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Welcome Place, also known as the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council (MIIC) locked out workers Tuesday morning and said services to clients will still be provided but didn’t elaborate on how that would happen. The move affects 23 settlement workers whose union said the workers have already taken wage decreases and shouldn’t have to sacrifice anymore.
La ministre des Affaires municipales et responsable de la région Andrée Laforest a confirmé une enveloppe de 1,2 M$ jusqu’en 2024 afin de mettre en place la stratégie régionale de recrutement et d’attraction de main-d’oeuvre, en collaboration avec les MRC et la Ville de Saguenay. Le Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean fait face à une pénurie de main-d’oeuvre au même titre que l’ensemble du Québec alors qu’il affiche le troisième plus bas taux de chômage.
Des élus montréalais envisagent d’étendre le droit de vote à plus de 100 000 non-citoyens afin de mieux intégrer les immigrants et d’encourager davantage de personnes racisées à participer à la politique municipale. Montréal peut « faire preuve de leadership » sur cette question et relancer le débat dans le pays, selon un rapport daté du 19 avril de la Commission sur le développement social et la diversité montréalaise.
Des organismes d’aide aux nouveaux arrivants souhaitent que la Colombie-Britannique mette sur pied des cliniques de vaccination contre la COVID-19 pour les migrants non autorisés, ces derniers redoutant d’être expulsés du Canada s’ils demandent à être vaccinés. Selon le gouvernement, tout le monde a le droit de se faire vacciner, quelle que soit sa nationalité, et donner un numéro d’assurance maladie n’est pas nécessaire.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1788066/immigrants-sans-papier-vaccin-peur-deportation
Rita and Robert wanted a better life for their son and daughter when they left their impoverished town in central Mexico three years ago and headed to Vancouver. But as undocumented migrants, Rita and Robert live with the uncertainty that comes with not having the paperwork to live and work in Canada legally. That uncertainty increased when the pandemic was declared last year — and again when the vaccination rollout began.
Ottawa should establish a standard of six months to reunite newcomers to Canada with their children, as many refugee and immigrant families now wait years, says a national advocacy group. The long wait is unacceptable, especially for children who are separated from both parents, said Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees. She said parents who have been forced to flee as refugees end up in many cases leaving their children with a grandparent, another family member or even a neighbour in their home countries.