Media Roundup

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.


Toronto Star – Did Canada Use Facial-Recognition Software to Strip Two Refugees of Their Status? A Court Wants Better Answers

Canadian authorities can’t just brush off allegations that they are using facial-recognition software to discredit asylum-seekers, a court has ruled. The decision by the Federal Court comes in a case that has cast a spotlight on the possible use of the technology by the Canada Border Services Agency — a practice the agency denies. At the centre of the case are Asha Ali Barre and Alia Musa Hosh. The pair claimed to be Sunni Sufi Muslims, who fled sectarian and gender-based violence from Al-Shabaab and other militant Islamist groups in Somalia.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/09/19/did-canada-use-facial-recognition-software-to-strip-two-refugees-of-their-status-a-court-wants-better-answers.html

National Post – Canada to Have 50 million People, Half of Them Immigrant Families, by 2041

Just last year, Canada brought in 401,000 new permanent residents. One result of this influx, according to new projections from Statistics Canada, is that Canada will be home to as many as 50 million people by 2041. It’s twice as high as the Canadian population as recently as 1980. It also means that over the next 19 years, we’ll be adding enough new Canadians to equal the present-day equivalent of all of Western Canada.  

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-canada-to-have-50-million-people-half-of-them-immigrant-families-by-2041

CBC News – A Calgary Couple Has Helped Nearly 200 Ukrainian Refugees Fly to Canada with Buddy Pass Program

Michael Garnett spent 10 years of his life playing hockey in Russia and loved everything about it. But when the country he had once called home invaded Ukraine — his ancestral homeland — earlier this year, his heart broke. The couple spent all of April in Poland volunteering at the border and driving Ukrainians to refugee centres. They then raised thousands of dollars to support refugees and spent time in Ukraine and Poland a second time in May to deliver supplies to shelters and orphanages. When they returned home to Calgary the pair decided they wanted to do something long-term to help Ukrainians.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a-calgary-couple-has-helped-nearly-200-ukrainian-refugees-fly-to-canada-with-buddy-pass-program-1.6586051

La Presse – Legault veut des chaires sur l’immigration, peut-être la souveraineté

François Legault veut créer 20 nouvelles chaires de recherche en études québécoises dans les universités dont l’une se pencherait sur le sujet chaud des seuils d’immigration. Le principe pour lui, c’est de « bien étudier le passé, le présent, et d’évaluer différents scénarios pour l’avenir pour qu’on soit capable de continuer d’être encore plus fiers de notre nation québécoise ».

https://www.lapresse.ca/elections-quebecoises/2022-09-19/rercherche-en-etudes-quebecoises/legault-veut-des-chaires-sur-l-immigration-peut-etre-la-souverainete.php

Radio-Canada – Simplifier l’immigration pour pallier la pénurie de main d’œuvre en restauration

Des acteurs du milieu de la restauration réclament des changements aux règles d’immigration afin d’attirer plus de travailleurs étrangers pour pallier le manque de main-d’œuvre qualifiée dans cette industrie. La pâtisserie torontoise Nord Lyon fait partie des nombreux restaurants qui peinent à trouver de la main-d’œuvre qualifiée, malgré ses efforts. Il raconte avoir publié des annonces tant au Québec qu’en Ontario sur de nombreux sites de recherche d’emploi, sur les réseaux sociaux, et même tenté du bouche-à-oreille. Le tout sans succès.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1914757/personnel-penurie-restaurant-chef-patisserie-etranger

La Presse – Les aberrations de l’immigration

En cette ère de pénurie de main-d’œuvre, l’immigration est devenue un enjeu majeur au cœur du débat public et, bien évidemment, de la campagne électorale. Si les partis politiques ne s’entendent pas sur le nombre exact de nouveaux arrivants que la société québécoise est capable d’intégrer chaque année, un constat émerge cependant quant aux nombreuses dysfonctions que le partage des responsabilités en matière d’immigration peut induire dans le processus.

https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/chroniques/2022-09-19/les-aberrations-de-l-immigration.php