Migrants across Canada call on Ottawa for action on regularization, permanent status
CBC
Rallies are planned in cities across Canada today to call on Ottawa to extend permanent status to undocumented migrants.
Migrants and advocacy groups will also be calling on the government to swiftly implement a regularization program for all undocumented people.
Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, says it's an opportune moment for Ottawa to listen to his group's calls for more guaranteed basic rights for undocumented people in Canada.
Ottawa launched a regularization program during the COVID-19 pandemic for asylum seekers who worked in the health sector, and the prime minister has asked his immigration and citizenship minister to explore other ways to regularize status for undocumented workers.
Hussan says the program should include all undocumented people and argues it should be a focus for the government as parliament prepares to return next week.
He expects thousands of people will be in attendance at the rallies and marches planned in 13 cities including Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver, Fredericton and St. John's, N.L.
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