Toronto / November 2025
OCASI submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Our brief focuses on the possible negative impacts and unforeseen consequences of Bill C-12 on women and other survivors of gender-based violence, and disproportionate impact on Black and other racialized people and communities.
Toronto / November 2025
OCASI submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Our brief focuses on the possible negative impacts and unforeseen consequences of Bill C-12 on women and other survivors of gender-based violence, and disproportionate impact on Black and other racialized people and communities.
Toronto / November 2025
OCASI submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Our brief focuses on the possible negative impacts and unforeseen consequences of Bill C-12 on women and other survivors of gender-based violence, and disproportionate impact on Black and other racialized people and communities.
Toronto / May 2026
OCASI made a written submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, for its annual pre-budget consultation.
Toronto / January 2026
Ontario’s immigrant and refugee serving sector does the important work of facilitating the settlement and integration of refugees and im/migrants. Across Ontario, the sector supports refugees and immigrants to find jobs, access workers’ rights, housing, education and training, health and mental health services, food security, safety for women and girls facing violence, access to justice, and much more. We are part of the larger non-profit sector that contributes over $50 billion to Ontario’s GDP and employs more than 850,000 people.
The Ontario government has announced pre-budget consultations. The government has identified the following priority areas:
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.
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.
Toronto / January 2024
OCASI's 2024 pre-budget submission for Ontario highlights growing and deepening disadvantages in employment, housing and settlement faced by im/migrants and refugees, and calls for more investment in services and supports.
OCASI made a written submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, for the pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2024 federal budget.
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