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 – Applicants to Canada’s Skilled-Worker Immigration Program Will Soon Face 36-month Wait Times, Documents Reveal
Kartikay Sharma has a master’s degree in civil engineering and works as a researcher in building energy efficiency — knowledge and skills that are highly sought after in Canada these days. Sharma is among thousands of skilled immigration applicants overseas whose lives and plans are in limbo, as Canada has halted the federal skilled immigration program since then in order to prioritize applicants already in Canada and to address Afghan refugee resettlement.
La Presse – Des travailleurs qualifiés à bout de nerfs
À bout de patience, près de 250 immigrants du Québec demandent à Ottawa d’expliquer les délais qui s’étirent sur plusieurs années avant de traiter leur demande de résidence permanente. À côté, des dossiers beaucoup plus récents que les leurs sont déjà réglés. Si rien ne change, les membres du groupe « Dossiers RP PEQ 2018-2019 »envisagent de recourir à la justice. Parmi les options s’offrant à eux, ils pourraient utiliser un recours judiciaire en droit administratif de type mandamus – où le tribunal peut ordonner qu’une décision soit rendue dans leur dossier pour cause de délai déraisonnable.
CBC News – Canada-U.S. Border Agents Try to Stem Flow of Migrants in Face of Unforgiving Weather, Vast Distances
A bleak panorama of frozen, windblown prairie extends in every direction behind Katy Siemer as she points north, past a barren stand of trees to a pipeline compressor station a few hundred metres away in Manitoba. The U.S. Border Patrol agent is standing alongside a similar facility in Minnesota that she says undocumented migrants use as a meeting spot when sneaking over from Canada, usually under cover of darkness. At the moment, it’s a blindingly bright, sunny day, beautiful in every respect but the –29 C temperature.
National Post – Inside the Smuggling Ring that Left a Family to Freeze to Death on a Perilous Walk Across Canada’s Border
The family of four that froze to death while trying to secretly walk into the United States from Manitoba during a blizzard were already waiting at the drop-off point in Canada when other Indian citizens arrived for the night hike across the border. Documents filed in court in the case against the alleged driver, Steve Shand, 47, of Deltona, Fla., disclose that U.S. authorities are investigating a human smuggling ring in the area. It seems a twice-monthly cross-border operation for Indian nationals, with someone dropping the migrants off on the Canadian side with winter clothing and sending them south, where someone is expected to pick them up.
Radio-Canada – L’Ontario accusé « d’exploiter » des infirmières formées à l’étranger
La province invite les infirmières formées à l’étranger à travailler comme simples préposées aux bénéficiaires dans les foyers pour aînés. Le programme vise à compenser la pénurie de main-d’oeuvre dans les centres de soins de longue durée liée à la pandémie et au variant Omicron. Toutefois, selon l’Association des infirmières et infirmiers autorisés de l’Ontario, les infirmières étrangères devraient être mieux payées que des préposées et leur expérience de travail dans les foyers devrait compter pour l’obtention de leur certificat d’infirmière.
CTV News – ‘Health Disadvantage’: Comparing Outcomes for White and Racialized Immigrants in Canada
A new study has found that there may be a link between discrimination and health disparities in Canada, with racialized immigrants less likely to report being in good health compared to white immigrants and white individuals born in the country. The study, conducted by Canadian researchers, found that four in five (82 per cent) older refugees, immigrants, and racialized Canadians report being in good physical health. However, racialized respondents who reported experiencing discrimination were less likely to fare as well, researchers say.
