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 – Saskatchewan Francophone Community Hopeful for Increased Immigration
In a statement, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum said he was proud “to announce that my department had re-established the Labour Market Impact Assessment exemption that allows employers in Francophone minority communities to recruit French-speaking workers to highly-skilled jobs on a temporary basis.”
CBC – Federal Immigration Policy “A Little Disappointing” says ISANS
The federal government’s new immigration strategy focuses too much on economic immigration and not enough on helping refugees, according to the director of operations for the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia. The changes to Canada’s immigration program will see the federal government increase the number of privately sponsored refugees to 16,000 in 2017, while the number of government sponsored refugees is being rolled back to 7,500.
The Tyee – Liberal Immigration Changes Bad News for Caregivers, says Advocate
The Harper government’s 2015 immigration plan set a target that allowed up to 30,000 workers’ applications a year for permanent residency. The new Liberal government reduced that to 22,000 a year. And the government’s immigration plan released this week cut that target to 18,000 workers a year.
Toronto Star – Groups Push for Transparency on Yazidi Refugee Plans
More than a week after Ottawa announced it would bring in Yazidi refugees within four months, the community and its supporters are still waiting for details of Canada’s resettlement plan. “After a long period of silence, we were happy to see the Canadian government taking action. But they are keeping us in the dark,” said Majed El Shafie, founder of Toronto’s One Free World International, which has teams on the ground in Iraq and Syria who have been helping persecuted minorities in the region.
Radio-Canada – Pourquoi est-ce si long pour pouvoir immigrer au Canada?
Un internaute nous pose cette question : pourquoi le Canada mène-t-il une politique d’immigration pour ensuite retarder le processus et l’octroi des visas? La politique canadienne d’immigration suscite beaucoup d’espoir, mais elle n’a plus les moyens de ses ambitions et le problème ne date pas d’hier.
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne – Le gouvernement du Canada et la FCFA célèbrent ensemble la Semaine nationale de l’immigration francophone
Ce matin, le ministre d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada, l’honorable John McCallum, s’est joint à la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) du Canada pour souligner la Semaine nationale de l’immigration francophone, à l’occasion d’un événement tenu à l’école secondaire publique De La Salle, à Ottawa.
