Gender

that the CCR:

1. Supports a definition of family that takes into account the family realities observed in various cultural communities and other family dependency situations (multigenerational family, de facto child, brother and sister, etc.), as well as the specific realities of other diverse social groups, including the families of people from LGBTQ+ communities.

that:

1. All workers with temporary and precarious status in Canada have access to IRCC-funded settlement services;
2. ESDC funding for support services for migrant workers must be renewed and increased on an ongoing basis;
3. Federal and provincial governments fund access to legal aid services for workers with temporary and precarious status seeking access to justice;
4. These services must be adapted to meet the intersectional needs of this population.

that the CCR:

1. Express to Citizenship and Immigration Canada its deep disappointment at the lack of attention to reform of the Women at Risk programme.
2. Call on the Department to:

            a) Distinguish in its Women at Risk statistics between Stream A and Stream B cases;

            b) Continue to process expeditiously women with urgent protection needs through CR1 channels, but categorize them as Women at Risk Stream A for the purpose of statistics, where they meet the Women at Risk definition;

            c) Continue to process Women at Risk Stream B cases as a subset of the Joint Assistance Initiative, categorized for statistical purposes as Women at Risk Stream B;

1. Reaffirm its former Women at Risk resolutions, with a particular emphasis on the call to negotiate the use of Reception Centres for the initial reception and (for CR5) matching of Women at Risk.

That the CCR call on CIC to establish a gender policy advisor.

That the CCR urge Canada to provide funding for the continuation of the firewood program for Dadaab, Kenya.

That the CCR:

1. Provide space at CCR conferences for refugee women, with a priority to outreach to informally organized refugee women;
2. Ensure refugee women as a priority in the nominations for positions to the CCR Executive and Working Group Chairs, similar to the refugee participation policy;
3. Identify better strategies in the promotion of the Refugee Participation Fund to include better methods of ensuring continuity, support and orientation for participants, e.g. mentoring;
4. Strongly encourage member agencies to facilitate support of the participation of refugee women through the Refugee Participation Fund and to provide resources and support to develop and maintain networks at local levels.

That the CCR:

1. Call on CIC to post the full text of the gender based analysis of Bill C-11, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, on their website;
2. Request CIC to ensure that the action items identified in the analysis document are implemented;
3. Request CIC to ensure that the Gender Based Analysis Unit of CIC is provided with adequate resources to carry out the research, data collection and monitoring functions of the unit.

That the CCR request the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to commit adequate resources and priority to monitoring the gender impacts of IRPA and to change policies where negative differential impacts on women are identified.

That the CCR call upon CIC:

1. To accept at the PRRA level, claims based on gender, including severed claims, as "new evidence" to be considered.
2. To designate specific gender experts as PRRA officers in each region.
3. To ensure that all PRRA officers receive ongoing gender based training including relevant case examples.

That:

1. The Gender and Anti-Racism Core Groups cease to exist.
2. The Executive, in consultation with current core group members, core group candidates, Working Group chairs and other members interested, develop a proposal for new structures to address anti-oppression issues, and that this proposal be submitted to the membership at the Spring General Meeting. In the meantime the Executive will have responsibility for ensuring gender and anti-racism issues are addressed.