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.
Le Devoir – Le sentiment d’appartenance des immigrants au Québec s’effrite par rapport au Canada
Les débats sur la laïcité ont permis au Canada de marquer des points dans la guerre d’usure avec le Québec pour la loyauté des immigrants racisés. Le sentiment d’appartenir à la communauté québécoise n’a pas décliné entre 2012 et 2019, mais cet « élan » s’est néanmoins affaibli par rapport à la volonté d’être canadien, indique une nouvelle étude. Ce déficit d’appartenance à la province s’est aussi étendu aux minorités non religieuses et à celles qui sont francophones durant cette période.
CBC News – Trudeau Came to Hamilton with Money, But Not the $9M Requested for Refugees Facing Homelessness
Last Tuesday, Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath sent a letter to Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, asking for $9 million to support people with refugee and asylum seeker status housed in the city’s emergency shelter system. At a press conference in Hamilton Monday morning, Trudeau said he and the mayor have had a conversation about the money. “Our governments are looking together for how we can work through all this,” he said.
Radio-Canada – L’inflation, un défi pour les immigrants dans leur processus d’établissement au Manitoba
Environ 160 personnes ont participé à la Journée d’accueil des nouveaux arrivants dans la région de la Rivière-Seine dans le sud-est du Manitoba, samedi. Une journée pour célébrer, mais aussi pour favoriser leur intégration, alors que les défis sont nombreux, comme ceux d’ordre financier amplifiés par l’inflation. La gestionnaire du Réseau en immigration francophone du Manitoba, SaIwa Meddri, insiste sur l’importance d’avoir une épargne suffisante pour subvenir à ses besoins pendant les six premiers mois, comme le dictent les critères d’immigration provinciaux et fédéraux.
CBC News – B.C. Announces $7M in Funding to Help Newcomers Find Jobs
The provincial government has announced a new grant it says will help make jobs more accessible for newcomers in B.C. “We’re breaking down barriers to employment and helping immigrants and newcomers build their lives in this wonderful province,” Sheila Malcolmson, minister of social development and poverty reduction, said Wednesday, in announcing the province’s $7-million in funding to the non-profit Immigrant Employment Council of B.C. (IECBC).
CBC News – Asylum Seeker Says He Was Told Hamilton Had More Space Than Toronto. Now He’s One of Many Living in a Shelter
When Cyprin Ontita came to Canada from Kenya a little over a month ago, he said he was “in the dark” about what life would be like as an asylum seeker. “What you expect when you come from Africa is that you will get a good house. You’ll get work. At first, you just don’t know,” he said. But when he arrived, first to Quebec City then Toronto, the 37-year-old former youth worker said he found himself sleeping outdoors, unable to access shelter.
CTV News – Iranian Refugee Who Bought $6.6M Home in West Vancouver Fails to Convince Judge Foreign Buyers’ Tax Is Unconstitutional
An Iranian refugee who has lived in British Columbia since 1995 but did not receive permanent resident status until last year has had his challenge to the constitutionality of the province’s foreign buyers’ tax rejected by the B.C. Supreme Court. Kourosh Bakhtiari purchased a home in West Vancouver’s tony British Properties neighbourhood for $6.6 million in 2019, according to the court decision issued earlier this week.
