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.
Toronto / October 30, 2025
OCASI – Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants welcomes the federal government’s significant funding announcement to advance equality and safety for women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people across Canada.
Toronto / October 2025
Solidarity is our watch word this year at the Council. And it’s mirrored in the theme of this year’s annual conference- Solidarity in Vision and Action. The theme speaks to the need for us to regroup as a sector as we face the headwinds of austerity agendas that threaten the foundational integrity of our sector organizations.
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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The federal government's Bill C-12, Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Actproposes sweeping legislative changes that will erode the rights of refugee claimants and migrants, similar to the earlier Bill C-2, the “Strong Borders Act”.
OCASI has submitted 11 strategic recommendations to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to the Committee’s annual pre-budget consultations
1. Invest adequately, appropriately and equitably in settlement services and language training for all refugees and migrants, regardless of immigration status. – say something about potential cuts – Include investment in Francophone settlement outside Quebec.
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