{"id":6745,"date":"2014-11-18T08:17:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2020-12-10T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:41:29","slug":"open-letter-budget-bill-restricts-access-to-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/open-letter-budget-bill-restricts-access-to-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter: Budget Bill Restricts Access to Social Assistance for Refugee Claimants"},"content":{"rendered":"

La version fran\u00e7aise suit. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Honourable Joe Oliver, MP, PC<\/p>\n

Minister of Finance
\nHouse of Commons
\nOttawa, ON K1A 0A6<\/p>\n

Dear Minister,<\/p>\n

As organizations that have an interest in ensuring that everyone in Canada has equal access to income security, we are alarmed by the inclusion of sections 172 and 173 in your recently introduced omnibus Budget Bill C-43. These sections amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act <\/i>and are essentially Private Members Bill C-585, which was introduced earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Many of our organizations are health and social service agencies and legal and community advocates that work directly with refugee claimants and others with precarious immigration status. The change that would be made to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act <\/i>as a result of these provisions would allow provinces to restrict access to social assistance for refugee claimants and others who have not yet been granted permanent residence.<\/p>\n

To receive social assistance in any province, one must already qualify through testing and demonstrate great need. To then deny social assistance based on immigration status is to cruelly deny the most vulnerable in our society the crucial lifeline that allows them to survive.<\/p>\n

A Federal Court recently described your government’s denial of healthcare to refugee claimants as \u00ab\u00a0cruel and unusual\u00a0\u00bb. It is disturbing to see another initiative in Parliament that seems to be using legislation to threaten the well-being of migrants attempting to navigate Canada\u2019s immigration system.<\/p>\n

Fleeing persecution places tremendous stress and burden on families seeking refugee status in Canada. Some of these families suffer from post traumatic stress disorder that can make finding and holding a job difficult without appropriate health care. Work permits take time to be approved and issued, which leaves people with no source of income for months on end. In the interim, access to social assistance is vital to sustain and rebuild lives. Without that source of support, many will be unable to feed, house, or clothe themselves and their families, putting further pressure on already overburdened charities and shelters. We know that poverty leads to poor health outcomes including higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and depression. We also know that denying basic social benefits, particularly to refugees, contravenes the spirit and letter of numerous international human rights obligations that are binding on Canada, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights<\/i>, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights<\/i>, the Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/i>, and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees<\/i>. It is unacceptable for our government to implement policies that worsen people\u2019s health and deny their fundamental human rights.<\/p>\n

We are also concerned that such a significant legislative change is being included in an omnibus Budget Bill, after being introduced as a Private Members Bill. These are inappropriate processes to deal with such a critical issue as access to basic social benefits. This is particularly the case since these provisions will have far reaching negative consequences for the health, income security, stability, and successful settlement of very vulnerable people who have come to Canada seeking shelter from war and persecution.<\/p>\n

Our organizations call on you to withdraw sections 172 and 173 from Bill C-43. We will be making this Open Letter public and will continue to raise this issue with you, your MP colleagues, and the general public.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Access Alliance Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

Access Empowerment Council<\/p>\n

Action Plus Brome Missisquoi<\/p>\n

Action R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n

Amnesty International Canada (English Speaking)<\/p>\n

Anglican Diocese of Niagara<\/p>\n

ARCH Disability Law Centre<\/p>\n

Arts and Science Students’ Union<\/p>\n

Association of Ontario Health Centres, Adrianna Tetley, Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n

Association of Ontario Midwives<\/p>\n

Association pour la d\u00e9fense des droits sociaux Qu\u00e9bec m\u00e9tropolitain (ADDS QM)<\/p>\n

Bathurst Street United Church, Toronto<\/p>\n

BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre<\/p>\n

Bridges Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

Campaign 2000: end child and family poverty in Canada<\/p>\n

Campaign for Adequate Welfare and Disability Benefits<\/p>\n

Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations<\/p>\n

Canadian Association of Muslim Women in Law<\/p>\n

Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers<\/p>\n

Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)<\/p>\n

Canadian Council for Refugees, Loly Rico, President<\/p>\n

Canadian Council for Social Development (CCSD)<\/p>\n

Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care<\/p>\n

Canadian Federation of University Women<\/p>\n

Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)<\/p>\n

Canadian Health Coalition<\/p>\n

Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH)<\/p>\n

Canadian Romani Alliance<\/p>\n

Carrefour d’aide aux nouveaux arrivants (CANA)<\/p>\n

Central Toronto Community Health Centres<\/p>\n

Centre d\u2019Action socio-communautaire de Montr\u00e9al (CASCM)<\/p>\n

Centre de recherche d\u2019emploi de l\u2019est<\/p>\n

Centre des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs<\/p>\n

Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples<\/p>\n

Centre francophone de Toronto<\/p>\n

Centre justice et foi<\/p>\n

Champlain Community Health Centre Executive Directors’ Network, Jack McCarthy, Chair, ED of Somerset West CHC<\/p>\n

Church of the Holy Trinity, Trinity Square, Toronto<\/p>\n

Citizens for Public Justice<\/p>\n

Coalition des organismes communautaires qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ-SIDA)<\/p>\n

Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa<\/p>\n

Colour of Poverty \/ Colour of Change Network<\/p>\n

Comit\u00e9 d’aide aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s<\/p>\n

Comit\u00e9 des Personnes Assiste\u00e9s Sociales de Pointe-Saint-Charles Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n

Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment<\/p>\n

Common Frontiers<\/p>\n

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre<\/p>\n

Community Legal Assistance Sarnia<\/p>\n

Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration des organismes de personnes handicap\u00e9es du Qu\u00e9bec (COPHAN), Richard Lavigne, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/p>\n

Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)<\/p>\n

Council of Canadians<\/p>\n

Ernestine\u2019s Women\u2019s Shelter<\/p>\n

FCJ Refugee Centre<\/p>\n

F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des maisons d’h\u00e9bergement pour femmes<\/p>\n

Femmes du monde \u00e0 C\u00f4te-des-Neiges<\/p>\n

Flemingdon Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Front commun des personnes assist\u00e9es sociales du Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Groupe-Ressource du Plateau Mont-Royal<\/p>\n

Hamilton Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Health For All<\/p>\n

Health Providers Against Poverty<\/p>\n

HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO)<\/p>\n

HOPE (Hamilton)<\/p>\n

Immigrant and Refugee Support Centre<\/p>\n

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)<\/p>\n

Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario (IAVGO)<\/p>\n

Injured Workers Action for Justice<\/p>\n

Injured Workers’ Consultants (IWC)<\/p>\n

Inner City Health Associates<\/p>\n

In-School & Library Settlement Services<\/p>\n

Inter-Clinic Immigration Working Group<\/p>\n

Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC)<\/p>\n

Interim Place<\/p>\n

Interprofessional Medical and Allied Groups for Improving Neighbourhood Environment (IMAGINE Clinic)<\/p>\n

Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Service<\/p>\n

Jewish – Refugee Action Network (JRAN)<\/p>\n

John Howard Society of Toronto<\/p>\n

KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives<\/p>\n

Kensington Bellwoods Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Kinbrace Community Society<\/p>\n

Kingston Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

L\u2019Ombre-Elle<\/p>\n

La Cl\u00e9 sur la Porte<\/p>\n

La Maison<\/p>\n

Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network<\/p>\n

Le Centre Afrika<\/p>\n

le Front d’action populaire en r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement urbain (FRAPRU)<\/p>\n

Le Regroupement des assist\u00e9es sociales et assist\u00e9s sociaux du T\u00e9miscouata (Rasst)<\/p>\n

Legal Assistance of Windsor<\/p>\n

Ligue des droits et libert\u00e9s<\/p>\n

L’R des centres de femmes du Qu\u00e9bec, Carolle Mathieu, pr\u00e9sidente<\/p>\n

Matthew House, Toronto<\/p>\n

Mennonite Central Committee Canada<\/p>\n

Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support<\/p>\n

Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto<\/p>\n

Mississauga Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Multicultural Women and Seniors Services Association (MWSSA)<\/p>\n

National Council of Women of Canada<\/p>\n

Neighbourhood Legal Services \u2013 London<\/p>\n

ODSP Action Coalition<\/p>\n

Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)<\/p>\n

Ontario English Catholic Teachers\u2019 Association (OECTA), James Ryan, President<\/p>\n

Ottawa Sanctuary City Network<\/p>\n

Parkdale Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Pathway to Potential, Adam Vasey, Director<\/p>\n

Presbyterian Church in Canada, Life and Mission Agency, The Rev. Dr. Richard W. Fee, General Secretary<\/p>\n

Project Genesis, Michael Chervin, Executive Director<\/p>\n

Provincial Council of Women of Ontario<\/p>\n

Public Health Students’ Association, Dalla Lana School of Public Health<\/p>\n

Rainbow Refugee<\/p>\n

Refugee Lawyers Association of Ontario<\/p>\n

Refugee Support Group of Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church<\/p>\n

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO)<\/p>\n

Regroupement des assist\u00e9es sociales et assist\u00e9s sociaux du T\u00e9miscouata<\/p>\n

Regroupement des comit\u00e9s logement et associations de locataires du Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Regroupement des cuisines collectives du Qu\u00e9bec (RCCQ)<\/p>\n

R\u00e9seau d’intervention aupr\u00e8s des personnes ayant subi la violence organis\u00e9e (RIVO)<\/p>\n

Romero House, Joseph Schmidt, President of the Board of Directors<\/p>\n

Sanctuary Coalition<\/p>\n

Scarborough Community Legal Services (SCLS)<\/p>\n

SDG Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office, Kingston, Ontario<\/p>\n

Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, Office for Systemic Justice, Sue Wilson, Director<\/p>\n

Social Assistance Reform Network of Niagara (SARNN)<\/p>\n

Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo<\/p>\n

Social Planning Council of Sudbury, Janet Gasparini<\/p>\n

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Edmonton Central Council<\/p>\n

Sojourn House<\/p>\n

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario<\/p>\n

South Ottawa Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

South Riverdale Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

St. Stephen\u2019s Community House<\/p>\n

Student Christian Movement<\/p>\n

Students Against Bill C-585<\/p>\n

Students for Medicare<\/p>\n

Sudbury Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Qu\u00e9bec, Lucie Martineau, pr\u00e9sidente g\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/p>\n

Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es et immigrantes (TCRI)<\/p>\n

The Redwood<\/p>\n

Toronto Christian Resource Centre<\/p>\n

Toronto Public Health<\/p>\n

United Church of Canada, Church in Mission Unit, Michael Blair, Executive Minister<\/p>\n

United Church of Canada, Justice and Global Justice Team, Toronto Southeast Presbytery<\/p>\n

University of Toronto Medical Society<\/p>\n

University of Toronto Medical Students for Refugee Care<\/p>\n

University of Toronto Students’ Union<\/p>\n

Voices from the Street<\/p>\n

Welcome Home Refugee Housing Community, Sharon Schmidt, Director<\/p>\n

Wellesley Institute<\/p>\n

West End Legal Services of Ottawa<\/p>\n

West Neighbourhood House<\/p>\n

West Scarborough Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Woman Abuse Council of Toronto<\/p>\n

Women Speak Out<\/p>\n

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)<\/p>\n

Working for Change<\/p>\n

World Renew<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Le 18 novembre 2014<\/p>\n

Monsieur le Ministre,<\/p>\n

Comme organisations engag\u00e9es en faveur de l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e9gal aux mesures de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 pour toutes les personnes se trouvant au Canada, nous sommes profond\u00e9ment pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par l\u2019inclusion, dans le projet de loi budg\u00e9taire que vous venez de d\u00e9poser, des articles 172 et 173 qui modifient la Loi sur les arrangements fiscaux entre le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et les provinces<\/i>. Ces articles reprennent essentiellement le projet de loi d\u2019initiative parlementaire C-585, d\u00e9pos\u00e9 plus t\u00f4t cette ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Un grand nombre de nos organisations sont des organismes de sant\u00e9 et de services sociaux, ou encore des intervenants juridiques et communautaires qui travaillent directement aupr\u00e8s des demandeurs d\u2019asile et d\u2019autres personnes dont le statut d\u2019immigration est pr\u00e9caire. Les dispositions r\u00e9sultant de la modification de la Loi sur les arrangements fiscaux entre le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et les provinces pourraient permettre \u00e0 ces derni\u00e8res de restreindre l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019aide sociale aux demandeurs d\u2019asile et aux personnes en attente d\u2019un statut permanent.<\/p>\n

Pour recevoir l\u2019aide sociale dans n\u2019importe quelle province, une personne doit d\u2019abord d\u00e9montrer qu\u2019elle est admissible et qu\u2019elle \u00e9prouve un grand besoin. Le fait de priver une telle personne de l\u2019aide sociale, en raison de son statut d\u2019immigration, c\u2019est priver les plus vuln\u00e9rables de notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de la bou\u00e9e de sauvetage dont leur vie d\u00e9pend.<\/p>\n

La Cour f\u00e9d\u00e9rale a r\u00e9cemment qualifi\u00e9 de \u00ab cruel et inusit\u00e9 \u00bb le refus de votre gouvernement de donner acc\u00e8s aux soins de sant\u00e9 aux demandeurs d’asile. C\u2019est inqui\u00e9tant de voir une autre initiative au Parlement qui semble utiliser la l\u00e9gislation pour menacer le bien-\u00eatre des migrants qui tentent de naviguer dans le syst\u00e8me canadien d\u2019immigration.<\/p>\n

Fuir la pers\u00e9cution contribue de fa\u00e7on importante au stress et place un lourd fardeau sur les familles qui demandent le statut de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9 au Canada. Certaines de ces familles souffrent de trouble de stress post-traumatique, ce qui rend difficile la recherche et le maintien d\u2019un emploi sans soins de sant\u00e9 appropri\u00e9s. Les permis de travail mettent du temps pour \u00eatre approuv\u00e9s et d\u00e9livr\u00e9s, ce qui laisse souvent les personnes sans revenu durant des mois. Dans l\u2019intervalle, l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019aide sociale est essentiel pour subvenir aux besoins d\u2019une personne et pour reb\u00e2tir une vie. Sans ce soutien, ils seront nombreux \u00e0 ne pouvoir nourrir leur famille, se loger et s\u2019habiller, mettant ainsi davantage de pression sur les organisations caritatives et les refuges qui sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9bord\u00e9s. Nous savons que la pauvret\u00e9 entra\u00eene des risques pour la sant\u00e9, y compris des taux tr\u00e8s \u00e9lev\u00e9s de diab\u00e8te, de maladies cardiaques, de cancer et de d\u00e9pression. Nous savons \u00e9galement que le fait de refuser les prestations sociales, notamment aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, contrevient \u00e0 l’esprit et \u00e0 la lettre de nombreuses obligations internationales en mati\u00e8re de droits humains, qui lient le Canada, notamment le Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques<\/i>, le Pacte international relatif aux droits sociaux, \u00e9conomiques et culturels<\/i>, la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant <\/i>et la Convention relative au statut des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s<\/i>. Il est inacceptable que notre gouvernement mette en place des politiques qui aggravent la sant\u00e9 des personnes et violent leurs droits fondamentaux.<\/p>\n

Nous sommes aussi inquiets qu\u2019un changement l\u00e9gislatif aussi important soit inclus dans un projet de loi budg\u00e9taire omnibus, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 sous la forme d\u2019un projet de loi \u00e9manant d\u2019un d\u00e9put\u00e9. Il s\u2019agit de proc\u00e9dures inadapt\u00e9es \u00e0 la question cruciale de l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux<\/p>\n

prestations sociales de base. Cela vaut d\u2019autant plus que les dispositions auront d\u2019importantes cons\u00e9quences n\u00e9fastes pour la sant\u00e9, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de revenu, la stabilit\u00e9 et l\u2019\u00e9tablissement de personnes tr\u00e8s vuln\u00e9rables qui sont venues au Canada afin de se mettre \u00e0 l\u2019abri de la guerre et des pers\u00e9cutions.<\/p>\n

Nos organisations vous demandent de retirer les articles 172 et 173 du projet de loi C-43. Nous rendrons publique cette lettre et nous continuerons \u00e0 soulever cette question aupr\u00e8s de vous-m\u00eame, de vos coll\u00e8gues parlementaires, et du grand public.<\/p>\n

Nous vous prions d’agr\u00e9er, Monsieur le Ministre, l’expression de notre consid\u00e9ration respectueuse \/ Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Access Alliance Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

Access Empowerment Council<\/p>\n

Action Plus Brome Missisquoi<\/p>\n

Action R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n

Amnesty International<\/p>\n

Anglican Diocese of Niagara<\/p>\n

ARCH Disability Law Centre<\/p>\n

Arts and Science Students’ Union<\/p>\n

Association of Ontario Health Centres, Adrianna Tetley, Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n

Association of Ontario Midwives<\/p>\n

Association pour la d\u00e9fense des droits sociaux Qu\u00e9bec m\u00e9tropolitain (ADDS QM)<\/p>\n

Bathurst Street United Church, Toronto<\/p>\n

BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre<\/p>\n

Bridges Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

Campaign 2000: end child and family poverty in Canada<\/p>\n

Campaign for Adequate Welfare and Disability Benefits<\/p>\n

Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations<\/p>\n

Canadian Association of Muslim Women in Law<\/p>\n

Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers<\/p>\n

Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)<\/p>\n

Canadian Council for Refugees, Loly Rico, President<\/p>\n

Canadian Council for Social Development (CCSD)<\/p>\n

Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care<\/p>\n

Canadian Federation of University Women<\/p>\n

Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)<\/p>\n

Canadian Health Coalition<\/p>\n

Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH)<\/p>\n

Canadian Romani Alliance<\/p>\n

Carrefour d’aide aux nouveaux arrivants (CANA)<\/p>\n

Central Toronto Community Health Centres<\/p>\n

Centre d\u2019Action socio-communautaire de Montr\u00e9al (CASCM)<\/p>\n

Centre de recherche d\u2019emploi de l\u2019est<\/p>\n

Centre des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs<\/p>\n

Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples<\/p>\n

Centre francophone de Toronto<\/p>\n

Centre justice et foi<\/p>\n

Champlain Community Health Centre Executive Directors’ Network, Jack McCarthy, Chair, ED of Somerset West CHC<\/p>\n

Church of the Holy Trinity, Trinity Square, Toronto<\/p>\n

Citizens for Public Justice<\/p>\n

Coalition des organismes communautaires qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de lutte contre le sida (COCQ-SIDA)<\/p>\n

Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa<\/p>\n

Colour of Poverty \/ Colour of Change Network<\/p>\n

Comit\u00e9 d’aide aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s<\/p>\n

Comit\u00e9 des Personnes Assiste\u00e9s Sociales de Pointe-Saint-Charles Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n

Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment<\/p>\n

Common Frontiers<\/p>\n

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre<\/p>\n

Community Legal Assistance Sarnia<\/p>\n

Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration des organismes de personnes handicap\u00e9es du Qu\u00e9bec (COPHAN), Richard Lavigne, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/p>\n

Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)<\/p>\n

Council of Canadians<\/p>\n

Ernestine\u2019s Women\u2019s Shelter<\/p>\n

FCJ Refugee Centre<\/p>\n

F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des maisons d’h\u00e9bergement pour femmes<\/p>\n

Femmes du monde \u00e0 C\u00f4te-des-Neiges<\/p>\n

Flemingdon Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Front commun des personnes assist\u00e9es sociales du Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Groupe-Ressource du Plateau Mont-Royal<\/p>\n

Hamilton Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Health For All<\/p>\n

Health Providers Against Poverty<\/p>\n

HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO)<\/p>\n

HOPE (Hamilton)<\/p>\n

Immigrant and Refugee Support Centre<\/p>\n

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)<\/p>\n

Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario (IAVGO)<\/p>\n

Injured Workers Action for Justice<\/p>\n

Injured Workers’ Consultants (IWC)<\/p>\n

Inner City Health Associates<\/p>\n

In-School & Library Settlement Services<\/p>\n

Inter-Clinic Immigration Working Group<\/p>\n

Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC)<\/p>\n

Interim Place<\/p>\n

Interprofessional Medical and Allied Groups for Improving Neighbourhood Environment (IMAGINE Clinic)<\/p>\n

Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Service<\/p>\n

Jewish – Refugee Action Network (JRAN)<\/p>\n

John Howard Society of Toronto<\/p>\n

KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives<\/p>\n

Kensington Bellwoods Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Kinbrace Community Society<\/p>\n

Kingston Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

L\u2019Ombre-Elle<\/p>\n

La Cl\u00e9 sur la Porte<\/p>\n

La Maison<\/p>\n

Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network<\/p>\n

Le Centre Afrika<\/p>\n

le Front d’action populaire en r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement urbain (FRAPRU)<\/p>\n

Le Regroupement des assist\u00e9es sociales et assist\u00e9s sociaux du T\u00e9miscouata (Rasst)<\/p>\n

Legal Assistance of Windsor<\/p>\n

Ligue des droits et libert\u00e9s<\/p>\n

L’R des centres de femmes du Qu\u00e9bec, Carolle Mathieu, pr\u00e9sidente<\/p>\n

Matthew House, Toronto<\/p>\n

Mennonite Central Committee Canada<\/p>\n

Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support<\/p>\n

Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto<\/p>\n

Mississauga Community Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Multicultural Women and Seniors Services Association (MWSSA)<\/p>\n

National Council of Women of Canada<\/p>\n

Neighbourhood Legal Services \u2013 London<\/p>\n

ODSP Action Coalition<\/p>\n

Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)<\/p>\n

Ontario English Catholic Teachers\u2019 Association (OECTA), James Ryan, President<\/p>\n

Ottawa Sanctuary City Network<\/p>\n

Parkdale Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Pathway to Potential, Adam Vasey, Director<\/p>\n

Presbyterian Church in Canada, Life and Mission Agency, The Rev. Dr. Richard W. Fee, General Secretary<\/p>\n

Project Genesis, Michael Chervin, Executive Director<\/p>\n

Provincial Council of Women of Ontario<\/p>\n

Public Health Students’ Association, Dalla Lana School of Public Health<\/p>\n

Rainbow Refugee<\/p>\n

Refugee Lawyers Association of Ontario<\/p>\n

Refugee Support Group of Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church<\/p>\n

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO)<\/p>\n

Regroupement des assist\u00e9es sociales et assist\u00e9s sociaux du T\u00e9miscouata<\/p>\n

Regroupement des comit\u00e9s logement et associations de locataires du Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Regroupement des cuisines collectives du Qu\u00e9bec (RCCQ)<\/p>\n

R\u00e9seau d’intervention aupr\u00e8s des personnes ayant subi la violence organis\u00e9e (RIVO)<\/p>\n

Romero House, Joseph Schmidt, President of the Board of Directors<\/p>\n

Sanctuary Coalition<\/p>\n

Scarborough Community Legal Services (SCLS)<\/p>\n

SDG Legal Clinic<\/p>\n

Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office, Kingston, Ontario<\/p>\n

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Social Assistance Reform Network of Niagara (SARNN)<\/p>\n

Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo<\/p>\n

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Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Edmonton Central Council<\/p>\n

Sojourn House<\/p>\n

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Student Christian Movement<\/p>\n

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Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es et immigrantes (TCRI)<\/p>\n

The Redwood<\/p>\n

Toronto Christian Resource Centre<\/p>\n

Toronto Public Health<\/p>\n

United Church of Canada, Church in Mission Unit, Michael Blair, Executive Minister<\/p>\n

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University of Toronto Medical Society<\/p>\n

University of Toronto Medical Students for Refugee Care<\/p>\n

University of Toronto Students’ Union<\/p>\n

Voices from the Street<\/p>\n

Welcome Home Refugee Housing Community, Sharon Schmidt, Director<\/p>\n

Wellesley Institute<\/p>\n

West End Legal Services of Ottawa<\/p>\n

West Neighbourhood House<\/p>\n

West Scarborough Community Legal Services<\/p>\n

Woman Abuse Council of Toronto<\/p>\n

Women Speak Out<\/p>\n

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre<\/p>\n

Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)<\/p>\n

Working for Change<\/p>\n

World Renew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[186,193,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6745","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-equality-law","category-immigration","category-racism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpen Letter: Budget Bill Restricts Access to Social Assistance for Refugee Claimants - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/open-letter-budget-bill-restricts-access-to-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open Letter: Budget Bill Restricts Access to Social Assistance for Refugee Claimants - LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La version fran\u00e7aise suit.  The Honourable Joe Oliver, MP, PC Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister, As organizations that have an interest in ensuring that everyone in Canada has equal access to income security, we are alarmed by the inclusion of sections 172 and 173 in your recently introduced […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/open-letter-budget-bill-restricts-access-to-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-10T15:41:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"16 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/open-letter-budget-bill-restricts-access-to-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/open-letter-budget-bill-restricts-access-to-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants\/\",\"name\":\"Open Letter: Budget Bill Restricts Access to Social Assistance for Refugee Claimants - 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