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May 1^st is International Worker’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements for workers’ rights, and to reflect on the limitations on these rights that must still be overcome. As migrant workers in Canada (and around the world) continue to face barriers in accessing their rights, it is worth noting that the Canadian government has yet to ratify the UN Convention on the rights of all migrant workers and their families.

Imagine that you have fled your country out of fear for your life. Imagine that you flee to Canada: the country does not accept you as a refugee, but it does recognize that it would be unsafe for you to return home because of the situation of generalized violence there.

De nouvelles règles d'immigration signifient que certains conjoints parrainés auront pendant deux ans la « résidence permanente conditionnelle » - et seront exposés à l’expulsion s’ils ne vivent pas avec leur conjoint pendant deux années complètes.

Le changement vise à lutter contre la « fraude relative au mariage » – des personnes qui se marient afin d'obtenir la résidence permanente.

When the government announced massive cuts to refugee healthcare under the IFH program, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney boasted that the cuts would save Canadian taxpayers $100 million over five years. But how do the numbers add up?