With the implementation of the cuts to the Interim Federal Health (IFH) program in June 2012, there has been a significant amount of confusion around the coverage of health care for refugees and refugee claimants.
OCASI Policy Webinar Series
This series is an OCASI public education initiative on the impact of public policy and legislation on immigrants and refugees, delivered by experts in the field.
December 18 is International Migrants' Day. In Canada there is much to reflect on. The strides we've made over the past decades in creating a nation that is welcoming, that values the contribution of immigrants and that takes its obligation to protecting those in need of asylum and refuge seriously.
In July of 2012, OCASI was invited by the Committe for the Rights of the Child, an independent body which monitors the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), to submit a shadow report on the state of children's rights in Canada. This report was presented in Geneva, Switzerland in the Fall of 2012.
On June 27, 2012, the Ministry of Education released a discussion paper “Modernizing Child Care in Ontario: Sharing Conversations, Strengthening Partnerships, Working Together,” to begin a conversation on child care modernization. The paper outlines the government's long term vision for child care and seeks feedback on targeted medium-term objectives that will help us achieve that vision over the next three years.
OCASI submitted the following letter in response to the posting of proposed regulatory changes regarding the reporting requirements for "designated foreign nationals" as required by the recent passing of Bill C-31 into legislation. The posting on the Gazette can be found here.
The greatly anticipated Making Ontario Home (MOH) study was launched July 18, 2012 and as expected, has been and continues to be well received by sector organizations, academics, and funding bodies. The study is the first of its kind in Ontario and provide the basis on which other studies will be built.
The Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) was invited to participate in hearings on Bill C-31 held by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Background
The government has introduced Bill C-31 as a way to reform Canada's refugee determination system. The Bill as written will not protect refugees, but will punish them instead.
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