Dozens of Endorsers Added! STOP THE DEPORTATIONS! ALL OUT MAY 3rd MAY DAY OF ACTION FOR STATUS FOR ALL!

Call for Endorsement
MAY DAY OF ACTION: STATUS FOR ALL!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Christie Pits Park (at Christie subway station)
12 Noon

New Endorsers!!
Always Question
Communist Party of Canada
Marxist Leninist Party of Canada
International Organization of Iranian Refugees
Graduate Student's Association at Trent University

See list of over 60 endorsing groups and organizations: May Day of Action Endorsers

*This is a child-friendly demonstration.
Food and drinks will be available.
There will be vehicles on-hand for those with reduced mobility.*

Millions across North America have taken to the streets in the last two years, demanding Status for All! In Toronto, workers, students, trade unionists, activists and community members have led passionate demonstrations calling for justice and dignity for immigrants and refugees.

We continue to fight against the Conservative government's ongoing attacks on migrant communities. The laeekers have been arrested from schools, workplaces and even hospital beds. Families have been torn apart. Over 12,000 friends, family, and community members have been deported.

On March 14th 2008, the Conservative government introduced a series of amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), buried in Bill c-50, a 136-page "budget implementation bill". If passed, the Minister will have the discretion to refuse applications even where the applicants meet the elitist and racist criteria for permanent residence, to refuse to even examine humanitarian applications filed from abroad, and to arbitrarily set quotas on the "category" of person that can enter Canada – including quotas based on country of origin.

In the face of intimidation and fear, our communities have refused to be silenced. Together, we have forced immigration enforcement out of Toronto District schools. Inspired frontline community workers have taken up the struggle for Access Without Fear. We have fought and won a full Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) policy at many community agencies.

But the fight is not over. There are over 500,000 undocumented people living and working across Canada, over 80,000 in Toronto alone. They are forced to live in daily fear of jailing and deportation. At the same time, new categories of "temporary foreign workers" without full status and without rights are being created by federal and provincial governments. These workers are exploited as cheap labour, based on fear of deportation.

On May 3rd, we will take to the streets. We will demand an end to detentions and deportations. We will demand access without fear to essential services. We will demand an end to security certificates and secret trials. We will demand a full and inclusive regularization program. We will demand justice, dignity and respect!

JOIN US!

The March will be followed by a community fair featuring music,
performers, food, childrens activities and visual art displays.

WAYS TO SUPPORT:
1) Organize a loud contingent to come out on May 3rd.
2) Endorse the May Day of Action by emailing NOII a short statement of
support.
3) Financial and in-kind (photocopying, translation) donations.
4) Organize a NOII workshop/presentation at your school, union local,
agency, community centre or workplace.
5) Help out with postering and outreach

For more information about how you support the march or get involved:
Email: nooneisillegal@riseup.net
Website: www.nooneisillegal.org
Phone: 416 604-5765

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No One is Illegal-Toronto is looking for volunteers and allies to help out
for the Day of Action on May 3rd.

If you can help out, attend our Volunteer Meeting
Wednesday April 30th - 6:30pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor Street West (between Bedford and St George, at the St George
Subway Station)
The room between Bedford and St George, at the St George
Subway Station)
The room location will be posted in the lobby

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Current Endorsers:

Alsics Community Newsletter
Black Action Defence Committee
Bolivarian Circle - Manuelita Saenz
Canadian Federation of Students
Caribbean Studies Student's Union at UofT
Carranza Barristers & Solicitors
CASA Salvador Allende
Central Neighbourhood House
Centre for Feminist Research
Centre for Spanish Speakingghbourhood House
Centre for Feminist Research
Centre for Spanish Speaking People
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Communist Party of Canada
Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
CUPE 1281
CUPE 1777(Social Service Workers)
CUPE 3896 (Social Service Workers)
CUPE 3902 (Educational Workers at UofT)
CUPE 3907 (OISE T.A.s)
CUPE 4308 (Social Service Workers)
CUPE International Solidarity Committee
CUPE Ontario
Department of Sociology and Equity Studies at OISE/UT
Education Not Deportation
Educators for Peace and Justice
Elementary Teachers of Toronto Regional Council
Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance
Glendon College Student's Union - York University
Graduate Students' Association at Trent University
Grassroots Youth Collaborative
Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario
International Campaign Against Sharia Courts in Canada
International Federation of Iranian Refugees in Canada
International Organization of Iranian Refugees
Justice for Alwy Campaign
Justice for Mohamed Harkat Campaign
KAIROS
Law Union of Ontario
Marxist Leninist Party of Canada
New Socialist Group
No One Is Illegal - Brampton
No One Is Illegal - Kingston
No One Is Illegal - Ottawa
No One Is Illegal- Montreal
No One Is Illegal-Vancouver
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
OPIRG-Toronto
OPIRG-York
Organization of Women's Liberation in Iran
OSSTF District 12 - Human Rights Committee
Revolutionary Ontario Anarchist Development (ROAD) Network
Ryerson Students Union
Sistering
Socialist Action
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Student Caucus
Solidarity Across Borders
Somali Youth Association of Toronto
South Asian Women's Rights Organization
STATUS NOW
Teachers for Palestine
The Bickford Centre
The Socialist Project
The Stop
Toronto Hait Action Committee
Toronto Adult Student Association
Toronto Climate Change Coalition
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
Toronto Immigration Legal Committee
United Black Students at Ryerson
University of Toronto Student's Union
Venezuela We Are With You
Victor Jara Cultural Group
York University Black Students Alliance
York University Muslim Student's Association