{"id":9909,"date":"2025-11-13T12:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/?p=9909"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:53:56","slug":"call-to-action-stop-c-12-make-a-call-send-a-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/call-to-action-stop-c-12-make-a-call-send-a-letter","title":{"rendered":"Call to Action : STOP C-12 \u2013 make a call, send a letter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Today, as our caravan visits Montreal MPs\u2019 offices to protest the anti-migrant Bill C-12, join them in solidarity by making some calls and sending some emails!<\/p>\n<p>WHAT YOU CAN DO<\/p>\n<p>Please send emails and make phone calls today to the below politicians to urge them to reject Bill C-12. Share this call to action widely!<\/p>\n<p>Call or email:<\/p>\n<p>1. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Hon. Lena Metlege Diab<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lenametlege.diab@parl.gc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lenametlege.diab@parl.gc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nHill office: 613-996-3085<br \/>\nConstituency office: 902-426-2217<\/p>\n<p>2. Minister of Public Safety Hon. Gary Anandasangaree<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:gary.anand@parl.gc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gary.anand@parl.gc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nHill office: 613-992-1351<br \/>\nConstituency office: 416-283-1414<\/p>\n<p>3. Prime Minister Right Hon. Mark Carney<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mark.carney@parl.gc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mark.carney@parl.gc.ca<\/a><br \/>\n613-825-3422<\/p>\n<p>4. Your Member of Parliament, you can find their contact information here:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/Members\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/Members\/en&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763247109825000&amp;usg=AOvVaw10stgpy6-QS8Vvt3KIbH2o\"> https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/<wbr \/>Members\/<\/p>\n<p><\/a>Example message:<\/p>\n<p>I urge you to oppose and vote against the anti-refugee and anti-migrant Bill C-12, the &#8220;Strengthening Canada&#8217;s Immigration System and Borders Act.&#8221; This must be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bill C-12 is an attack on migrants and will cause serious harm by:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Denying refugee protection to anyone in Canada over one year\u2014even if their home country becomes dangerous after arrival (affects everyone since June 2020)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Allowing mass deportations by giving officials power to cancel work permits, study permits, and permanent residency for entire groups without any oversight<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Eliminating further rights for asylum seekers crossing from the US between official ports<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Removing privacy safeguards by allowing unrestricted sharing of migrants&#8217; personal information across all government levels<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The crisis is already here: Over 3,000 permits expire daily under current policies. Bill C-12 will make this exponentially worse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This isn&#8217;t border security\u2014it&#8217;s creating a cruel, violent, and racist mass deportation machine that will tear apart families and communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I am calling on you to do the right thing:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Oppose Bill C-12 and call for its withdrawal<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Refuse the scapegoating of migrants for the housing and affordability crisis<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; An end to the Safe Third Country Agreement<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; A comprehensive, inclusive, and permanent regularization program<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I will be watching carefully to make sure you oppose these harmful measures.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, as our caravan visits Montreal MPs\u2019 offices to protest the anti-migrant Bill C-12, join them in solidarity by making some calls and sending some emails! WHAT YOU CAN DO Please send emails and make phone calls today to the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/call-to-action-stop-c-12-make-a-call-send-a-letter\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9910,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909\/revisions\/9910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}