The Migrant Mothers Project (MMP) welcomes the announcement that the Canadian government has repealed Conditional Permanent Residence (CPR) for sponsored spouses and partners in its entirety. Since 2013, MMP and our community partners have worked to document the impact that conditional settlement policies have on the safety of migrant women. We have brought our research […]
As we head into a new calendar year, here are a few immigration policies we’re watching out for in the Migrant Mothers Project: 1) A new lottery system has was introduced this week to select 10,000 parent/grandparent sponsorship applications (among the many more that will likely be submitted through IRCC’s new online system). Previously, IRCC […]
During the past two weeks, there have been several major shifts and changes in Canadian immigration policy. The Migrant Mothers Project team is still making sense of these changes, but wanted to illustrate some of the policies here at this time. Changes to the Live-In-Caregiver Program The long anticipated changes to the Live-in-Caregiver program were […]
Good news from Toronto City Council yesterday: A bill to open Toronto city services to people, irrespective of immigration status was reviewed in Toronto City Council on February 21, 2013 and accepted. See updates on the bill’s progress here, and news coverage of yesterday’s council meeting and decision here.
From the Canadian Council for Refugees: Media release 26 October 2012 Conditional Permanent Residence will put women at risk of abuse The Canadian Council for Refugees is dismayed that the federal government has implemented a period of “conditional permanent residence” for some sponsored spouses and partners. “Making permanent residence conditional for sponsored spouses gives power […]
On June 18, 2012 refugees, community members, health professionals and activists across Canada demonstrated against the federal government’s plans to cut the Interim Federal Health Program (the basic health insurance provided to refugee claimants while they await a decision on their claim. In response to these proposed cuts, Fernanda Villanueva wrote the following reflection, to […]