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Bien que l’intention entrepreneuriale soit plus forte chez les immigrants que chez les natifs du Québec, les immigrants sont moins nombreux à devenir entrepreneurs et obtiennent rarement du soutien financier, révèle une enquête de HEC Montréal. Les personnes immigrantes font face à des obstacles en ce qui concerne l’accès au financement externe à cause de leur statut.
In the months before the Taliban stormed out of the hinterlands and seized power in Afghanistan, Global Affairs Canada produced an evaluation report that talked up how the department’s “ambitious” gender equality programs helped Afghan women become more “active, confident and self-sufficient.” That report, which examines the impact of Canada’s Afghan development initiatives between 2015 and 2020, had been publicly available online but was taken down last month shortly after the Western-backed government of former president Ashraf Ghani fell on Aug. 15.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-development-report-1.6167118
On Aug. 26, the Canadian Army and government of Canada announced that they had finished their evacuation program. This means women’s rights activists who have remained in Afghanistan will have to find other ways to leave the country. “We appreciate the Canadian government’s support for relocation, but how could women get themselves to places where they could receive help with relocation?” says Harif. “Going into the streets would put their life in danger.”
As many as 6 million Afghan refugees are in the world now, and Canada is increasingly a desired destination for those seeking safety. Local churches are stepping up to sponsor refugee families hoping to come to Canada. So far, MGUC and MUC have signed up to welcome three families. A third is hoping to sign on to the initiative. They are hoping to raise $40,000 per family to meet their needs for a year.
Mayor Patrick Brown said it’s “disappointing” the Canadian government hasn’t done more to support Brampton’s request to provide safe passage for more than 150 Afghan citizens desperate to leave Afghanistan. On Sept. 8, during the City of Brampton’s news conference, Brown was asked to provide an update on the more than 150 families he was trying to help leave Afghanistan since U.S. troops left the country and the Taliban took control.
Since his arrival in Ottawa on Aug. 28, Mohammad Saber Perdes has been working to find a home in his new country. “The following day, I started searching for rental apartments and housing,” he said. However, that search has proved daunting. For now, home for Perdes and 40 other Afghan refugees remains a west-end hotel. As his four children work and play in a hotel common area, Perdes is on his cell, calling landlords and filling out rental applications for three-bedroom apartments.
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/afghan-refugees-struggle-to-find-homes-in-ottawa-1.5577893