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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.
Immigrants hoping to reunite with family members through the federal government’s Parents and Grandparents Program will be invited to apply beginning Oct.10 — but for the fourth consecutive year, those invitations will only be delivered to eligible applicants who expressed interest by 2020.
And even then, as has been the case since 2017, those invitations will be randomly selected in a lottery.
Le préfet de la MRC de La Matanie, Andrew Turcotte, et la directrice générale du Service d’accueil des nouveaux arrivants de La Matanie (SANAM), Annie Veillette, ont participé mardi à la Consultation générale sur la planification de l’immigration au Québec pour la période 2024-2027. En plus d’y déposer un mémoire titré Freins à la régionalisation et la rétention durable des personnes immigrantes, il s’agissait pour le SANAM et la MRC d’une occasion de se faire entendre auprès des parlementaires et d’échanger avec eux.
A new report by human-rights lawyers, released ahead of the public inquiry on foreign interference, says Canada must be prepared to take forceful action to protect those who are often the targets of these attacks: immigrants and refugees.
It says Canada is breaking its obligations under international law to protect those who start a new life in this country but often face intimidation and pressure from authoritarian governments they left behind in their homeland.
In Manila’s Pasay neighbourhood, people knock on nurse Irene Bernabe’s door at all hours of the day.
“I’m used to it for 20 years,” she said of her role as the volunteer community nurse.
Bernabe also works full time at a private hospital and as a part-time clinical instructor. But she may soon leave her family, community, and jobs behind to work abroad to earn more so she can send her three boys to university. Her youngest son Vincent, 13, cries at the thought of not seeing his mom every day.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/philippines-nurses-canada
A new report by human-rights lawyers, released ahead of the public inquiry on foreign interference, says Canada must be prepared to take forceful action to protect those who are often the targets of these attacks: immigrants and refugees.
It says Canada is breaking its obligations under international law to protect those who start a new life in this country but often face intimidation and pressure from authoritarian governments they left behind in their homeland.
India is the number one source of immigrants and foreign students to Canada, and the two countries have strong economic and investment ties. But they are now publicly sparring after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Indian government of orchestrating the assassination of a prominent Sikh separatist leader.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-india-tension-international-students