Delivering A Just Recovery: 2021 Pre-Budget Brief
By Citizens for Public Justice August 17, 2020
The federal government must address these ongoing and overlapping crises: climate change, domestic poverty, racism, and social exclusion.
Canadians take pride in our countryâs multiculturalism. To truly embrace it, we need a new approach to how we treat those who seek refuge within our borders. Public justice means enacting policies that promote refugee resettlement and supporting refugees after they arrive in Canada.
CPJ calls on the federal government to:
- Reduce application processing time and cut down the backlog of refugee sponsorship applications and make the achievement of a 12-month processing time frame a top priority.
- Reduce the bureaucratic processes that hinder private sponsors from working effectively.
- Waive loan repayment requirements completely for all refugees.
- Rescind the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States.
- Treat intersectionality as a non-negotiable, consistent, and imperative piece of gender-based analysis in policymaking.
CPJ Calls for a Just Recovery
By Citizens for Public Justice May 25, 2020
CPJ calls for a just recovery from COVID-19, sharing specific policy recommendations aligned with the Principles of a Just Recovery.
Letter to Minister Mendicino: Improve Refugee Integration
By Stephen Kaduuli January 23, 2020
CPJ and the CRC for Public Dialogue called on the IRCC minister to address several lingering concerns that would help refugees to fully integrate into Canadian society for the good of all.
Canada backpedals on refugee rights with latest Budget Implementation Act
By Citizens for Public Justice April 10, 2019
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) condemns the new changes to Canadaâs refugee determination system outlined in Bill C-97, the Budget Implementation Act. CPJ stands alongside the Canadian Council for Refugees and other advocates who have expressed concern on these amendments.
CPJ Supports the CCRâs âItâs Time to Leadâ Campaign
By Citizens for Public Justice October 24, 2017
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) recently launched a campaign encouraging the Canadian government to be a leader in refugee resettlement.
Syrian Refugees: Discriminating by religion is unacceptable
By Citizens for Public Justice December 12, 2014
Inter-faith Statement on Syrian Refugees.
December 2014
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Faith groups, including CPJ, responded today to reports that the Canadian federal government is only looking to resettle Syrian refugees from the countryâs religious minorities. In their statement today on Syrian refugees, faith leaders supported the Canadian Council of Refugees in affirming and insisting that discriminating by religion is unacceptable.Â
Protecting the Vulnerable
By Citizens for Public Justice November 18, 2014
Brief to the Citizenship and Immigration Committee on Bill C-43
Submission to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and ImmigrationÂ
November 2014
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“Protecting the Vulnerable” outlines the severe impact of these changes on persons with non-permanent status in Canada. It also presents findings from CPJ’s latest report on refugees, “Private Sponsorship and Public Policy” and demonstrates the impact that such cuts will have on refugee-sponsoring churches and organizations.Â
Human Rights Day Statement: What About Refugee Rights?
By Ashley Chapman December 9, 2013
Activists, former politicians, and national church leaders found something to agree on this morning. All were among the 47 distinguished signatories of a Human Rights Day statement urging the government to change their refugee policies.
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