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.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Government of Canada Introduces the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act
Canada’s plan to welcome up to 500 more Bhutanese refugees was unveiled today by Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, as World Refugee Day is celebrated around the world. […] In addition, the Government of Canada is working to strengthen our asylum system to ensure that people in need of our protection get it faster, while those who don’t are removed more quickly. We are also cracking down on the heinous crime of human smuggling and sending the message to human smugglers that targeting Canada will no longer pay.
Winnipeg Free Press – Foreigners Are Valued Customers
In 2010, citizens from the Philippines, China and India made up more than 57 per cent of provincial nominee immigrants to Manitoba. By 2050, Citigroup projects that China and India will be the two largest economies in the world while the Philippines will be the tenth largest. Canada, which was No. 10 in the world in 2010, will drop out of the top 10 by 2030. If economic growth in the Philippines, China and India results in people staying in these countries or immigrating to these countries, immigration to Canada will either dry up or undergo a massive shift.
National Post – Immigration Consultants Hit With Dozens of Charges as CBSA Fraud Crackdown Continues
The Canada Border Services Agency continued its crackdown on the immigration industry on Tuesday, charging a former consultant and two others in Winnipeg and Montreal with dozens of fraud-related counts. Among those charged was Brad Jacobson, the president of an immigration consulting firm started in 2009 with financing from a loan program run by the University of Winnipeg’s Faculty of Business and Economics.
The Province – Refugee Board Wrong in Ruling Claimant Had Nothing to Fear from Bride’s Parents: Judge
A federal judge has ruled that the Immigration and Refugee Board erred in denying the claim of a Pakistani man who sought refuge in Canada on the grounds that his wife’s parents set police on him because they disapproved of their marriage. Citing a corrupt police force and the high number of “honour crimes” committed against couples who marry in defiance of parents’ wishes, the judge said it was unreasonable for the IRB to suggest that the man could “live in hiding” in another part of Pakistan.
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Toronto Star – Refugee Health Cuts: Nationwide Physicians’ Protest Draws 500 in Toronto
In Toronto, 500 people — doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists and social workers — lined the street in front of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s office on St. Clair St. at Yonge, demanding that Ottawa rescind the plan. […]At the protest, Dr. Meb Rashid, medical director of Crossroads Clinic at Women’s College Hospital, ridiculed Dr. Danielle Grondin, the immigration department’s health director, for signing off the cuts while praising the significance of health care for refugees in a previous presentation. “We come together because what this government is going to do is inflict tremendous hardship on people,” said Rashid. “This is inhumane.”
Global Edmonton – Health Providers Protest Cuts to Refugee Health Services Across Canada
Health professionals across Canada are protesting planned cuts in refugee health care coverage. On Monday, physicians, nurses, community health workers and others will demonstrate in 14 cities from Vancouver to St. John’s. The demonstrations are being held in the hopes of persuading the federal government to reverse course on the changes scheduled to take effect June 30. The participating health care workers believe the changes will lead to poorer health outcomes, increase health care costs and threaten public safety.
