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.


Gouvernement du Québec — Lancement des consultations sur la planification pluriannuelle de l’immigration 2026-2029 et décisions de gestion des demandes

Le ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration, M. Jean-François Roberge, a déposé ce jeudi à l’Assemblée nationale les propositions d’orientations gouvernementales qui concernent les niveaux et la composition de l’immigration au Québec pour les années 2026-2029. Pour la première fois, le gouvernement du Québec introduit des cibles pour l’immigration temporaire et propose une réduction responsable du nombre de personnes titulaires de permis dans le Programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires (PTET) et le Programme des étudiants étrangers (PEE).

https://www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/actualites/details/consultations-planification-pluriannuelle-immigration-2026-2029-decisions-gestion-demandes-63347

National Post — U.S. crackdown on illegal immigrants is sending a surge of refugees to Canada

As fears of refugee deportation mount in the United States, a surge of asylum seekers is turning to Canada — only to find a border that is getting increasingly hard to cross. The number of refugee seekers processed by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has shot up by 87 per cent between January and April. In April, 494 ineligible refugee claimants from the U.S. were turned back at the Canadian border under the Safe Third Country Agreement, which bars most people from seeking asylum in Canada at the border. That’s up from 280 in January — a 76 per cent increase. Growing refugee traffic at the Canadian border this year has emerged amid a looming clampdown on illegal immigration in the U.S. that experts say could trigger a flood of asylum seekers to Canada.

https://nationalpost.com/news/u-s-illegal-immigrants-refugees-to-canada

CTV News — Here’s what the proposed Bill C-2 means for immigrants and asylum seekers in Canada

Canada has announced new measures under the proposed Bill C-2 in response to what it called growing migration pressures. In a press release Tuesday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said the government is “committed to rebuilding Canadians’ trust in the immigration system by prioritizing balance.” According to a background document, the proposed rules contained in Bill C-2, or the Strong Borders Act, would ensure law enforcement has the tools to secure borders, as well as fight transnational organized crime, illegal fentanyl and money laundering. The IRCC added in its press release that it would improve the “integrity and fairness of our immigration system while protecting Canadians’ privacy and Charter rights.”

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/what-you-need-to-know-about-canadas-proposed-new-immigration-and-asylum-rules/

CP24 — Immigration minister defends border bill’s restrictions on asylum claims

Safeguards have been written into the government’s border bill to ensure civil rights and due process are upheld in proposed immigration regulations, Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Wednesday. Critics and advocacy groups are calling the wide-ranging border security legislation a threat to civil liberties in the immigration and asylum system. One proposed change in the legislation would prevent people from making asylum claims if they’ve been in Canada for more than a year. That change would not affect applications that have been submitted already but would be retroactive to June 3, assuming the bill becomes law. Diab said there would still be opportunities for asylum seekers who have been in Canada for more than a year to make their case through measures like pre-removal risk assessments.

https://www.cp24.com/politics/2025/06/05/immigration-minister-defends-border-bills-restrictions-on-asylum-claims/?taid=6840c1fd7f25e30001468cc2

Radio-Canada — Ottawa veut plus de pouvoirs en immigration

Le gouvernement fédéral souhaite modifier ses lois en matière d’immigration pour pouvoir aisément suspendre la possibilité de faire certaines demandes pour demeurer au Canada, selon un projet de loi déposé mardi visant à renforcer la sécurité à la frontière. Richard Kurland, avocat en droit de l’immigration à Vancouver, discute des mesures de ce projet de loi. Si un demandeur a l’intention de revendiquer le statut de réfugié au Canada, mais qu’il est physiquement présent aux États-Unis, il n’a que 14 jours pour faire cette revendication une fois rentré au Canada… » explique Richard Kurland.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/phare-ouest/segments/rattrapage/2087703/projet-loi-federal-en-matiere-immigration

L’actualité — L’Institut du Québec suggère d’augmenter temporairement l’immigration permanente

Augmenter temporairement le nombre de nouveaux immigrants permanents au Québec serait une option pour réduire la dépendance à l’immigration temporaire, selon l’Institut du Québec (IQ). Dans un nouveau rapport, dévoilé mercredi, l’IQ suggère des pistes d’action dans le contexte où Québec et Ottawa tendent vers un recul des flux d’immigration par rapport aux dernières années. Dans l’un des scénarios, l’IQ propose à Québec de planifier un seuil d’immigration permanente temporairement plus élevé, dans une fourchette de 60 000 à 90 000, pendant une période transitoire.

https://lactualite.com/actualites/linstitut-du-quebec-suggere-daugmenter-temporairement-limmigration-permanente/