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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.
La police antiémeute a fait usage de canons à eau pour tenter de disperser 200 manifestants nationalistes qui ont fait irruption dimanche sur la place de Bruxelles transformée en mémorial après les attentats meurtiers de mardi, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP.
Mihychuk is now loosening the restrictions brought in by Kenney. But it’s only for a year, she insists, and only “for a small number of businesses in certain sectors (that) tell us they need more flexibility to meet their workforce needs.” That is not the way employers are reading her message. The government has set a precedent, and now it’s open season for lobbyists. The Maritime Seafood Coalition won a reprieve; so can other industries that push hard enough.
After winning a big concession in the budget on taxing stock options, Canada’s tech startup sector is braced for its next battle: urging Ottawa to fix immigration rules that limit its ability to hire top foreign talent. The Express Entry system brought in by the last government in 2015 “is fundamentally too rigid” and leaves employers waiting up to six months to discover if they can bring skilled foreign talent to Canada, said Tobi Lutke, CEO of Ottawa-based software firm Shopify Inc. “That puts us at a huge disadvantage for recruiting internationally.”
A Toronto man is suing Canada Border Services Agency, claiming he was wrongfully held in immigration detention for more than a month, even though he’s Canadian. What makes the case unusual is that Gabriel Chan was born to a Canadian father, but had not made an application to declare his Canadian citizenship until after his arrest, following a fare dispute at a GO Transit train station last September. He was held at the immigration holding centre in Rexdale for 38 days.
Lorsque la guerre a éclaté en Syrie, elle a chamboulé la vie de tous les Syriens, dont Elias Sadkni, alors représentant médical à Alep. Rapidement, il a commencé à faire ce qu’il pouvait pour aider les siens. Puis, l’an dernier, il a créé l’organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) House of peace, devenue partenaire de Développement et Paix.
« Les gîtes du Moulin-Neuf vous souhaitent la bienvenue »… Accroché à l’entrée du Centre d’accueil et d’orientation (CAO) de Gétigné (Loire-Atlantique), ce panneau a d’abord laissé incrédules Saman, Sherko et Rebaz. Eux qui, la veille encore, se savaient indésirables dans les jungles de Grande-Synthe ou de Calais deviendraient-ils donc des hôtes de la France en se déplaçant de 500 kilomètres ?