Take action

Write or email your Member of Parliament

Contact information for MPs, including email addresses, postal addresses and phone numbers is available at: http://bit.ly/qE5yCU

Or contact MPs on the Parliamentary Standing Committee who will study Bill C-31 after second reading in the House of Commons.

Meet with your MP about Migrant Workers' Rights

Join the CCR and other allies in raising awareness about the lack of protections for migrant workers and their rights in Canada.

Talk to your MP about how the recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program don't really advance the cause of protecting migrant workers' rights at all, and in fact only further entrench the two-tier, unequal system created by a revolving door of temporary migrant workers.

Take action through the media

Join the CCR and other allies in raising awareness about the lack of protections for migrant workers and their rights in Canada.

Ideas for making concerns about migrant workers in Canada visible through the media:

Use social media to speak out about Bill C-31

Tell others about the impacts that Bill C-31 will have on refugees in Canada using social media. Here are some ideas:

Facebook

Send articles on Bill C-31 to community media

Invite community media near you to publish short articles on Bill C-31

The Justice for Refugees and Immigrants Coalition (Amnesty International Canada, the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Council for Refugees), together with dozens of other groups, stand for a fair, independent and affordable refugee system.

Meet your Member of Parliament (MP) about Bill C-31

Organize a meeting with your MP to talk about your concerns

1) Find out how to contact your MP – go to: http://bit.ly/qyxfKQ
Try to arrange a meeting of at least 30 minutes. In all cases, make sure you know how much time your MP has given to you and don’t plan for more.

2) Planning your meeting:

Four Faces, Four Values in your Community: Stand Up! Get involved!

Stand up! Get involved!

Do you want to join with Canadians in standing up for a fair and independent refugee system?

Do you want to help communicate to the public the importance of honouring our obligations towards refugees, through policies that are affordable for all?

Join us in communicating what we want for refugees in Canada! Here's what you can do :

Oppose the proposed “Conditional Permanent Residence” for sponsored spouses

Proposed “Conditional Permanent Residence” for sponsored spouses

Take action!

Act Now - Defend Non-Citizen Children's and Youth Rights!

Join the CCR Youth Network in demanding that the Canadian government respect the rights of ALL children.

Write a letter to the Ministers and your MP!

Write a letter to the Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration and Status of Women, and to your MP to oppose the proposal of conditional permanent residence for sponsored spouses. This unnecessary regulatory change will not have the intended impact of deterring "marriages of convenience", but will be harmful to vulnerable sponsored spouses new to Canada.

You can use this model letter, and adapt it according to your needs.

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