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.
The Peterborough Examiner – Rally Held in Cobourg for Migrants’ Rights
A round-table discussion and forum on migrant workers’ rights Tuesday evening topped off a march and rally from the local MP’s constituency office into downtown Cobourg earlier in the afternoon. The round table event, co-sponsored by the Northumberland Community Legal Centre and Horizons of Friendship, comes on the heels of about 75 recommendations being made last week to the federal committee reviewing the Temporary Foreign Workers program, and an on-going review of the provincial Employment Standards Act.
The Guardian – Canadians are Embracing Syrian Refugees. Why Can’t We?
This is a country where politicians tried to outbid one another during the last federal election with pledges to resettle Syrian refugees. It’s a country in which no political party has an anti-immigration platform. And it’s a country where the government, after fulfilling its promise to welcome 25,000 Syrians, was forced to extend the program after protests from would-be sponsors who’d already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and signed leases for homes.
CBC – Back to the Streets: France’s Unimagined and Unimaginable Migrant Crisis
Ten days ago, a dramatic police operation dismantled makeshift camps in the north end of Paris and evacuated an estimated 1,500 from its streets. Within a week, hundreds had returned. […] In May, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo promised to create two new reception centres in Paris come fall. French President François Hollande’s government has also pledged to create an additional 9,000 places in centres across the country by end of year.It’s all too little, too late, according to Pierre Henry, director of France Terre d’Asile, an NGO that assists asylum seekers applying for refugee status.
CBC – Refugee Advocates Worry About Rent Costs as More Than 900 Refugees Set to Arrive
With more than 900 refugees set to arrive in Manitoba before the end of December, Rita Chahal is worried about where they will live. She says if a rent supplement under the former NDP government is not revived, she doesn’t know how newcomers will be able to pay their rent without dipping into their food money or federal child benefit. Chahal is the executive director of the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council that runs Welcome Place. […] A spokesperson for the Manitoba government said there are ongoing conversations about providing additional rent subsidies to refugees but cautioned the province faces “serious fiscal constraints.”
Global News – Senate Looking to Change Controversial Citizenship Law
The Senate could come to the rescue of Canadians who are being stripped of their citizenship without a hearing. Independent Sen. Ratna Omidvar, who is sponsoring another citizenship-related bill in the upper house, says she’s hopeful the Senate will amend the bill to do away with a law that allows the government to revoke the citizenship of anyone deemed to have misrepresented themselves.
Le Devoir – Les correctifs apportés par les libéraux sont jugés insuffisants
Le gouvernement libéral est sommé de corriger une disposition de la Loi sur la citoyenneté qui pourrait menacer le statut de sa propre ministre Maryam Monsef. Car à l’heure actuelle, le ministre de l’Immigration a le loisir de révoquer la citoyenneté de tout individu soupçonné d’avoir obtenu sa citoyenneté en présentant une demande malhonnête.
