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.
Le Devoir – La pression s’intensifie sur Ottawa pour la régularisation du statut des migrants
Plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont manifesté dimanche matin au centre-ville de Montréal pour réclamer au gouvernement fédéral un programme de régularisation complet et continu pour les réfugiés et les migrants, qui font l’objet d’un « délaissement » par le système d’immigration. L’événement a marqué le lancement d’une semaine d’actions à Montréal et à Ottawa, chapeautée par Solidarité sans frontières, afin d’obtenir un meilleur traitement pour des milliers de sans-papiers.
City News – Protesters Demand ‘Status for All’ Undocumented Migrant Workers, Refugees
Montrealers took to the downtown streets Sunday morning demanding the government provide status for undocumented migrant workers and refugees. The march was organized by the group Solidarity Across Borders as part of a week of action in Montreal and Ottawa. “Those people are living here already, they already adapt to this environment and they are suffering for lack of health care,” said Abdoul Kane from Solidarity Across Borders. “Treat them like every Canadian.”
La Presse – Statut des migrants. « On veut une régularisation complète pour tout le monde »
Plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont manifesté dimanche avant-midi au centre-ville de Montréal pour réclamer au gouvernement fédéral un programme de régularisation complet et continu pour les réfugiés et les migrants, qui font l’objet d’un « délaissement » par le système d’immigration. L’évènement a marqué le lancement d’une semaine d’actions à Montréal et à Ottawa, chapeautée par Solidarité sans frontières, afin d’obtenir un meilleur traitement pour des milliers de sans-papiers.
CBC News – Statistics Canada Exploring Changes to Census to More Accurately Reflect Canada’s Diversity
Statistics Canada says it will consider a change to its data-collecting practices to better account for Canadians who identify as members of multiple visible minorities — people who for years have been grouped into single categories, regardless of their backgrounds. In 2016, 232,375 Canadians selected two or more visible minority groups when completing their census forms.
But a detailed breakdown of that portion of the population has never been made available — leading some to suggest that governments are drafting laws and policies based on incomplete data.
Global News – ‘Lives Are On the Line’: Ottawa Pledges to Help Afghan Interpreters, But Gives No Timeline
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino insisted Friday that Ottawa is working on a plan to help dozens of Afghans who are facing Taliban arrest or worse for having worked with Canada, but he stopped short of saying when that plan will become reality. The federal government is under mounting pressure to help dozens of former interpreters, translators and cultural advisers who aided the Canadian military and development efforts during the war in Afghanistan.
CBC News- Statistics Canada exploring changes to census to more accurately reflect Canada’s diversity
Statistics Canada says it will consider a change to its data-collecting practices to better account for Canadians who identify as members of multiple visible minorities — people who for years have been grouped into single categories, regardless of their backgrounds. In 2016, 232,375 Canadians selected two or more visible minority groups when completing their census forms. But a detailed breakdown of that portion of the population has never been made available — leading some to suggest that governments are drafting laws and policies based on incomplete data.
