Nova Scotia Advocate, Author at Nova Scotia Advocate

Press release: Coast to coast support for migrant detainees on hunger strike in Quebec due to risks of COVID-19 #HungerStrikeLaval

March 28, 2020 0 Comment

Press release: Medical professionals, human rights organizers, and supporters from coast to coast came together virtually to denounce the catastrophic legal, medical, and moral consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on incarcerated migrants. The press conference took place as migrants at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre entered their fifth day of an indefinite hunger strike.

PSA: COVID-19 and disability: Recommendations to the Canadian government from disability related organizations in Canada, March 24, 2020

March 27, 2020 0 Comment

COVID-19 related demands by a broad coalition of Canadian organizations representing people living with disabilities. “If Canada’s healthcare system becomes overburdened by COVID-19, most triaging guidelines will result in people with disabilities being denied care, triaged out of care solely on the basis of having a disability. “

Community advisory and resources for migrants re: COVID-19

March 26, 2020 0 Comment

COVID-19 information for undocumented migrants and people with precarious immigration status in Nova Scotia. What to do if you have symptoms, community resources, help, and much more.

Statement on inclusive safety and health – Community responds to Nova Scotia declaration of COVID-19 state of emergency

March 25, 2020 0 Comment

Letter: The state of emergency recently declared in Nova Scotia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic raises many concerns, in particular that Black, Indigenous, and other racialized peoples, people living in poverty, and homeless, the mentally ill, and other vulnerable groups will not be disproportionately targeted.. We must embrace this crisis as an opportunity to develop and implement practices that produce inclusive and equitable public health and safety practices,

Media release: Rent freeze and eviction ban, COVID-19 phone-in action is today

March 25, 2020 0 Comment

Press release: ACORN and allies are ramping up their campaign for a rent freeze and eviction ban during the COVID-19 Epidemic with a Phone-In Action after getting thousands of signatures on their petition.

Press release: Exemption from social gathering and distancing rules makes Halifax Transit unsafe for public and drivers

March 24, 2020 3 Comments

“As a result of Halifax Transit being exempted from the social distancing order, we are seeing buses fully loaded with passengers forced to sit side by side, without any physical distancing at all,” says Wilson. “People will get sick. This level of bus loading will not flatten the curve”

Media Release: Burrill: No one should be evicted during COVID-19 state of emergency

March 24, 2020 0 Comment

Media release: At a time when we need to stay home from all but the most essential activities, evictions become a public health issue. During the provincial state of emergency, no tenants should be evicted. You can’t stay home if you don’t have a home to stay in.

Media release: Migrant justice groups across Canada demand that income supports be available to all

March 24, 2020 0 Comment

Migrant, undocumented, low-waged, racialized organizations across the country, including No One is Illegal – Halifax/K’jipuktuk, are calling on Parliamentarians to ensure comprehensive income supports are immediately accessible to everyone regardless of immigration or previous work status. There’s also a link to an on line petition.

Media Release – COVID-19 response needs to be approached with a disability lens

March 22, 2020 0 Comment

Press release: The Council of Canadians with Disabilities reminds all levels of government, community organizations and businesses responding to the COVID-19 crisis that all planning needs to be done using a human and disability rights lens.

PSA: Your rights at work and the COVID-19 outbreak

March 19, 2020 1 Comment

A COVID-19 mini guide compiled by the Halifax Workers Action Centre: Can your boss send you home, do you still get paid, and what supports are there? Also, can you refuse unsafe work?