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.
Globe and Mail – Multiculturalism’s an Outdated Insult
The B.C. political scandal involving public servants allegedly wooing the ethnic vote is a sign of the times. Multiculturalism in Canada is a fraud used for political gains. The Liberal Party of Canada created multiculturalism in the 1960s to integrate new immigrants into Canadian society. The stated goal was to encourage and celebrate cultural diversity within a bilingual Canada. […] But beneath any good intentions was a political strategy to buy ethnic votes. Multiculturalism became a state-financed marketing program. The government used tax dollars to buy photo ops with ethnic leaders – usually in culturally diverse cities such as Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. It would translate into broader support in general elections.
Because demand for temporary foreign workers is employer-driven, there’s no ceiling on the number admitted each year. By comparison, the federal government limits the immigrants who can obtain permanent residency. Last year was typical: 257,515 permanent residents were accepted. Moreover, the composition of the temporary foreign workforce has changed. Those in management, professional or skilled and technical occupations make up a shrinking share while those in low-skill jobs are growing rapidly. This transformation is prompting hard questions about the design of the federal government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
SaphirNews – Les femmes musulmanes interpellent la Commission européenne
Créé en 2006 et rassemblant une vingtaine d’associations de femmes musulmanes, le Forum Européen des Femmes Musulmanes (EFOMW) a interpellé le département Justice de la Commission européenne afin de mettre en œuvre une vraie égalité de traitement des femmes musulmanes face à l’emploi. Celles-ci ne sauraient être discriminées sur le marché du travail pour le simple port d’un foulard. Voici la teneur de la lettre adressée à la Commission européenne.
Citoyenneté et immigration Canada – Communiqué — Le ministre Kenney annonce la nomination d’un juge de la citoyenneté
Le ministre de la Citoyenneté, de l’Immigration et du Multiculturalisme, Jason Kenney, a annoncé aujourd’hui la nomination d’Angelo Persichilli à titre de juge de la citoyenneté, pour la région du Grand Toronto. Autrefois, M. Persichilli était chroniqueur pour le Toronto Star et éditeur du Corriere Canadese. M. Persichilli naît à Campobasso, en Italie. Avant sa nomination, il est journaliste pour les médias ethniques et grand public. Dans le cadre de leurs fonctions, les juges de la citoyenneté doivent statuer sur les demandes de citoyenneté, présider les cérémonies de citoyenneté et faire prêter le serment de citoyenneté aux nouveaux citoyens.
Huffington Post – B.C. Leper Colony’s Little Known History
From 1891 until 1924, the lazaretto, aka leper colony, was first located off Sidney Island, on a small island called D’Arcy. […] Understating it drastically, let’s just say relations between races were poor in 1890, strained for a whole lot of reasons, not the least of which being the loss of work for whites due to the cheap but diligent Chinese workforce invading the province. With Chinese-Canadians already considered second-class in those darker days of race relations, the Head Tax days, it’s not a stretch to see how those in power would consider these five disease-carrying immigrants as barely human and hardly a civic obligation.
CBC – Hamilton Man Who Fled Syria Fights Feds to Keep Wife in Canada
The Mountain resident and his three children are anxiously waiting on the fate of Wafaa Abdou, his wife of 12 years who is awaiting deportation in a Rexdale correctional facility. She is also the subject of an information picket in Hamilton at 4 p.m. outside the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) office on Bay Street North. The family fled Syria’s civil war nearly two years ago, starting a tangle with the federal government that Wilkie says exposes the heartlessness of Canada’s new immigration laws. When the family arrived in June 2011, Wilke was certain his Egyptian-born wife would be welcomed in Canada. Now the east-end native says he feels “powerless and guilty.”
