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.
Globe and Mail – Immigrants Struggling Amid Calgary’s Tight Rental Market
Due to its relative affordability and perceived abundance of tech jobs, Alberta’s largest city is becoming a magnet for immigrants. In 2022, Calgary welcomed 25,622 international migrants, a record number that represents about 60 per cent of the city’s total population growth. But as the number of immigrants increases, so do the pressures on Calgary’s rental market. Unlike interprovincial migrants, international migrants are more likely to become renters, at least initially.
Travailleurs étrangers chez Olymel à Vallée-Jonction : le député Lehoux rencontre le ministre fédéral de l’Immigration
Rappelons que 122 travailleurs étrangers sont touchés par cette annonce. Ces employés possèdent un permis de travail fermé, délivré par le gouvernement du Canada.
Une autre rencontre est prévue avec le ministre et son équipe, afin de trouver des pistes de solution pour garder cette main-d’œuvre en Beauce.
Winnipeg Free Press – Gesture of Thanks: Ukrainian Refugee Gives Back to Manitoba
Ivan Partsei and his wife, Vasylyna Kobuta are organizing a community cleanup as a way of saying thank you for the support they have received from Manitobans since they arrived in the province eight months ago. “We want to live in this city and we want to make something better for us and for everyone.”
Global News – Canada’s Immigration System Is Backlogged. Will PSAC Strike Make It Worse?
The ongoing federal workers’ strike could have a “severe” impact on Canada’s immigration system, Ottawa has warned, as concerns mounts over how long the labour dispute might last. Before the strike kicked off Wednesday, Canada was already facing a backlog of immigration applications and visa delays after more than three years of the pandemic.
CBC News – Federal Court to Hear Why Truck Driver in Fatal Broncos Crash Shouldn’t Be Deported
The Federal Court has agreed to allow the lawyer for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash to argue against his possible deportation. In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the Saskatchewan crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. The Canada Border Services Agency recommended last year that Sidhu be handed over to the Immigration and Refugee Board to decide whether he should be deported to India.
CBC News – Hunted by the Taliban, Afghans Who Worked with Embassy Sue Ottawa Over Immigration Delays
Afghans who worked with the Canadian embassy in Kabul — and are now hiding from the Taliban — are suing the federal government, accusing Ottawa of dragging its feet on their immigration claims and demanding that it settle them without delay. Newly unsealed court documents say 24 former employees of a law firm retained by the embassy — and one guard employed by the embassy — are living in fear because they’ve been given no indication from the federal government that they’ll be able to move here.
