We are excited to release a video about the work @HCCI1 has been doing over the last 3 years. We want you to join us as we continue to do this work. Mark your calendars, Sept 30th from 12 pm - 1 pm. Video Release Party on Social Media. #hamont#progresshamont
Immigration detention is awful for mental health: non-citizens in #Canada can be locked up indefinitely, have no access to meaningful mental health services, & are under constant threat of deportation. #COVIDー19 makes it all worse #EndImmigrationDetention
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We are shocked and deeply disappointed at this news. During a pandemic, we must uphold our commitments to protecting the rights of refugees and vulnerable migrants. This includes our fundamental legal obligation to not turn refugees away at the borders. #WelcomeRefugees
Some terms that make me cringe:
"Panel of experts"
"Special Envoy"
"Goodwill Ambassador"
"Brand Ambassador"
"High Net Worth Individual"
"High Level Supporter"
"Sherpas" (except for the real ones in Nepal)
Feel free to add more...
First Nations have faced a contaminated drinking water crisis for years. We need to ask why it is just an outrage when it affects non-Indigenous peoples.
Dear @jkenney, helping former youth in care transition into adulthood is a moral obligation and one of the investments governments can make. Do the right thing and restore funding until age 24.
Pathway to prosperity conference Toronto . Discussion on future of immigration , Settlement and Integraiton in Canada .
500 academia , policy makers and practitioner .
https://t.co/rS3H7Q9J6g
“…we need to pay attention to more inclusive ways of being, more inclusive modes of economic development, and more inclusive approaches to government decision-making” @saroshrizvi@chrisfriesen4@amssabc https://t.co/UaTR4zyyYr #cdnimm
Canada continues to press forward with its application to quash the Tribunal's orders for any financial compensation. The Federal Court has set hearing dates on November 25 and 26, 2019 in Ottawa to hear Canada's stay motion pending the judicial review.
Debbie Douglas, ED at OCASI, gives a powerful BN keynote at the SAFSS Gala about race and gender inequity in Canada. Racialized women make 57 cents to each dollar made by a non-racialized man in Canada. Let's not kid ourselves about where we are in this country.
Our team attended "A Pathway to End Violence Against Migrant Sex Workers: Access, Safety, Dignity and Justice" an informative workshop hosted by Butterfly (Asian & Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) #sexworkiswork
39 people died in the back of a truck today. One of those people was the last to die and watched 38 people go before them. Can you even imagine the horror you'd need to be running from to make that risk worthwhile?
And we complain about giving them refuge?
Fuck off.
Spread the word about new non-partisan #DialDoug campaign on #accessibility for over 1.9 million Ontarians with disabilities. Retweet #DialDoug https://t.co/Zky8xNiOkd announcement of this blitz on your Facebook page https://t.co/Z2REkYULPF #AODA#onpoli