Une alliance nationale visant à fournir une base factuelle pour l'établissement et l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants, ainsi que pour la promotion de communautés accueillantes au Canada
La revue de presse fournit des liens aux articles récents et archivés, à la fois en anglais et en français, sur l’immigration et la diversité lesquels ont été publiés dans les média locaux et nationaux. Il y a également des articles internationaux. Cette section est mise à jour hebdomadairement.
CBC News — Popular support for more immigration has cratered. Politicians are taking note
Canada’s large immigrant population has long been regarded as a virtue — but new data suggests popular opinion on adding more newcomers has gone through a seismic shift after years of explosive growth. For much of the last 25 years, immigration was something of a third rail in Canadian politics, with few elected officials publicly questioning its value. On that issue, too, there’s been a major about-face. At the Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney put the immigration system on notice, saying recent levels have not been “sustainable” and a more “focused” approach is required. “It’s clear that we must improve our overall immigration policies,” he said.
CBC News — With a drop in international students, campuses are seeing class waitlists, course cuts and fewer researchers
As they buckle down for a new fall term, post-secondary students, faculty, administrators and sector experts are worried, as institutions struggle with plummeting enrolment of students from abroad, financial and other ramifications of federal changes to stem the tide of international students in Canada and, in some regions, limits on domestic tuition. It’s particularly concerning for Ontario, which is home to more than 40 per cent of the country’s university student population, as well as more than 40 per cent of all college students — and where domestic student enrolment is rising. Approximately 111,000 students are starting their first year of university this fall — higher than the double-cohort year of 2003, when the province eliminated Gr. 13, according to Rob Kristofferson, a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University and president of the Ontario Confederation of University and Faculty Associations.
City News — As support for immigration wanes, survey says optimism key to retaining immigrants
As the political debate over immigration heats up again, a group that works to support newcomers says immigrants need a sense of both belonging and optimism to convince them to stay. The Institute for Canadian Citizenship published a survey of roughly 5,000 immigrants today focused on how Canada can retain newcomers. Political debate on immigration is ramping up, with both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and B.C. Premier David Eby calling for the termination of the temporary foreign worker program due to high youth unemployment.
CBC News — Federal agencies fumble privacy safeguards on asylum system revamp, risking refugee data
Three government agencies that partnered on a $68-million project to revamp Canada’s asylum system failed to complete mandatory privacy safeguard tests for years while the project was being implemented, CBC News has learned. The lack of privacy protections raises “red flags,” lawyers say, and may have put refugee claimants’ data and applications at risk. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) worked together on the “asylum interoperability project,” which would transform the asylum system into a more efficient digital one and address the ever-growing backlog of pending asylum applications, which currently sits at more than 290,000.
The Guardian — LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump: ‘I’m afraid of living here’
The number of LGBTQ+ Americans inquiring about moving to Canada has soared since Donald Trump’s re-election, campaigners have said, as people across the US wrestle with the fallout of rising anti-gay rhetoric, anti-trans executive orders, and the more than 600 bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights. “So much is happening in the US right now and a lot of it is terrifying,” said Latoya Nugent of Rainbow Railroad, a North American charity that helps LGBTQI+ individuals escape violence and persecution in their home countries. In the first eight months of this year, the organisation has received 4,197 calls from people living in the US – a surge of 760% compared with the same period last year.
CBC News — Moe says Canada should focus on economic immigration, as some leaders call for end to temporary foreign worker program
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Canada needs an immigration system focused on economic migration. His comments come after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on the federal government to scrap the temporary foreign worker program. Poilievre said the program has flooded the market with cheap labour and made it harder for young Canadians to find work. B.C. Premier David Eby also called for the program to be “cancelled or significantly reformed” Thursday afternoon, blaming Ottawa’s flawed immigration policies for filling up homeless shelters and food banks.
