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.
Radio-Canada – Les cas particuliers des réfugiés syriens gais
En début de semaine, le gouvernement canadien a provoqué une onde de choc au sein de certains milieux politiques et organismes d’aides aux personnes gaies et lesbiennes au Canada lorsque des journalistes ont découvert son intention initiale de n’accueillir au Canada que des familles de réfugiés syriens et aucun mâle solitaire dont plusieurs se méfient depuis les attentats de Paris.
Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion – Le Ministère rencontre ses partenaires communautaires en vue de l’accueil des réfugiés syriens
Le Ministère a rencontré hier matin les partenaires communautaires qui participent à l’accueil, à l’accompagnement et à l’intégration des personnes réfugiées prises en charge par l’État. En vue de l’arrivée des réfugiés syriens, le Ministère considère la contribution des organismes communautaires essentielle à la réussite de cet accueil. Il a tenu des rencontres à intervalles réguliers, dont deux cette semaine, pour partager l’information et poursuivre le travail de collaboration avec les organismes.
Already, some 2,900 people have been picked and are being processed to come to 13 cities across the province starting in the coming days. But Quebec is also prepared to do more if required by the federal government and if the financial resources are made available, said Pierre Moreau, Quebec’s municipal affairs and acting public safety minister. While Quebec is probably the most advanced among the provinces in its plans for bringing in refugees, the provincial government said it welcomed Ottawa’s new February 2016 deadline to meet its target of 25,000 refugees.
There may still be some uncertainty about the federal government’s plan to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada but for the parish community of St. Mark’s Anglican church in St. John’s there’s no doubt. Rev. Mark Nichols said the parish has the green light to sponsor a Syrian refugee family.
Ottawa Citizen – Montreal, Toronto set to Take Bulk of First Syrian Refugee Wave
Documents obtained by Postmedia News show that as of Nov. 19, Citizenship and Immigration Canada had nearly 9,500 Syrian refugee applications in the queue. Of those, about 7,700 were applications from private sponsors such as families and church groups. The government had sponsored most of the other 1,800. […] The Montreal area, which is already home to Canada’s largest Syrian-Canadian population, is set to welcome by far the largest number of refugees.
Manitoba is to take 2,000 of the 25,000 Syrian refugees that the federal government plans to bring to Canada. Where they will live? Will there be jobs for them? Will they stay? Manitoba’s economy relies on immigration. With the ongoing annual outflow of the young, professionals and well-heeled retirees to other provinces, without a constant annual flow of thousands of immigrants to Manitoba our population would plateau and could decline. No population growth would result in a declining economy and less federal transfers.
