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 Presse – Le Québec s’exclut de Startup Visa Canada
Le gouvernement fédéral veut attirer les futurs Google et Facebook au pays grâce à un nouveau programme offrant la résidence permanente aux étrangers qui ont lancé des entreprises en démarrage. Le hic: ce programme n’est pas offert au Québec, qui a ses propres lois en matière d’immigration. Québec et Ottawa ont confirmé à La Presse Affaires que le programme Startup Visa Canada (Programme de visa pour démarrage d’entreprise) n’est pas valide au Québec. «Le Québec déterminant ses propres conditions d’immigration, le visa pour démarrage d’entreprise ne sera pas disponible à ceux qui envisagent de vivre au Québec», a expliqué Philippe Couvrette, porte-parole de Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.
News 1130 – No Confirmed Departure for Temporary Foreign Visitors Backed by MPs
The Immigration department isn’t sure whether dozens of people who got special temporary permits from the minister’s office left the country when they were supposed to, even when the visitors were personally backed by MPs and members of cabinet. A newly released government chart shows each time Immigration Minister Jason Kenney granted a special temporary resident permit over the four years he’s been in his post. The names of the recipients are blanked out, but the MPs, ministers and senators who vouched for them are listed, as are the details of their permits often including expiry dates and extensions.
A group of P.E.I. elementary school students is getting first-hand experience of what it would be like to live in a refugee camp. The program, hosted by the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada, will have the students pretend to be refugees, register in a mock camp, and pick up supplies. There will also be a presentation from a refugee who now lives on P.E.I.
A pregnant Peruvian woman set to give birth in less than a month will receive a new health card a few months after the Ontario government cancelled it due to a change in her working visa. Rosa Callalli, a 33-year-old Peruvian immigrant, came to CBC News after she was denied health care coverage due to some confusion with her visa. But the office of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne helped facilitate a new health card for Callalli on Thursday morning. […] Callalli, who is set to give birth to her first child, was told a hospital delivery could cost in the range of $20,000, if there are no complications.
A new health clinic aimed at helping refugees navigate Ontario’s health care system opened Thursday in Kitchener. The Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre was established to help refugees get the care they need — something many doctors are ill-equipped to handle, says clinic director Dr. Michael Stephenson. […] The health centre is funded through the Ontario Health Insurance Program and the federal Interim Federal Health program, which provides temporary health care coverage to refugee claimants.
La Revue – Françoise Boivin reproche aux conservateurs de faire de la gestion de préjugés
La député néodémocrate dans Gatineau, Françoise Boivin, n’y va pas de main morte pour qualifier l’attitude du gouvernement conservateur dans le dossier du guide destiné aux nouveaux arrivants publié mardi. Invité à réagir au document intitulé Bienvenue au Canada: ce que vous voudriez savoir, Mme Boivin s’est dit attristé par la façon d’agir du gouvernement Harper et croit que ce type de manuscrit encourage les préjugés à l’égard des immigrants. «Ce que je trouve déplorable, c’est que les conservateurs, comme dans beaucoup d’autres dossiers, font de la gestion de préjugés, a-t-elle lancé mercredi, en entrevue téléphonique. Ils sont passés maîtres dans ce type de procédé. Le guide publié par le gouvernement fédéral met notamment en lumière des sections portant sur les monarchies et les forces armées, en plus de traiter de certaines interdictions au pays, notamment la mutilation génitale, les crimes d’honneur et la polygamie.
