AMSSA: Provincial Engagement Strategy and Call for Action

By SurreyLIP |

In 2014, when the federal government repatriated the transfer of settlement funds from the provincial Government of BC to the national settlement program, there was a shift in the way that organizations serving immigrants and refugees interacted with the provincial government. (more…)

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Trudeau apologizes for Canada’s 1939 refusal of ship of Jewish refugees

By Canadian Press |

Survivors and families of 900 German Jews whose pleas for asylum Canada ignored during the Holocaust received an official federal apology Wednesday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed more federal help to combat anti-Semitic acts. (more…)

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