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Shame on Canadian government for playing with lives of thousands of migrant caregivers

Shame on Canadian government for playing with lives of thousands of migrant caregivers March 8, 2026Philippine Women Centre of Ontario Statement for International Women’s Day (2026) Toronto, ON.—This International Women’s Day, we denouce Canada’s decades-long domestic worker recruitment schemes that exploit working-class women from the Global South and continue to leave many trapped in immigration… Read More Shame on Canadian government for playing with lives of thousands of migrant caregivers

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Poilievre’s call to end the TFWP is a divisive ploy against the working class and immigrant communities in Canada

Poilievre’s call to end the TFWP is a divisive ploy against the working class and immigrant communities in Canada Magkaisa CentreOfficial StatementOctober 18, 2025 Toronto, ON – During a news conference on September 3, 2025, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre called for the scrapping of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), and blamed the program… Read More Poilievre’s call to end the TFWP is a divisive ploy against the working class and immigrant communities in Canada

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Solidarity with Workers Across Canada and Around the World–Building a Transnational Future

Solidarity with Workers Across Canada and Around the World–Building a Transnational FutureMagkaisa Centre Official StatementMay 1, 2025 Toronto ON., – On this International Workers’ Day, we gather to honour the tireless contributions of workers around the world and to commemorate the victories led by working-class peoples throughout history against exploitation, oppression, and injustice. As we… Read More Solidarity with Workers Across Canada and Around the World–Building a Transnational Future

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A Tribute to Jose Maria Sison

Jose Maria Sison

A Tribute to Jose Maria Sison Progressive Filipino-Canadians and organizations under the umbrella of the Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC), mourn for the Communist Party of the Philippines founder, Jose Maria Sison who passed away on December 16, 2022. Sison, the foremost leader of the Philippine national democratic revolution with a socialist perspective, died… Read More A Tribute to Jose Maria Sison

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY FROM THE MAGKAISA CENTRE!

Warm and militant greetings of solidarity for this year’s International Workers’ Day from the sister organizations of the Magkaisa [Unity] Centre (Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance of Ontario, Philippine Women Centre of Ontario, & SIKLAB – Ontario). Since 1889, May Day has been celebrated all over the world to commemorate the victories and strides of labourers… Read More HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY FROM THE MAGKAISA CENTRE!

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Cancel Canada Day: Filipinos reaffirm solidarity with Indigenous communities against colonialism in Canada amidst discovery of unmarked graves in multiple residential school sites

National StatementCongress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC)July 1st, 2021 Toronto , ON –As progressive Filipino Canadians, we are outraged at the discovery of unmarked mass graves of Indigenous children in residential school sites all over Canada. The recently uncovered sites of more than a thousand graves of Indigenous children in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia,… Read More Cancel Canada Day: Filipinos reaffirm solidarity with Indigenous communities against colonialism in Canada amidst discovery of unmarked graves in multiple residential school sites

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Stop the deportation of Carlo Escario!

May 12, 2021StatementMagkaisa Centre The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario and its sister organizations, the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance of Ontario and SIKLAB-ON, condemn the Canadian government’s order to deport Carlo Escario back to the Philippines as yet another example of the Canadian Immigration system’s unacceptable treatment of workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program… Read More Stop the deportation of Carlo Escario!

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Doug Ford, saying sorry is not enough!

Young woman holding a sign saying "stop privatization of healthcare!"

On April 22, Doug Ford publicly made a tearful statement apologizing for his cabinet’s hasty move towards harsh restrictions, including policing measures against individuals in the midst of never before seen rises of COVID-19 cases in Ontario. However, his incompetence and unwillingness to follow health advice was exposed by continuing to downplay the medical professional… Read More Doug Ford, saying sorry is not enough!

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Doug Ford, Stop Blaming the Essential Workers and Marginalized Communities

The Doug Ford government’s recent amendments to the current stay-at-home order once again shows how politically disinterested he is in genuinely addressing the current healthcare crisis. We at the Magkaisa Centre demand Doug Ford to stop putting the blame on us — the essential workers and racialized and marginalized communities — for his uselessness and… Read More Doug Ford, Stop Blaming the Essential Workers and Marginalized Communities

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Filipino Canadian women mourn the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings and call an end to all forms of racism

Toronto, ON — As we commemorate International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we at the Philippine Women Centre of Ontario urgently call on all progressive forces to heighten our resolve in fighting to end racism and violence towards people of colour, most especially women of colour. We reaffirm our unceasing commitment in opposing and… Read More Filipino Canadian women mourn the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings and call an end to all forms of racism

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