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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.
Le relèvement des seuils d’immigration ne permettra pas à lui seul de contrer les effets du vieillissement de la population sur l’économie, selon un rapport publié jeudi par le Conference Board du Canada. «L’immigration représente une source importante de main-d’œuvre et aide le Canada à générer une croissance économique plus forte à long terme.
À en croire les conclusions du sondage de l’Institut Angus Reid, le rêve d’une résidence à soi serait plus fort chez les nouveaux arrivants que dans le reste de la population canadienne. Mais dans certaines régions, comme Vancouver, c’est un rêve jugé inaccessible.
Last month, the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law (IHRP) released a comprehensive report, “No Life for a Child,” on the legal and psychological realities of immigration detention for children and families. […] Evidence shows that community-based alternatives to detention are effective, more fiscally responsible, and far more humane. These alternatives will serve families as well as adults, who, as the IHRP’s 2015 report illustrated, are often caught in a “legal black hole” of indefinite and unnecessary detention.
There’s little evidence of a crisis today in the treatment of newcomers to Canada. Unlike the situation in France, where large swaths of the immigrant community feel they aren’t treated as French citizens, we find that the vast majority of newcomers to Canada feel that they are treated as “Canadians.” In fact, they’re more likely to say they’re optimistic about their children’s futures and the future of the country than Canadians who were born here. […] Asked whether they are satisfied or dissatisfied with how well new immigrants are integrating in their communities, about one-third of Canadians say they are dissatisfied.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/angus-reid-poll-canadian-values-immigration-1.3789223
P.E.I.’s population now stands at 148,649 Islanders, according to preliminary numbers released by Statistics Canada. The history-making number represents an increase of 1.3 per cent – the highest in the Atlantic region and higher than Canada’s overall population growth of 1.2 per cent. […] Immigration to Prince Edward Island led the country, tied with Alberta. A total of 2,008 international immigrants came to the province between July 2015 and July 2016.
The Conservative government’s Designated Countries of Origin (DCO) regime was implemented in 2010 to discourage so-called “bogus claimants” from “safe countries,” meaning it provides inferior procedural safeguards for claimants from countries deemed to be “safe.” There is no precise designation process, nor has a “de-designation” process been devised yet and aspects of the scheme have already been struck down on the basis that they violated claimants’ Charter rights.