Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Aux consultations sur la planification de l’immigration à l’Assemblée nationale, le recteur Daniel Jutras a expliqué comment l’UdeM est un vecteur de francisation depuis plus de 100 ans. Alors que les nouvelles inscriptions provenant de la communauté étudiante internationale ont chuté de 24 % à l’Université de Montréal cet automne en comparaison de l’an dernier, le recteur de l’Université, Daniel Jutras, a expliqué devant les parlementaires de l’Assemblée nationale combien la contribution des étudiants étrangers est importante non seulement pour les établissements universitaires, mais aussi pour le développement économique du Québec.

https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2025/10/07/plaidoyer-en-faveur-des-etudiants-internationaux-l-udem-vecteur-de-francisation

Les représentants d’entreprises et les syndicats ont passé le même message au gouvernement Legault : Québec doit rehausser les seuils d’immigration permanente s’il veut réduire l’immigration temporaire pour éviter le départ des travailleurs étrangers qui souhaitent rester. Dans une sortie commune, cinq centrales syndicales ont livré un plaidoyer pour que le gouvernement Legault abandonne les scénarios à la baisse d’immigration permanente. Québec propose des seuils annuels de 25 000, 35 000 ou 45 000 dans le cadre de sa planification de l’immigration 2026-2029.

https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/2025-10-07/planification-de-l-immigration/plaidoyer-pour-rehausser-les-seuils-d-immigration-permanente.php

The owner of an Etobicoke-based Canadian Tire store has been fined $111,000 by the federal government for violating the guidelines of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the federal ministry that runs the TFW program, found branch owner Ezhil Natarajan in violation of two guidelines: that wages, work conditions or the job did not match what was listed in offers of employment and that employees were assigned to work different roles than what they were hired for.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ezhil-natarajan-111k-fine-temporary-foreign-workers-program-1.7652223

Rural Manitoba businesses are closely watching for upcoming federal immigration changes, concerned about how those shifts could affect their ability to fill long-standing labour gaps. Last month, Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Canada’s current immigration levels are not sustainable and said his government plans to scale back the number of temporary foreign workers, while creating a more « focused » approach to immigration policies. Comments like those have sparked concerns in industries that already struggle to recruit.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rural-immigration-policy-job-vacancies-1.7650725

The federal government is focused on building lasting economic strength. This starts right here at home. When it comes to jobs, Canadians are always first in line. To be clear: the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a last resort option for employers who cannot find qualified Canadians and permanent residents to fill job vacancies. There’s a stringent process in place to ensure that Canadian workers are always prioritized first.

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2025/10/the-government-of-canada-highlights-reduced-usage-of-temporary-foreign-worker-program-and-increased-penalties.html

Most of us, whether we admit it or not, engage in a great deal of passive scrolling through social media daily. And while the platforms have proliferated for years, experts are only now beginning to demonstrate their full impact on our attention, mental health, spending habits and politics. Despite the benefits, social media is also creating new problems. A pressing concern is the dissemination of misinformation by political extremists, a trend amplified by the unprecedented reach of platforms like Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).

https://theconversation.com/politically-aggressive-social-media-users-are-creating-most-of-the-anti-immigrant-content-264750