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.
CBC – Miller still hopes to see Afghans from Pakistan arrive in ‘next few weeks’
The federal government is still speaking to counterparts in Pakistan and planning for flights carrying Afghans to arrive here from Islamabad in the next few weeks, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told journalists on Thursday.
“We are planning flights in the next few weeks but I can’t speak to specific times and locations,” he said.
CTV – Quebec to welcome about 60K immigrants in 2024, impose French requirement for workers
Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Wednesday that his government’s immigration target in 2024 would be about 50,000 newcomers, about the same as this year.
But the actual number of immigrants who will be admitted next year will be more than 60,000, according to documents the government tabled in the legislature.
Speaking to reporters in Quebec City, Legault said he didn’t want to raise the annual immigration rate because doing so would threaten the French language in the province.
CBC – New Quebec immigration plan will force some temporary foreign workers to pass French exam
Quebec wants some temporary foreign workers to pass a French test to renew their work permits.
Premier François Legault, flanked by Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette and French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge, announced the measure at a Quebec City news conference on Wednesday as he presented the government’s updated immigration plan.
Canada.ca – Notice – Supplementary Information for the 2024-2026 Immigration Levels Plan
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is pleased to release details on the Government of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2024-2026. Following the trajectory of the 2023-2025 Plan, Canada aims to welcome 485,000 new permanent residents in 2024, 500,000 in 2025 and plateau at 500,000 in 2026. This plan prioritizes economic growth, and supports family reunification, while responding to humanitarian crises and recognizing the rapid growth in immigration in recent years. Building on the achievement of a 4.4% target of French-speaking permanent residents outside Quebec in 2022, the Plan includes new annual and progressively increasing French-speaking permanent resident targets outside Quebec: 6% in 2024, 7% in 2025 and 8% in 2026.
La Presse – Des travailleurs francisés (et libres)
On aime bien les travailleurs étrangers temporaires quand ils viennent pallier à bas salaire notre pénurie de main-d’œuvre. On les aime un peu moins quand, en plus d’être exposés à des risques d’esclavage moderne, dixit un rapporteur spécial de l’ONU, ils ont le malheur d’être trop épuisés pour suivre des cours de français ou se voient refuser l’accès à la francisation par leur employeur. En annonçant de nouvelles exigences destinées aux travailleurs étrangers temporaires afin de freiner le déclin du français, Québec promet que ce sera chose du passé.
Radio-Canada – Immigration francophone : l’ACF est « déçue » des nouvelles cibles fixées par Ottawa
L’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF) estime que la cible de 6 % que le gouvernement fédéral s’est fixé en matière de l’immigration francophone hors Québec pour l’année 2024 est « une énorme déception. » Ce sentiment est également partagé par de nombreuses associations francophones à travers le pays, dont la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes (FCFA) du Canada et la Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB).
