Nov 03

Mobilization Against Immigration Policy Changes: Québec Workers Demand Justice

On Saturday, November 2nd at 1:00 pm, a mobilization and march took place in rejection of the recent immigration policy changes. It was an event organized by the Québec Coalition for Regularization and Migrant Justice, a coalition of almost 50 organizations in Québec. CTTI is an active part of this coalition, organizing migrant workers and immigrants of all status to respond to the aforementioned policies and the abuses experienced for decades by im-migrant workers. The mobilization started at Metro Rosemont, followed by a march through Saint Huberté Street and ended near the Jean Talon metro station. Simultaneously in Quèbec and Rimuski there were educational actions carried out with migrant workers and allied groups such as members of unions and different community organizations in the region, also demonstrating their rejection of the latest immigration measures of the federal and provincial governments.
The demands raised in this mobilization are:
– Implement a truly inclusive regularization program for people without immigration status.
– To put an end to the application of the measures adopted for workers already in the country and allow them immediate access to permanent residency;
– Facilitate access to permanent residency, particularly for those already in Canada;
– Halt deportations and detentions until these requirements are met.
– Abolish the closed work permit, a real means of protecting immigrants from exploitation and removing them from cheap labor;
Finally, during the mobilization, the call for actions on December 18 (International Migrants Day) was announced. This call includes a call for all workers, regardless of their status, to enter into a social strike or other actions aimed at making visible the generalized discontent, and the reaction in dignity in the face of all the abuses that immigrants suffer in their workplaces, with the recruiters, with the generalized racism and discrimination and the negative impacts of the abusive policies of the provincial and Canadian governments on their lives and their families.

Read more here:
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2024-11-02/politiques-en-immigration/marche-en-appui-aux-migrants-sans-papiers-a-montreal.php

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