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 — Chow calls on feds to restore funding for refugee shelter program as city faces $107M shortfall
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling on the federal government to reverse a funding decision she says will hinder the city’s ability to shelter refugees and asylum seekers. In a letter sent to council members Wednesday, Chow said the city will have to come up with an additional $107 million this year to continue to provide emergency shelter to refugee claimants at its current level, after the federal government offered just 26 per cent of the funding the city requested through the Interim Housing Assistance Program (IHAP) for 2025. The federal program has been the main source of funding for Toronto’s refugee response in recent years, reimbursing 95 per cent of the city’s expenses.
CIC News — New medical exam requirements for Express Entry permanent residence applications take effect
As of 21 August, new applicants for Canadian permanent residence (PR) through the Express Entry system will need to complete an upfront Immigration Medical Exam (IME) to submit their application—unless they meet certain exemptions. Prior to this change, IMEs were to be completed after a foreign national submitted their application for PR, upon request from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Some candidates will be exempt from this change if they meet all conditions detailed below, including having completed an IME in the last five years. IMEs must be completed by a candidate and all of their immediate family members (spouse / common-law partner, dependent children, and the dependent children of dependent children), even including family members who are not accompanying the candidate to Canada.
CIC News — New language test will be available for Canadian permanent residence applications
Foreign nationals seeking to immigrate to Canada will have another testing option to prove their English language proficiency. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accept the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Essentials test in the future. IRCC is not currently accepting the test, but will update its official webpages once acceptance begins. This change will enable foreign nationals under its permanent economic immigration programs to take this test in order to prove English language proficiency. On 21 August, the Education Testing Service (ETS)—the organization that administers the TOEFL—announced that it had been added as a designated language testing organization by IRCC.
Radio-Canada — Demandeurs d’asile : Toronto déplore le financement insuffisant proposé par Ottawa
Un nouveau chapitre s’est écrit cette semaine dans la dispute entre la Ville de Toronto et Ottawa entourant le financement de l’accueil des demandeurs d’asile. Dans une lettre aux conseillers municipaux, la mairesse Olivia Chow annonce que Toronto pourrait accuser un manque à gagner de plus de 100 millions $ en la matière en raison des décisions du fédéral. Au cours de la crise des demandeurs d’asile qui a frappé la Municipalité en 2023 et 2024, la Ville de Toronto s’est souvent plainte auprès du gouvernement fédéral en raison du manque de financement pour loger les demandeurs d’asile.
National Post — Alberta minister wants ‘illegal immigrants’ to be counted in federal targets
Alberta Immigration Minister Joseph Schow says he wants Ottawa to stop turning a blind eye to illegal immigration in Canada and have an honest conversation about the strain he says it’s putting on infrastructure and public services. Schow, who is also Alberta’s minister of jobs, economy and trade, is calling on federal officials to account for the estimated number of undocumented migrants in the country when setting next year’s immigration targets. “These illegal migrants must be taken into account, as every province is feeling the pressure of Ottawa’s mismanagement of the immigration system,” said Schow. Federal officials have recently acknowledge the need to slow down the rate of immigration after welcoming millions of newcomers in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBC News — As Canada reduces immigration, francophones settling outside Quebec are an exception
The federal government is slashing the number of permanent and temporary immigrants it’s admitting to Canada — but among the streams that are not only being spared but encouraged to grow significantly are francophones settling outside Quebec. Prime Minister Mark Carney promised during the last election campaign to raise the francophone immigration target to 12 per cent of all permanent residents admitted outside Quebec by 2029.
