migrant rights network

Canada's premiers are waiting to see if the federal cabinet can make headway towards a new deal on health-care funding as the ministers meet for a retreat in Hamilton this week.

Migrant workers and other non-permanent residents — many of whom have been working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic — took to the streets in cities across Canada on Saturday, July 4, 2020, calling on Ottawa to grant them greater rights and protections.

A group supporting migrant workers held a virtual rally on Sunday, June 14, 2020, that called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and MPs to immediately extend full immigration status for all non-permanent residents.

Many workers without proper paperwork cannot access income supports, despite continuing to help Canada during the coronavirus pandemic.