Update on the Growing Grassroots Opposition to Tory Anti-Migration Bill C-49

• Statements have been issued by Health for All (http://health4all.ca/), Health Providers Against Poverty (http://www.healthprovidersagainstpoverty.ca), over 200 Jewish community members (http://jewishopenletteragainstc49.blogspot.com) and numerous others. The Canadian Council for Refugees has compiled a partial list of organizations against the Bill at http://ccrweb.ca/en/organizations-calling-defeat-bill-c-49.

• No One Is Illegal - Toronto held a mass-flyering event on Saturday, Nov 20, 2010 - Photos: http://bit.ly/aUGed5, Radio podcast interview with Abeer Majeed: http://bit.ly/bAfM6o

• Renowned author, academic and activist Nandita Sharma was recently interviewed by No One Is Illegal-Toronto Radio on the issue: http://bit.ly/9eBh5d (You can download NOII-TO weekly radio podcasts from http://bit.ly/9geqeK)

• No One Is Illegal-Ottawa did a recent banner drop against Bill C-49: http://bit.ly/auQZ7e

In an extremely suspicious move, the Harper govt. re-introduced Bill C-56, another immigration bill, late Friday afternoon attempting to bury the news story. Though the full details of Bill C-56 are not yet known, the announcement that immigration enforcement will have enhanced powers to turn down work visas for migrants on arbitrary grounds is a dangerous expansion of the closed-border strategy and needs to be closely monitored. You can read the press release here: http://bit.ly/9DGb1N

For more background info, and to fight back against Bill C-49, visit http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/495

For an article on how the Tories are pushing through key immigration changes, read http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/11/understanding-tory-immigration-strategy