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The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
Une famille mexicaine dont l’avis d’expulsion du territoire canadien avait fait les manchettes a finalement été renvoyée dans son pays d’origine. L’avion transportant les Reyes-Mendez a décollé samedi matin, aux environs de 10h. Des militants du groupe «Mexicain.e.s uni.e.s pour la régularisation» avaient organisé un comité de départ pour dénoncer l’expulsion.
[Minister Jason Kenney] has recently quoted the New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, on his conceptualization of the ideal immigration system as one with a “strong fence, but a wide gate.” […] Mr. Kenney further explained his view of Canada’s new immigration system, particularly as it pertains to the new Federal Skilled Worker Program (commonly known as the “point system”) in his Empire Club address at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on May 25, 2012. In it, Mr. Kenney expressed his belief that it is irresponsible of the government to maintain an immigration system with loopholes where “people who have no intention of integrating can come into the country too easily.”
Au moment où le Conference Board du Canada cible encore l’attraction d’immigrants comme le grand défi économique pour la grande région de Québec, un organisme de Chaudière-Appalaches est d’avis qu’il faut revoir les critères de sélection en matière d’immigration économique. Selon Eva Lopez, directrice générale de l’organisme Intégration communautaire des immigrants en Chaudière-Appalaches, la main-d’œuvre qui vient de l’extérieur ne correspond pas aux besoins réels dans les régions de Québec et Chaudière-Appalaches. Selon Mme Lopez, il y a un décalage entre les critères de sélection et les besoins réels des employeurs. Les immigrants sont souvent trop scolarisés, dit-elle.
C’est à la ministre de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles et ministre responsable de la Charte de la langue française, Diane De Courcy, de passage à Sainte-Thérèse, lundi, qu’incombe désormais la tâche de recueillir et collecter les informations relatives à l’intégration des immigrants, et ce, par le biais de la Table sur l’immigration et l’emploi, un projet piloté par la direction régionale du ministère et Emploi-Québec.
http://www.nordinfo.comAdd New/Actualités/2013-01-18/article-3159420/La-competence-dun-immigrant-dans-une-region-en-manque-de-mainduvre/1
“Immigration consequences” cannot be counted on to reduce a court sentence because it defeats Ottawa’s goal to expedite the removal of non-citizen offenders, Canada’s top court has heard. It is within a sentencing court’s discretion to take account of the risk of deportation faced by non-citizens, but government lawyers say a judge is “neither entitled nor obliged” to consider the immigration implications stemming from the length of sentence.
A 140 character tweet from Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney last August may have answered one of the most pressing questions about the updated rules of the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) when it relaunches in May: will it be limited to a select group of occupations? The FSWP as it exists now is restricted to individuals qualified in one of the vocations on the priority occupations list.