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OCASI Letter to Minister Diab: Speed Up Processing for Sudan

Type: 
Open Letters

Toronto / November 2025

OCASI wrote to Minister Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, urging her to speed up processing for Sudan.

November 27, 2025

Dear Minister Diab,

Re: Speed up processing for Sudan

We are writing to urge you to speed up processing of Sudanese applicants, seeking to flee the violent conflict in Sudan to join family in Canada.

Ontario Pre-Budget Consultations 2026

Type: 
Deputations & Submissions

The Ontario government has announced pre-budget consultations. The government has identified the following priority areas:

  • protecting Ontario’s economy and workers
  • creating more jobs
  • keeping taxes low and costs down
  • delivering better services
  • getting critical infrastructure projects built

View OCASI’s Draft Submission. We will post a final version here before the end of December.

A Good Immigration Process

Type: 
Executive Director's Message

Toronto / December

The December 2025 blog post by OCASI Executive Director Debbie Douglas features recent expert presentations examining Canada's immigration system.

OCASI Board Chair Alfred Lam served as a witness before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM). He was invited to speak on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, as part of the Committee’s study on Canada’s immigration system.

OCASI Submission - Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy

Type: 
Deputations & Submissions

Toronto / November 2025

There is growing inequality in Ontario, and poverty rates are higher for immigrants and refugees, and Indigenous groups and most racialized groups.

By working together we can make the needed change that will benefit everyone.

OCASI made ten recommendations to the Ontario government for its next Poverty Reduction Strategy.

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