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 News – Workers Injured in Forestry Road Bus Crash Were Mostly Immigrant Women from Ethiopia and Somalia, Union Says
Most of the workers injured in a bus crash on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C., on Friday were immigrant housekeepers who had recently been rehoused off site and made to commute two hours each way to Coastal GasLink’s Parsnip Lodge work camp, according to their union. The bus was carrying 25 people when it flipped over on the remote Firth Lake forest service road.
Global News – Winnipeg Rally Calls for Repeal of Safe Third Country, Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Dozens of people headed to Winnipeg’s Central Park on Monday, joining a rally in support of repealing a years-old agreement between Canada and the United States. “(The agreement) takes back Canada’s commitment to refugees and makes Canada (go back) on its obligations to protect the rights of refugees,” said Abdikheir Ahmed, a member of the Immigration Matters in Canada Coalition. Ahmed said the agreement can put the lives of refugees in danger.
CBC News – Blaming Immigration for the Country’s Housing Crisis Disguises the Real Problem, Analysts Say
Immigration advocates and housing experts say criticism of newcomers as the cause of the housing crunch is misguided. They say immigrants are too often the scapegoats for societal and governmental failures. Instead, they point at the federal government for setting large targets while failing to ensure the infrastructure needed to support population growth.
Toronto Star – She Left Ukraine and Hoped Her Canadian Hosts Would Help Her Start a New Life. Instead She Faced a New Nightmare
Growing up in Ukraine, Liza Kravchenko says, she always dreamed of coming to Canada, “a free country with kind people,” to build a different life than the one she would’ve had in the small city of Chernivtsi. But Kravchenko says her introduction to Canada became a three-week nightmare. Kravchenko, 19, alleges that Mary Ann Babiera and Juan Varela of London, Ont., proposed erotic webcam “modelling” to her as a way to earn income after she arrived in Canada, while hosting her in their home.
Radio-Canada -Blâmer l’immigration pour la crise du logement dissimule le vrai problème, dit un expert
Un expert du logement et une avocate en immigration estiment que l’argument selon lequel l’immigration est responsable de la crise du logement au Canada est erroné. Ils blâment toutefois Ottawa de ne pas s’être assuré que les infrastructures étaient suffisantes pour soutenir la hausse démographique du pays. Le Canada a dépassé vendredi le seuil des 40 millions d’habitants, sachant qu’en 2022, son augmentation démographique est presque entièrement attribuable à l’immigration.
CBC News – Montreal Refugee Advocacy Groups, Migrants Begin 3-Day Protest March to Roxham Road
Despite the rain trickling down Saturday morning, about 100 protesters gathered at La Fontaine park in Montreal with plastic rain ponchos, umbrellas, signs and flags to set off on a three-day march toward Roxham Road, in the Montérégie. Refugee advocacy groups, migrants and supporters will be walking 73 kilometres to protest the recent closure of Quebec’s irregular border crossing to asylum seekers arriving in Canada from the U.S.
