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 – Winterized Trailers Soon to Provide Shelter to Asylum Seekers at Quebec Border
Winterized trailers will soon be replacing the tents providing temporary shelter to asylum seekers who have crossed the Quebec-U.S. border, even as the number of irregular border crossings continues to drop. A spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says a contract has been awarded to a private company to provide heated accommodation for up to 200 people near the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border station. Scott Bardsley says half of the trailers should be operational by mid-November, with the second group coming into service a month later.
Toronto Star – Canadian Mushroom Growers Push for Permanent Residency for Migrant Workers
Canada’s mushroom growers are urging Ottawa to grant permanent residency to 870 migrant farmworkers to help the $1 billion industry fill current job vacancies and sustain growth.
Without a stable, skilled labour pool of migrant workers, the sector, which employs 4,330 people, could be in jeopardy, warned a report released Monday by Mushrooms Canada. According to the Mushrooms Canada report, the sector, with 194 farms across the country, has a job vacancy rate of close to 9.7 per cent and migrant workers account for more than a quarter of the workforce.
Radio-Canada – Le RIF de la Saskatchewan célèbre la Semaine nationale de l’immigration
Le Réseau en immigration francophone (RIF) de la Saskatchewan a lancé officiellement sa cinquième Semaine nationale de l’immigration francophone dans la province. L’objectif de la semaine est de célébrer la francophonie dans sa diversité.
TFO – Immigration francophone : la FCFA s’impatiente
Même si elle souligne la bonne volonté du gouvernement de Justin Trudeau, la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) du Canada se dit impatiente de voir mises en œuvre des actions concrètes dans le dossier de l’immigration francophone.
Radio-Canada – Nouveau centre d’aide pour les immigrants à l’Î.P.É.
À l’occasion de la Semaine nationale de l’immigration francophone, l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard a inauguré son tout nouveau centre d’aide aux nouveaux arrivants. Le carrefour de l’accueil des immigrants voulait faire peau neuve à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, question d’être plus visible […].
CBC Radio – Minister Says 300,000 New Immigrants a Year Is Canada’s ‘New Normal’
Canada’s immigration minister says Canada will welcome at least as many immigrants next year as it is in 2017. The government’s plan for annual immigration levels, which was set at 300,000 for this year, is expected to be tabled in the House of Commons next week. Immigration minister Ahmed Hussen told The House that the government will not go below that level next year.
