Protestors "Honour our communities", not the Immigration Minister.
from March Against Racism
TORONTO — Hundreds of protesters carrying pictures of immigrants that have died because of Jason Kenney's and other Canadian government policies, Palestinian flags, and red carnations are expected to gather outside Toronto's Royal York Hotel where the Immigration Minister is being awarded an honorary degree by Israel's Haifa University on November 4th, 2012.
Organizers have themed the march "Honouring Our Communities: March Against Racism," calling it a demonstration against the Conservative government's racist policies. These policies include
- an exclusionary immigration system;
- support for Israeli apartheid;
- attacks on the rights of Indigenous people;
- subsidies to oil and mining corporations that are causing climate change and human rights atrocities in the Global South;
- cuts to public services and worker lay-offs;
- de-funding and criminalization of dissenting voices.
A protest letter has also been written by Haifa University faculty and staff that will be released on Sunday.
What:
Rally to instead "Honour Our Communities: March Against Racism" as Jason Kenney is honoured by Haifa University, at an event supported by Stephen Harper, Peter Munk, Ezra Levant and others (www.haifa-univ.ca/events.htm)
Where:
Sunday, November 4, 2012, rally at 4pm, march to start soon after
Where:
Rally at David Pecaut Square (King & John), march to Royal York Hotel
Visuals:
Hundreds of protesters carrying pictures of people who have lost their lives, banners, Palestinian flags and red carnations
Wo:
Organized by Afghans for Peace, Barrio Nuevo, Caregiver's Action Centre, Centre for Social Justice, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA), Common Cause Toronto, Educators for Peace and Justice, Faculty for Palestine (F4P), Health for All, Independent Jewish Voices – Canada, Independent Jewish Voices – Toronto Chapter, Indigenous Sovereignty and Solidarity Network, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) Canada, International Socialists, Justice for Mahjoub Network, Justice for Migrant Workers, Law Union of Ontario, Maggie's: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project, M1M, Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, Movement Defence Committee, Munk OUT of UofT, New Socialist Group (NSG), No One Is Illegal – Toronto, Not In Our Name (NION): Jews Opposing Zionism, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), OPIRG York, OPIRG UofT, Protest Barrick, The Public Health Social Justice Collective, The Women's Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA), Queers for Social Justice (QFSJ), Social Justice Committee of the United Jewish People’s Order (SJC-UJPO), Socialist Project, Students Against Israeli Apartheid York & UofT, University of Toronto Students Union, Toronto Haiti Action Committee, Toronto Immigration Legal Committee, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Women in Solidarity with Palestine
