Federal Government

June 10th March to oppose the Conservative Party National Convention- OCAP goes to Ottawa...

This past Friday June 10th, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the Conservative Party of Canada’s (CPC) National Convention in downtown Ottawa. Taking place during the 3 day CPC National Convention at the Ottawa Convention Centre, Harper’s address to the gathered Conservative Party members was his first major address after winning a majority government in the last election.

June 10th was just the first day of action in what we can be sure will be four years spent in the streets. OCAP went to Ottawa to join allies of all & varied stripes to let the Harper regime know that his austerity program & racist, anti-immigrant policies will be met with growing opposition during his term in office.

Listen below to an excerpt speech from OCAP organizer Liisa Schofield
at the entrance to the convention centre in Ottawa...

Thanks to Bill Clennett for video taping!

Click here for updated Justice for Our Communities action information

NO TO G8/G20! YES TO TAKING BACK OUR CITY

Friday, June 25th, 2010
2:30pm
Allan Gardens (Carleton St. and Sherbourne St)
RALLY. MARCH. BLOCK PARTY. TENT CITY.

From June 25th and 27th, 2010, the world’s twenty richest countries (the G8 and G20) will send their ruling elite, along with heads of the IMF and World Bank, to meet in Huntsville and then in Toronto, to talk exploitation, wealth, and greed.

These ‘leaders’ have shredded the public sector and social spending, criminalized the poor, immigrants and racialized communities, continued to plunder Indigenous lands and trash the environment, deported our families and friends, gutted the unions, and closed hospitals and schools while they grant tax cuts to the rich and corporations and boost police and military budgets.

Join the OCAP contingent at Christie Pitts.

MAY DAY OF ACTION: STATUS FOR ALL!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Christie Pits Park (at Christie subway station)
12 Noon

Millions across North America have taken to the streets in the last two years demanding Status for All! In Toronto, workers, students, trade unionists, activists and community members have led passionate demonstrations calling for justice and dignity for immigrants and refugees.

Toronto, May 27, 2006 – Thousands of immigrants, refugees, non-status people, trade-unionists and other supporters took to the streets as part of Toronto’s mobilization for the Status for All! National Day of Action. Participating groups included the Canadian Auto Workers, the Philippine Women’s Centre as well as other Filipino organizations, the Iranian Federation of Refugees, Portuguese and Hispanic groups, including the Support, Don’t Deport Coalition and the Centre for Spanish Speaking People, the Canadian Tamil Congress, the Canadian Labour Congress, CUPE, KAIROS, and many others.

No One Is Illegal - Urgent Action to Fight Against Detention and Deportation
Saturday, April 8, 12 noon
Dufferin Grove Park (on Dufferin St. south of Bloor)
*meet at the south-west end of the park

Since the Conservative government has taken office, we have seen more and more money and resources spent on immigration enforcement, increased profiling and targeting of our communities, and the adoption of U.S-style enforcement policies. In particular, the Portuguese and Latin American communities have been hit with a wave of deportations in recent weeks. As part of the continuing fight alongside the communities under attack, a demonstration has been organised for this Saturday, April 8th in front of the Greater Toronto Enforcement Agency (GTEC). GTEC is the operating centre for immigration enforcement, the people responsible for hunting down undocumented workers, and for criminilizing immigrant, refugee, and non-status people.

No One Is Illegal-Montreal News and Events Digest

FEBRUARY 27, 2006

::::: NOT GUILTY! :::::

More than two years after being brutalized by police in Ottawa, non-status migrants and supporters are acquitted

OTTAWA, February 24, 2006: Today, 12 protesters involved with the Action Committee of Non-Status Algerians were acquitted of mischief in relation to the occupation of the Immigration Minister's offices in downtown Ottawa on May 29, 2003, more than two-and-a-half years ago.

The "not-guilty" verdict, for all 12 defendants, was greeted with loud cheers and applause. The courtroom, crammed with more than sixty supporters from Ottawa, Gatineau, Montreal and Toronto, broke into the chant: "So-so-so, solidarité, avec, avec, avec les sans-statut!"