Public Assembly in Parc Extension
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
419 rue Saint Roch, Room SS13
(métro Parc)
The Immigrant Workers' Centre, along with Project Genesis and the Comité d'Action Parc Extension are hosting an event to educate people about community resources for new immigrants and temporary workers faced with barriers to health care.
Come learn how to defend your rights and connect with differentorganizations in the community working together to change these laws.
No one is illegal: Everyone in Canada is entitled to health care
The baby Marley case shows the folly of a closed-border immigration policy
The story of a newborn baby whose birth documents were initially withheld
by an obstetrician ("Marley's the baby who didn't exist," Nov. 27, and
"Pediatrician offers to treat baby Marley," Nov. 28) exposes a
lamentable, all-too-frequent reality. It represents the tip of a much
more significant problem faced by people who do not have permanent
residency status in Canada. Dr. Yvonne Vasilie from the Lakeshore
Hospital withheld baby Marley's birth documents because her parents,
Laura Cobian and Wayne Samuels, were not able to fully pay the fees for
the obstetric care provided to Cobian.Vasilie's actions are
New Immigrants Fall Into Health Care Loophole
Newcomers sucked into health care vacuum
Immigrants don't get breaks
by Stephanie O'Hanley
Download The Petition
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