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Less Blame

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IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM –
THEY ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

Less Blame - More Solutions

 

• Only a few months into the economic crisis in Canada and Liberal and Conservative leaders are already using the economy to push for more restrictive immigration policies. 

• It’s not just, it’s not true, it’s not Canadian -  it’s time to stop scapegoating immigrants for the economic crisis.

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OMNI TV - 18 February 2009

 

• The Liberals and Conservatives have made comments that suggest that Canada’s diversity is the primary reason for our current economic crisis. Immigration has been a source of prosperity in our country. The dangerous political strategy of “scapegoating” immigrants and migrants and espousing protectionism and extreme nationalism can quickly degenerate into intolerance, xenophobia and outright racism.

• Limiting immigration will result in a Canadian workforce that is ill equipped to respond to labour market needs once the economy is back on the upswing.

• Stand up against the Conservatives and Liberals who blame immigrant and migrant communities for their parties’ poor economic policies.

• Tell the Conservative Minister of Immigration Jason Kenny, that Canadians want less blame and more solutions in this economic crisis by clicking “Send a Message” Button above right.  Your letter will also be copied to both the Liberal and NDP Immigration Critics.

UFCW Canada Justice for Immigrants

Learn More:

 
U.S. Style Immigration Raids in Southern Ontario
Media Release - April 5 2009
 
Enough of multiculturalism –
bring on the melting pot
Globe and Mail - 31March2009
 

 

Does immigration help or
hurt during a recession?

Toronto Star - 22March09
 
 
Economic crisis bears down on vulnerable immigrants
Toronto Star - March 9, 2009
Commentary by Harald Bauder,
Assoc. Prof., Ryerson University
 

Media Release -
UFCW Canada calls for
Less Blame and demands
More Solutions
  
 
 
It's the worst time to
staunch flow of immigrants
Star Phoenix - 17 Feb 2009
 
 
'Canadians First' - a policy
whose time should never come
 
Globe and Mail - 12 Feb 2009
 
 
 

 

Sen: Give Canucks
first crack at jobs
Edmonton Sun - 12 Feb 2009
 
 
Immigration levels could
take hit, Kenney says
Globe and Mail  - 12 Feb 2009
 
   
Liberal senator urges halt to foreign workers to give Canadians first chance at jobs
The Toronto Star 12 Feb 2009

May 17 - The International Day Against Homophobia

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The International Day Against Homophobia (or IDAHO, as it is sometimes known) is celebrated around the world on Sunday, May 17. This annual day to mark the fight to make our society inclusive of all sexualities was founded in Montreal in 2003 by the human rights group Fondation Émergence. It was quickly embraced across Canada, and then internationally.

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National Aboriginal Day — June 21, 2009

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The story of Canada’s First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples is one of perseverance under immensely difficult circumstances. That perseverance led to the proclamation by Parliament of National Aboriginal Day.

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LGBTQ Pride Festivals and Marches

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UFCW Canada is building union pride.  Join us in your city to celebrate dignity and respect for all.

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — March 21, 2010

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It is sometimes hard to envision how racism can continue to plague us in our increasingly globalized world. One would think that on a planet where an African-American man governs the predominantly white United States, a Korean man leads the United Nations, and a black woman from the global South stands as the Governor General of Canada, issues of race would by now be historical facts reviewed by elementary teachers as ways in which people acted in the past, but are now viewed through the lens of “never again.”

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UFCW Canada Boycotts Intolerance

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UFCW Canada is calling on all members to stand in solidarity with their fellow workers and UFCW brothers and sisters in the United States by supporting a boycott against the State of Arizona, which recently passed a law that allows for greater discrimination against the State’s large and growing number of racialized residents and workers.

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