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.
Radio-Canada – Projets pilotes d’immigration : des « essais », mais peu de candidats
Lancés en grande pompe par le gouvernement de François Legault, les projets pilotes d’immigration visant les préposés aux bénéficiaires, les travailleurs de la transformation alimentaire ainsi que les experts du secteur de l’intelligence artificielle auraient clairement manqué leur cible, selon le Parti libéral du Québec. Annoncés dès 2020 par l’ancien ministre de l’Immigration Simon Jolin-Barrette, ces programmes devaient permettre à un maximum de 550 personnes, annuellement et par catégorie, de bénéficier d’un accès rapide vers la résidence permanente.
Toronto Star – Here’s Why the U.S. Is Pushing Ottawa to Require Visas from Mexicans
When Canada lifted the visa requirements on Mexicans in late 2016, one of the first things Selene Mateos did was book a vacation to visit Vancouver with her girlfriend. Mateos was surprised when she learned from media reports this week that Washington has requested that Ottawa reimpose visas on Mexico after a surge of Mexican irregular migrants trying to cross into the U.S. through the northern border via Canada.
Toronto Star – This Ukrainian Tiktokker Found Community with Indigenous Peoples in Canada — And a Piece of Home that Tied Them Together
Andrian Makhnachov was back home in Kyiv, Ukraine last April, studying international relations, while the city and country he loves was being bombarded with fighting, violence and tragedy as the war with Russia raged on. He reluctantly moved to Canada— Regina, Sask., specifically. On a walk one day, he saw an Indigenous man who would connect him to the country he missed in a way he couldn’t imagine: through a floral scarf.
Le Devoir – Les immigrants temporaires ne feront pas parties des discussions de Québec
Reconnaissant que près de 300 000 immigrants non permanents se trouvaient en sol québécois à la fin de 2022, la ministre de l’Immigration, Christine Fréchette, refuse toutefois d’inclure la question des immigrants temporaires dans sa consultation sur les cibles cet automne. Talonnant Mme Fréchette sur le sujet lors de l’étude des crédits de son ministère, le député solidaire de Saint-Henri–Saint-Anne, Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, a sommé le gouvernement d’aborder le sujet lors de ses consultations sur les cibles d’immigration 2024-2027.
CBC News – 3 Charged in India After Complaint Details Family’s Last Moments Before Fatal St. Lawrence River Journey
Human smugglers pressured the Indian and Romanian families into a boat in bad weather the night they died trying to cross the St. Lawrence River, according to a police complaint filed in India that led to charges against three Indian nationals. The bodies of the two families, totalling six adults and two children, were pulled from the St. Lawrence River on March 30 and 31 near the Kanien’kehá:ka community of Akwesasne after a failed human smuggling attempt to take them into the U.S.
Saskatchewan’s premier said Monday that the province has listened to the calls for more education funding. But the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) wants the government to also make sure it focuses on the need for English as an additional language (EAL) specialists in schools. Both the province and the STF said a recent uptick in immigration in the province has driven up enrolment numbers in public schools. Many of these children need language support.
