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.
Four Canadian ministers publicly unveiled on Tuesday a border security plan they had privately presented to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, with an emphasis on surveillance, intelligence and technology.
Canadian ministers had an “encouraging” meeting with Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, Public Safety, Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters. “I went through with Mr. Homan the information that we’re sharing with you today… I’m encouraged by that conversation and by conversations I’ve had with the incoming Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick,” LeBlanc said. LeBlanc and his colleagues announced Tuesday a plan to beef up the U.S.-Canada border with helicopters, drones, surveillance towers and sniffer dogs, as well as a “joint strike force” to target transnational organized crime.
Toronto Star — Canada’s population growth hits two-year low following immigration reduction measures
The country added 176,699 people in the third quarter and reached a population of 41,465,298 on Oct. 1, according to Statistics Canada. Permanent and temporary immigration continued to be the driving force of Canada’s population growth, accounting for 92 per cent of all growth in the quarter.
Financial Post — Canada tightens immigration point system to curb fraud tied to job selling
Temporary foreign workers who apply to become permanent residents through Canada’s immigration system will no longer get additional points if they have a job offer that’s supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Tuesday. The move will reduce fraudulent activities in Canada’s Express Entry System, which is an online platform that manages the country’s skilled immigration programs, the minister said at a press conference. The latest move seems to be a continuation of the steps taken by the federal government to reduce the number of newcomers entering the country amidst rising unemployment and a housing crisis. It was announced on the same day that Statistics Canada reported the country’s slowest quarterly population growth estimate since the first quarter of 2022.
CNBC — Canada allows foreign nationals with work permits to study without permits temporarily
Canada has introduced a temporary public policy that allows foreign nationals with work permits to study without study permits. This public policy will come into effect on June 27, 2023, and will expire on June 27, 2026. The public policy may be revoked at any time, without prior notice, the Canadian government has clarified. This public policy will allow eligible foreign nationals who are working in Canada and who either hold a work permit or have applied to renew their work permit and are authorised to work to study without a study permit. To be eligible for this public policy, the foreign national’s work permit application must have been received by IRCC on or before June 7, 2023, the Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said in the updated operational instructions and guidelines.
Le Devoir — La croissance des résidents temporaires au Canada ralentit
Le nombre de personnes à statut temporaire continue globalement d’augmenter au Québec, mais beaucoup moins vite qu’avant, selon ce que révèlent les plus récentes données de Statistique Canada publiées mardi. Pour le trimestre s’achevant au 1er octobre, 614 677 personnes étaient des résidents non permanents — soit des demandeurs d’asile, des détenteurs d’un permis de travail ou d’étude et leurs accompagnants —, contre 588 263 au trimestre précédent. Cette hausse d’environ 26 000 est toutefois bien moindre que pour les deux autres trimestres de 2024, où l’augmentation avait été de 37 000 pour les mois de avril-mai-juin et de 38 000 pour les trois premiers mois de l’année.
Toronto Star — How diverse is your neighbourhood? A new website shows how immigration to Canada has transformed our cities
“Superdiversity” project crunches immigration and census data into interactive graphics that show demographic changes across generations of newcomers. Today, about a quarter of Canada’s population was born outside the country, and the religious backgrounds of newcomers have shifted dramatically from Christianity to Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.
