Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2012
Unprecedented events being organized in 10 cities across the country
Health care workers united in opposition to planned reductions in health care coverage for refugees are holding a national day of action in hopes of persuading the federal government to reverse course. Physicians, nurses, community health workers and many others from a number of different professional health disciplines will be participating in demonstrations in 10 cities from coast to coast on Monday, June 18th. The health care workers are deeply concerned that the changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) scheduled to take effect June 30, 2012 will lead to poorer health outcomes for some of the most vulnerable members of society, increase health care costs and threaten public safety.
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Posted by admin on Jun 12th, 2012
Where: YWCA, 733 Beatty street, right next to Stadium Skytrain Station.
(Note: there are several Y’s, please make note of the address).
When: 6.30PM, Wed, June 27
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/291338344296097/
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Posted by admin on Jun 10th, 2012
Toronto, Kitchener, London, Vancouver, May 24, 2012 — Coordinated by Migrant Workers Alliance of Change, simultaneous actions outside MP offices took place in 4 cities today, with migrant workers, community members and trade unionists demanding the Conservative government reverse a policy that would permit employers to pay migrant workers 15% less. This discriminatory policy is an attack on migrant workers and on all working people. Actions will continue next week in Calgary and Edmonton, as momentum builds against the wage cut.
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Posted by admin on Jun 10th, 2012
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund has published a new position paper on women living without legal immigration status in Canada. We believe that current laws put women without status at risk. The focus of the paper is on women who are dependent on their spouse for sponsorship in order to gain status in Canada, and who fear losing their status or have lost their status because they have fled an abusive relationship with their sponsor.
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Posted by admin on Jun 9th, 2012
The Law Union of Ontario (“The Law Union”) is dismayed by recent attacks by the Conservative Government’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, aimed at the grassroots migrant rights group No One Is Illegal. No One Is Illegal has a proven track record of working alongside migrant communities and individuals on issues relating to human rights and broader social justice. From working to ensure undocumented people living in Canada have access to women’s shelters, food banks, and health care, to organizing campaigns against discriminatory immigration laws and continued resource theft from Indigenous communities and the agenda of increased profits on the backs of people’s welfare as exhibited by the G8-G20 governments, No One Is Illegal is an important and crucial voice of dissent.
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