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 – L’interdiction d’acheter une maison prolongée jusqu’en 2027
Le gouvernement fédéral continuera d’interdire aux ressortissants étrangers d’acheter une maison au Canada pendant encore deux ans, alors que les problèmes d’abordabilité du logement continuent de troubler les villes du pays. La ministre des Finances, Chrystia Freeland, a annoncé dimanche que le Canada prolongeait jusqu’en 2027 l’interdiction d’achat de logements par des étrangers. En vertu de l’interdiction, entrée en vigueur pour la première fois en 2023, les gens qui n’ont pas la citoyenneté canadienne ou qui ne sont pas des résidents permanents et les entreprises commerciales ne sont pas autorisés à acheter une maison au pays.
CTV News – Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities
Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulated private sector employers.
The new site, called Equi’Vision, provides a visualization that allows users to compare data on workforce representation rates and pay gaps experienced by all four groups.
CTV News – Many immigrants leaving Canada within years of arriving: StatCan
More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years after admission as permanent residents, according to a new study.
Statistics Canada examined the emigration of immigrants from 1982 to 2017 in the study(opens in a new tab) released Friday.
The study also found that 5.1 per cent of immigrants admitted between 1982 and 2017 emigrated within five years of their admission.
Radio-Canada – Christine Fréchette présente la vision caquiste de l’immigration à Sherbrooke
La ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration du Québec, Christine Fréchette, était de passage vendredi matin au club de golf de Sherbrooke pour présenter la vision du gouvernement en matière d’immigration. Christine Fréchette a présenté plusieurs aspects de cette politique devant une cinquantaine de personnes. D’entrée de jeu, elle a annoncé que les derniers mois avaient été chargés dans la province. La francisation des immigrants et des travailleurs étrangers temporaires est l’un des sujets qui a aussi été abordé.
CTV News – Ottawa injects an additional $100 million for asylum seekers in Quebec
The Trudeau government is injecting an additional $100 million for Quebec in a program to house asylum seekers.
The sum is part of a $362.4 million envelope for the Interim Housing Assistance Program announced Wednesday by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller.
The funds will be distributed across the country, meaning that Quebec will receive 27.6 per cent of the sum. The amount is well below what the province asked for in the form of a refund. Two weeks ago, Premier François Legault asked Ottawa to write a cheque for $470 million to cover the costs of receiving asylum seekers in 2021 and 2022, and to do the same for subsequent years.
CTV News – Feds pledge $362 million to provinces, cities to temporarily house asylum seekers
The federal government is spending another $362 million to help provinces and cities find housing for asylum seekers — but Ontario says it’s nowhere near enough.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller billed the assistance Wednesday as a measure of support against the growing impact of asylum claims across Canada.
