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Contact your Member of Parliament (MP): Bill C-11

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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:


**Meet with your MP about Migrant Workers' Rights**

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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**

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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:


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

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


**Write a letter to Ministers and your MP about Migrant Workers rights**

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Join the CCR and other allies in raising awareness about the lack of protections for migrant workers and their rights in Canada. Write a letter to the Ministers responsible for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and send a copy to your Member of Parliament.

For suggestions and a template of topics to include in your letter, click here or follow the link below.


Action requests from CCR Working Groups, November 2011

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At the recent CCR consultation in Montreal, the Working Groups identified the following key action requests directed towards CCR members. Whether you were able to participate in the Consultation or not, please take a look at these suggestions for follow up.


Action requests from CCR Spring 2011 Consultation

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At the CCR Spring Consultation (May 26-28, 2011) the working groups recommended to CCR members the following actions on issues of current concern.

 


Protect trafficked persons

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Join the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) in calling on parliamentarians to take action to protect the rights of trafficked persons in Canada! 


Oppose the proposed “Conditional Permanent Residence” for sponsored spouses

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Proposed “Conditional Permanent Residence” for sponsored spouses

Citizenship and Immigration Canada published on March 26, 2011 a notice proposing that some sponsored spouses have only “conditional” permanent residence for two years or more.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is asking for comments on their proposal. They must be submitted by Monday April 25th. The CCR encourages organizations  to comment on this proposed change, which would be a big step backwards in Canadian immigration policy, and would be detrimental to the equality, safety and protection in particular of women and children.


Action requests from CCR Working Groups, September 2011

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At the recent CCR meetings, the Working Groups identified the following key action requests directed towards CCR members. Whether you were able to participate in the Working Group meetings or not, please take a look at these suggestions for follow up.