Written by Muskan Sandhu As the world undergoes an unprecedented crisis, ethnic media is serving as a lifeline to immigrant communities now more than ever before. At Diversity Empowers Health, a blog series by MIREMS, we hope to make cross-cultural communication on COVID-19 accessible by overcoming language barriers and bringing voices at the margins to the fore. […]
NCM reviewed election-related coverage in ethnic media in collaboration with MIREMS, a media monitoring service. Other than a generally immigrant-friendly outlook, a review of ethnic media Oct. 27 – Nov. 1 shows that these outlets foresee a relatively stable government — “stable as a mountain” in the description of one Chinese outlet. Canada can look […]
WEB – El Centro News (Weekly) – Toronto, 31/10/2019 – ARTICLE, Spanish Rodrigo Díaz M. says the election of a Liberal minority government means the country’s immigration system will probably remain stable while they can maintain Parliament’s confidence. We can expect immigration targets to increase by about 10,000 newcomers a year after 2021. As a […]
This week about 60 post-election-related articles were analyzed, overwhelmingly with respect to the overall election results and ethnic voting patterns, along with analysis of what the results meant in terms of immigration policies and priorities. Ethnic vote: Commentary in Chinese media included: “…the Chinese community should continue to reflect on the election as Chinese social […]
PRINT – Ta Nea (Weekly) – Montreal, 26/10/2019 – COLUMN, Greek Georgios S. Giousmas – Justin Trudeau and the Liberals won the most seats in the election, this time with only a minority. Four Greek Canadians have been elected in their respective ridings: Niki Ashton, Emmanouella Lambropoulos, Annie Koutrakis and Peter Fragiskatos. One Greek Canadian […]
WEB – Van People (Daily7) – Vancouver, 29/10/2019 – ARTICLE, Chinese Chic Vancouver – After the federal election, Chinese social media platforms have been flooded with opposing views. However, a new topic for debate has surfaced. Left-wing Chinese Canadians are blaming their right-wing counterparts for not following Canada’s values, being short-sighted, and are annoyed by […]
WEB – Russian Express (Weekly) – Toronto, 25/10/2019 – COMMENTARY, Russian A. Gladkov – The author says that in the election, Canada voted for the Conservative Party – and lost. Thirty-five per cent of Canadians voted for the Tories and 33 per cent, or about a quarter million fewer people, for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Nonetheless, […]
There is no way to tell if any of the ethnic media coverage made a difference to the final result, which saw the Liberals fall short of a majority by 13 seats, but gave the Conservatives a plurality of the votes. Photo: [Liberal Party of Canada] NCM News Desk Analysis Canada’s immigrant communities went […]
PRINT – Swadesh (Weekly) – Toronto, 25/10/2019 – EDITORIAL, Gujarati Justin Trudeau is coming to power again as prime minister of Canada. But this time his government is a minority government. The only party that can help him get to the magic figure of 170 members in the 338 seat House of Commons is the […]