Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, it is a concern we are hearing from care workers and others who are here on a pathway to permanent residence. They are very much concerned that two years down the road their children would have aged out. I think that given the 12 to 18 months of the pause we're seeing

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's a very interesting question. No, our experience has shown that the folks who tend to have a very difficult time getting temporary resident visas tend to be racialized—and that would include racialized women—for a number of reasons. One of the things I wanted to speak to,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I just saw a sign saying that my Internet connection was unstable, and as you can tell, I disappeared. I lost you for about 30 seconds.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I said, we continue to bring this recommendation forward about the minimum necessary income. We have pointed out that the introduction of the MNI and later the 30% increase have caused tremendous hardship for many Canadian residents. In particular, racialized Canadians, as we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry, Chair; I don't know what happened there.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chair and committee members. I appreciate this opportunity to contribute to the study. As many of you know, OCASI is the umbrella organization for agencies working with immigrants and other newcomers here in Ontario, where I'm located. It comes as no surprise that th

Human Resources committee  Implied status was necessary so that we didn't have a disruption in the workforce. Things shut down. Folks' work permits were running out. They needed to have them renewed and couldn't renew them. It makes sense to give implied status, but that implied status has nothing to do wi

Human Resources committee  I'm not sure of the capacity of local health organizations in the middle of a pandemic when they're paying attention to the larger issue of safety and they're putting out policies. I think, however, that the provinces must beef up their inspections. We were a bit alarmed when we

Human Resources committee  Oh, absolutely, and consistently and without warning at times.

Human Resources committee  The provincial government is responsible for our labour laws. The federal government is responsible for the migrant workers program. Hence, they both have some responsibility.

Human Resources committee  We certainly hope so. They are employers and they're responsible for their employees' safety. Millions were sent their way in support, certainly in our food sector, so I would expect employers who are bringing in workers—even those who didn't have access to government funds—to ha

Human Resources committee  What we've been hearing from migrant workers is that they are living in congregated spaces where there are a number of folks in one room. Even those who came in to quarantine get put back into congregate. As I said, we are not surprised at the infections, but we're angry about it

Human Resources committee  My colleague, would you like to speak? No. It's as I've said. Provincial governments are responsible for enforcing labour laws. Again, it's about ensuring that the workplaces are following guidelines put in place for COVID, but even before COVID, we had those concerns of unsafe