In the News
June 29, 2022
Deplorable U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Women’s Right to Abortion and Health Care
People Across U.S. Denounce Attack on Women’s Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 213-page ruling, overturned the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade on June 24, which means that there is no longer a constitutional right to an abortion. Now states will decide when and if abortions can occur, with some having outright bans under any circumstances. [More]
U.S. Supreme Court Decision and Importance of Affirming Women’s Rights
TML: Thank you for joining us. You were one of the main organizers of Canada’s 1970 Abortion Caravan which boldly affirmed women’s rights at that time, bringing women into the front lines of the fight for rights. [More]
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“We Won’t Go Back” – Actions Across the United States
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In the News
June 28, 2022
Stop the Deportations! Status For All!
Migrant Rights Network Launches Campaign to Achieve Full Status for all Migrants and Refugees
The Migrant Rights Network, a national organization comprising several migrant worker and refugee defence organizations, has launched a petition and organizing campaign to mobilize public support for permanent resident status for migrants and refugees living and working in Canada without status. [More]
Petition to Stop Deportation of Vangie and McKenna Rose Cayanan.
Migrante Alberta is carrying out a petition campaign to Stop the Deportation of Vangie (Evangeline) and McKenna Cayanan, and is calling on the Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) Sean Fraser to stop their deportation, and grant them permanent resident status through their pending humanitarian and compassionate application. [More]
Self-Serving Justification for Imposing Civil Death on Undocumented Workers
The Mandate Letter issued to Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the IRCC in December 2021, includes the following, “Undocumented workers: Build on existing pilot programs to identify how to regularize status for undocumented workers in Canada.” [More]
Canada’s Ongoing Violation of its Obligations Under UN Convention on Rights of the Child
The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), to which Canada is a signatory, states, “Article 3 (1): “In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. [More]
