Denounce New Immigration Restrictions and Amplify Migrant Workers’ Voices

Montreal, November 8, 2024 – The Centre for Immigrant Workers invites you to a press conference to address the latest changes in immigration policy and the government’s false promise to implement a regularization program.

In recent months, the Canadian and Quebec governments have implemented a restructuring of the Program for Temporary Foreign Workers, International Students and Asylum Seekers. The announced measures directly affect several precarious worker groups and will lead thousands of migrants across the country into even greater precariousness. Indeed, these changes will increase the number of workers who will be unable to maintain their current migrant status, creating a new wave of insecurity for individuals and families who have lived and worked here for years.

We’ve had enough of migrants being used as spokesperson for housing shortage and social services overload. These problems are actually the result of austerity policies that favor big companies and the private sector. We immigrants are indispensable to the Quebec community. We have the right to live in dignity and security. “essentials” and “guardian angels” during the pandemic, we now feel the blame for Quebec and Canada’s social problems.