And immigrants are making up more and more of the workers, accounting for nearly one-quarter of Canada’s labour force in 2016, helping offset the impact of an aging population.
The latest findings of the 2016 census show that Canada has the highest proportion of college graduates among developed nations, partly because recent immigrants are especially well-educated. The percentage of all immigrants with a master’s or doctorate degree is twice that of the Canadian-born population.
The Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI) and the Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council launched #HamiltonForAll today. The campaign involves handing out posters showing commonalities between longtime residents and new arrivals.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-for-all-1.4423798
Justice officials are seeking a sentence of two years house arrest and a $100,000 fine for a Winnipeg man who provided what border officials described as an illegal “one-stop-shop immigration service.” A lengthy investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency revealed Yoon, over the course of six years, had provided immigration services to over 380 foreign nationals, primarily from Korea, and 57 businesses, earning a total of $347,000.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hae-suk-yoon-immigration-consultant-house-arrest-1.4423967
The median income of people who arrived in Canada in 2014 was $24,000 a year later, the highest on record for landed immigrants since 1981. But immigrants still make significantly less than people born in Canada. While non-immigrants earned on average $36,300, immigrants made $29,770, according to the 2016 census.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/immigrant-wages-canada-1.4421783