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 – Mobilisation autour du renvoi d’un travailleur essentiel vers l’Inde
Il est minuit moins cinq, la mobilisation s’intensifie pour empêcher l’expulsion d’un camionneur indien sans papiers prévue pour le 15 juin. Pour les défenseurs de sa cause, ce travailleur essentiel sera en danger pour sa vie s’il est renvoyé vers l’Inde, où son engagement politique l’exposera à des violences et où la COVID fait des ravages. Le collectif SSF a aidé M. Singh à déposer une demande de sursis administratif au renvoi, soit une mesure temporaire adoptée ad hoc lorsqu’une crise humanitaire survient dans un pays.
Radio-Canada – Pénurie de main d’œuvre au Québec : « Les entreprises doivent se prendre en main »
Face à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre, le ministre du Travail du Québec Jean Boulet invite les entreprises à prendre leur part de responsabilité. Le ministre veut leur passer le message que l’immigration n’est pas la seule solution pour répondre à leurs besoins. On estime que 22 % de nos besoins dans les 10 prochaines années seront comblés par des personnes immigrantes, précise le ministre.
CTV News – Canada Could Help U.S. By Taking in Some Central American Migrants: Minister
In their first phone call since President Joe Biden’s administration was sworn in, Mendicino and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas last week discussed issues including Central American migration – an area where the Biden administration is struggling to gain control. Canada wants to help, Mendicino told Reuters in an interview late Tuesday. “I certainly think that we have the capacity within our existing levels plan to accommodate more refugees,” he said. Canada aims to resettle 36,000 refugees for 2021.
CTV News – Canada Announces Two New Permanent Residency Pathways for Hong Kong Residents
The federal government says it is “deeply concerned” about China’s imposition of the national security law and the “deteriorating” human rights situation in Hong Kong, adding the country stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Hong Kong. In order to be eligible for the new permanent residency pathways, applicants must have valid temporary resident status. They must also meet the specified language, education and work requirements, and must be in Canada.
Globe and Mail – Why the Latin American Community in Toronto Has Been Hit Hard by COVID-19
In a pandemic that has hit marginalized people hardest, Latin Americans in Canada’s largest urban area have been particularly at risk: They’re more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than any other ethnoracial group, according to the most recent data available from the city of Toronto. They work front-line jobs, live in often crowded homes, use public transit and are often reluctant to seek out care – possibly because of precarious immigration status, advocates say.
CBC News – Ottawa Mom Fed Up with Immigration Delay to Go to Children Stuck in Gaza
Losing hope in Canada’s backlogged immigration system, an Ottawa mom is planning to board a flight this week to reunite with her three children stuck in Gaza. “It’s hard to take because I don’t want to leave Canada. I feel like I want my kids to be here,” said Jihan Qunoo, who fled Gaza in 2019 after being a target of threats by the Hamas government due to her work with a non-profit. “At the same time, I feel like every hour I am losing my kids.”
