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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.
John McCallum a convenu mardi qu’il allait réfléchir à la possibilité d’instaurer un moratoire sur la révocation de la citoyenneté pour fausse déclaration, en attendant l’adoption d’une loi qui vise à implanter un meilleur système d’appel pour les personnes accusées de ce méfait.
Serbia’s president says the Balkan country will seal its borders to stop migrants if the European Union countries further along the migration route fully block their boundaries against people fleeing war and poverty.
A union is calling for a review of the impact the temporary foreign worker program has had on the construction industry in Western Canada, saying a federal government report ignored the issue. The Western Canadian arm of the Labourers’ International Union of North America says a report released last month by a House of Commons committee fell short, and failed even to acknowledge a 123-page submission from the union.
In a national polling partnership between CBC and the Angus Reid Institute, 68 per cent of Canadian respondents said minorities should be doing more to fit in with mainstream society instead of keeping their own customs and languages. The same question was put to Americans, with only 53 per cent of respondents saying minorities need to better adjust. The Canadian response represents a hardening of attitudes away from multiculturalism over time.
Les immigrants arrivés au Canada depuis 10 ans ou moins sont plus optimistes face à l’avenir et se sentent mieux intégrés dans leur communauté que l’ensemble de la population. En fait, ils seraient même « plus canadiens que les Canadiens d’origine », conclut un sondage de l’Institut Angus Reid.
Low voter turnout invalidated Hungary’s referendum on European Union refugee quotas, even though citizens voted overwhelmingly in support of the government’s opposition to any future, mandatory EU plans to relocate asylum-seekers.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/low-turnout-invalidates-hungary-ballot-on-eu-refugee-quotas-1.3098551