Social Assistance Review Should Address Concerns of Racialized and Immigrant Communities
July 14, 2011
For Immediate Release
Social Assistance Review Should Address Concerns of Racialized and Immigrant Communities
July 14, 2011
For Immediate Release
Social Assistance Review Should Address Concerns of Racialized and Immigrant Communities
Please click on link for presentation by Debbie Douglas - OCASI Executive Director, at the North Etobicoke Local Immigration Partnership Summit held on Tuesday June 28, 2011 at the Woodbine Convention Centre in Rexdale (Toronto, ON).
The federal budget tabled in Parliament on Monday June 6, 2011 by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty includes $4 billion in cuts intended to aid deficit reduction. This was the biggest change from the last budget tabled on March 22, 2011 (see OCASI comments on the previous budget).
Toronto/April 25, 2011 - Refugee and immigrants rights groups, legal clinics, and women's organizations are calling on all federal parties to reject a proposed change to Canada's immigration law that will make women more vulnerable to violence and abuse.
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