Protests across Canada on Sunday urged the federal government to deliver its promise of permanent residency for a greater number of international workers.<\/p>\n
The day-long demonstrations were uniformly observed in 16 major cities ahead of Parliament\u2019s resumption on Monday, to draw consideration to issues faced by hundreds of thousands of temporary foreign workers<\/span><\/a>, asylum seekers, and immigrants.<\/p>\n These included advocacy for more protections for foreign workers and undocumented migrants, and better healthcare access despite of one\u2019s immigration status.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0A lot of us here are international students<\/span><\/a>, migrant workers<\/span><\/a>, farm workers, care workers<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0\u00bb said WeiChun Kwa, a spokesperson for Migrant Students United at Simon Fraser University, told the CBC.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0And we’re all in this immigration system together.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n How To Immigrate To Canada As An Occupational Therapist<\/a><\/span> Another protestor \u2013 Jane, who is an undocumented worker with Migrants Rights Network \u2013 told the Toronto Sun that \u201cwe live in fear. We are hopeless sometimes. I have been spat at, pushed, abused and denied fairness at work but I can\u2019t leave because I am undocumented and no one else will hire me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI worked to save so many people in COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n Kwa further expressed their disappointment with a \u201clack of action\u201d on the Liberals\u2019 promised regularization program for undocumented people, migrant students, and foreign workers in Canada.<\/p>\n Parliament\u2019s private member\u2019s bill from last year urged Ottawa to \u201cpublicly release a plan to expand economic immigration pathways\u00a0\u00bb for migrant workers \u00ab\u00a0at all skill levels,\u00a0\u00bb as per the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website.<\/p>\n Watch video:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
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