Immigration and Refugees Rally

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Guy-Favreau Complex (200 René-Lévesque Blvd West).

Join us for rally across Canada on February 12th at 12pm as the health community calls on the federal government to stop the denial of healthcare on the basis of

This summer, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) issued a landmark decision condemning Canada for denying access to essential health care on the basis of immigration status based on the case of Nell Toussaint. In light of this UN decision, over 1500 individuals and 80 organizations have signed onto an open letter addressed to the federal government, leading to widespread media coverage. You can read and sign the letter at healthcareformigrants.com.

The UN has given Canada 180 days to respond to the UN decision which ends in February. With no definite action from the federal government to date, we need to demonstrate our commitment to justice for all migrants in Canada, including Nell Toussaint.

We call on the federal government to:

1. Comply with the UNHRC’s order to review existing laws and policies regarding health care coverage for irregular migrants.

2. Ensure appropriate resource allocation, so that all people in Canada are provided universal and equitable access to health care services, regardless of immigration status.

3. Provide Nell Toussaint with adequate compensation for the significant harm she has suffered as a result of not receiving essential health care services.

In Montreal (Tiohtiá:ke), the rally will be held on February 12th at 12pm, in front of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada office, located in the Guy-Favreau Complex (200 René-Lévesque Blvd West).

Rallies will be held simultaneously in Valleyfield (QC), Québec (QC), Victoria (CB), Vancouver (CB), Edmonton (AB), Saskatoon (SK), Hamilton (ON), Scarborough (ON), Niagara (ON), Toronto (ON), Ottawa (ON), Halifax (NS) et St. John’s (TN) :

If you can’t be present at the rally, you can still contribute by raising awareness among  your colleague and the general population by putting up posters of the event and by sharing information on your work place and on social medias.

**As migrants and allies to migrants, we recognize that we are also settlers on this land, and stand in solidarity with Indigenous struggles for self-determination, including the Unist’ot’en camp of the Wet’suwet’en people