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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.
Edmundston accueillera bientôt ses premiers réfugiés syriens. Deux familles s’y installeront dans environ deux semaines. Jusqu’à maintenant, la grande majorité des réfugiés arrivés au Nouveau-Brunswick se sont établis à Moncton, Saint-Jean et Fredericton.
After the Canadian government launched the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, a 2015 Ministry of Labour compliance blitz in Ontario confirmed that more than 60 per cent of employers that were inspected were not providing workers with even their most basic employment standard entitlements. More than $361,000 in unpaid wages, overtime, and vacation pay were recovered from employers for marginalized employees in the blitz.
Immigration advocates raised concerns after the Straight presented them with statistics on police and RCMP referrals to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The numbers obtained via a CBSA freedom-of-information request reveal stark discrepancies in how municipal police forces and RCMP detachments refer cases to the federal agency tasked with immigration enforcement.
Immigration has fueled a sharp increase in Nova Scotia’s population, helping it hit its highest point ever, a new report shows. Statistics Canada numbers distributed by the province put the population at 945,842 people as of Jan. 1, 2016. “This is exciting news, but there is more work to do,” said Premier Stephen McNeil in an emailed statement. “We need to grow our population to grow our economy.”
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1349979-immigration-helps-boost-nova-scotias-population
“We must do more to attract students to this country as permanent residents,” McCallum told reporters. “International students have been shortchanged by the express entry system.”
His declaration was greeted warmly in B.C. “If we want immigrants, this is the best population,” said Randall Martin, executive director of the B.C. Council for International Education. “We train them, they speak English or French, they are healthy, they are unencumbered by large families, and they’re young and enthusiastic and ready to jump into the labour market … These are perfect immigrants.”
The Liberal government’s decision to quietly allow an exemption for seasonal temporary foreign workers is prompting calls from other sectors of the economy that also want restrictions lifted on access to foreign low-skilled labour. Meat processors, beekeepers and mushroom growers are among the many sectors that employ temporary foreign workers but that likely would not qualify under the recent rule change approved by Ottawa.