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.
Le Devoir — Un employeur condamné à verser 30 000 $ à deux travailleurs temporaires qu’il poursuivait
Une entreprise de Québec, AMEC, réclamait des milliers de dollars à deux travailleurs étrangers temporaires recrutés au Brésil, disant avoir subi des pertes financières à cause de leur démission. Déboutée en Cour du Québec, l’entreprise devra plutôt elle-même leur verser plus de 30 000 $ en dommages-intérêts et remboursement de frais d’avocat. « Abus de droit », « vengeance », « intimidation financière » ; le juge Christian Brunelle n’est pas tendre dans son jugement rendu l’automne dernier, qui n’a pas encore été médiatisé.
La Presse — Le ministre Roberge promet une « meilleure prévisibilité »
Finis les « malentendus » et les ruptures de services en francisation qui ont fait les manchettes : le ministre de l’Immigration Jean-François Roberge promet « une meilleure prévisibilité » dans ce programme, sans toutefois s’engager à hausser les budgets. En conférence devant le Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM) ce jeudi midi, le ministre Roberge s’était d’entrée de jeu réjoui du bilan de son gouvernement en matière de francisation, « une année record » a-t-il souligné.
CBC News — How the cap on international students is hurting Alberta’s smaller post-secondary schools
As post-secondary institutions across Canada grapple with the impact of having fewer international students, Alberta’s smaller colleges and polytechnics say it’s disproportionately hurting local communities and school budgets. On the surface, the tighter restrictions shouldn’t affect schools in Alberta, given that the number of international students is well below the allowable maximum. The problem is that international students have stopped applying. Alberta colleges and polytechnics say applications are down for the 2025-26 school year, dropping by as much as 80 per cent. Leadership at Alberta schools chalk it up to fewer opportunities for post-graduate work permits and changing perceptions of Canadian schools from abroad.
The Globe and Mail — Ottawa has failed to collect almost 40% of fines on companies that violated Temporary Foreign Worker rules
The federal government has failed to collect almost 40 per cent of the fines levied on employers for violating the rules of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, a Globe and Mail analysis has found. Since 2017, federal inspectors have penalized nearly a thousand companies that rely on foreign workers, imposing more than $11.8-million in fines for workplace infractions. However, some $4.5-million of that sum remains outstanding, according to a public registry of non-compliant employers, prompting criticism that Ottawa’s enforcement regime is not deterring abuse. Companies that do not pay government-issued fines are banned from participating in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. However, failing to collect monetary penalties sends the wrong signal to violators, said John No, a staff lawyer for the workers’ rights division at Parkdale Community Legal Services.
CBC News — City pulling plug on newcomer reception centres
Citing a decrease in demand from newcomers in the shelter system, the City of Ottawa is cancelling plans to set up tent-like reception centres to house asylum seekers. The city had planned to open one or possibly two newcomer reception centres, the first near the Nepean Sportsplex and a second in Kanata should the need arise. The plan was meant to respond to a massive influx of unhoused refugee claimants, forcing the city to shelter people in municipal recreation centres.The newcomer reception centres would have relied on tent-like facilities known as Sprung structures, after a leading company that manufactures them. The plan prompted opposition from some residents who worried that the structures would become permanent shelters. Those emotions boiled over during a confrontational public information session at the Nepean Sportsplex in December.
Unlike in the U.S., where many undocumented people entered without authorization at the southern border, most of these individuals in Canada entered the country legally. They came as temporary workers, international students, tourists or refugee claimants, and saw their visas expire or refugee claims rejected before they were able to transition to another type of legal status. It’s hard to give a definitive number of undocumented people in Canada, but the federal government says it could be as high as 500,000. Many have few legal resources and struggle to navigate Canada’s complex and sluggish immigration system.
