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 – Feds Downloading Refugee Costs onto Provinces, says Education Minister Ian Wishart
Ministers from across the country will meet in Winnipeg Wednesday to talk about the future of immigration and refugees in Canada. Federal minister John McCallum will sit down with provincial ministers to hear how the provinces are coping after an influx of thousands of newcomers. Manitoba Minister of Education and Training Ian Wishart said he plans on asking for Ottawa’s help, and expects his counterparts across the country to do the same. […] “I think it’s fair that they recognize some of the costs that they have moved off to the province.”
Toronto Star – Citizenship Applications Plummet as Fees Soar
The trend has prompted fears that the current citizenship costs — $530 per adult, plus a $100 right of citizenship fee — are creating a growing underclass of newcomers who can’t afford the fee and hence are prevented from full integration and participation in Canadian society, according to a report published in the Institute for Research on Public Policy. According to the latest government data, only 36,000 citizenship applications were received from January to June in 2016, just more than one-third of the number for the same period last year.
CBC – Navdeep Bains Wants to Boost Immigration, but some Liberals, Canadians Push Back
Canada’s innovation minister says a linchpin of the government’s economic agenda is facing resistance not only from within government but also from Canadians worried about their jobs. Navdeep Bains used an appearance at the Public Policy Forum’s Growth Summit to make the case for increasing immigration numbers to give Canada a competitive economic advantage.
CBC – Canada Caught Off Guard by Number of Syrian Refugee Children, says Federal Minister
Canada’s federal immigration minister says the government was surprised by the number of Syrian refugee children it admitted last year. […] The number of children as part of the 2015 cohort of refugees presented challenges for schools and appropriate housing, he said. Approximately 31,919 Syrians have arrived in Canada and more than 20,000 applications are in progress.
Radio-Canada – Le gouvernement canadien révoque la citoyenneté aux immigrants à un taux beaucoup plus élevé que le précédent
Selon une analyse de la CBC, le gouvernement libéral de Justin Trudeau a utilisé à un rythme accéléré les nouveaux pouvoirs accordés par une loi controversée sur la citoyenneté adoptée par le précédent gouvernement de Stephen Harper. Entre novembre 2015 et la fin d’août 2016, le gouvernement a soumis à l’examen 184 demandes de révocation sans audiences juridiques.
Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion
La ministre de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, Mme Kathleen Weil, se joint à la Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec pour lancer l’appel de candidatures au prix Maurice-Pollack. Remis depuis 2012, ce prix vise à récompenser une entreprise québécoise qui se démarque dans son engagement à favoriser la diversité ethnoculturelle […].
