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Federal Budget Falls Short on Canada’s Commitment to Immigrants and Refugees

Type: 
Article

Toronto / November 6, 2025

This federal budget falls short on Canada’s commitment to immigrants and refugees. It misses the opportunity to maximize the economic potential and promise of immigration at a time when collaboration with immigrant and refugee communities is crucial for economic growth. Some budget measures are a positive response to long-standing advocacy by civil society groups. The Budget also contains proposals that will have a disproportionate negative impact on women, racialized individuals, and those with precarious immigration status.

OCASI salue l'investissement dans l'égalité des genres et la sécurité des personnes 2SLGBTQI+

Type: 
Announcement

[ English version ]

Toronto, le 30 octobre 2025

OCASI – Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants accueille favorablement l'annonce d'un important financement du gouvernement fédéral destiné à faire progresse l'égalité et la sécurité des femmes, des filles, et des personnes 2SLGBTQI+ partout au Canada.

Reality Check

Type: 
Executive Director's Message

Toronto / August 2025

Our Refugee Determination system is in crisis with significant backlogs. Our affordable housing crisis continues and the two together have created a perfect storm. We are seeing it manifested on the streets and in the emergency shelters of large urban centres in Ontario like Ottawa and the Greater Toronto (Peel, York, Durham) and Hamilton region.

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