Rally and March
2 May - 1pm
Meet: Sherbourne and Carlton
*** Greyhound bus leaves Peterborough at 10:30 (return buses at 5:00 & 7:30) ***
*Cost is $15 for a return ticket*
Contact PCAP if you would like to attend the rally but need the cost of your ticket covered
On April 2nd and 3rd, over 100 temporary and undocumented workers were attacked by armed border guards, dragged in to detention and are now being forcibly deported.
On 2 May, thousands of us will say Enough!
Migrants, poor and working people; undocumented people and people of colour live in constant crisis in Canada. A crisis has always existed in Teesdale, in Regent Park, in farm fields, on factory floors and in hotel service areas.
Power is controlled by global economic and political elites who have made large metropolitan cities their home. From here, they supervise people’s oppression from Turtle Island to Afghanistan to Palestine.
Canada, like other governments, bends to their demands, passing discriminatory laws like Bill C-50 without consultation.
Corporate and political elites are using the economic crisis as an excuse to attack poor, working-class and racialized communities by increasing immigration enforcement; steal public funds; wrecking social services; taking away people’s jobs rather than cut profits and targeting those they perceive as the weakest – indigenous people; the homeless; failed refugee claimants; women in shelters; queer and trans migrants; caregivers; factory workers and temporary workers.
We say there are no illegal human beings, only unjust laws and governments. No one, poor or undocumented, is illegal. The struggle of workers - waged and unwaged, with or without immigration status – is against powerful elites and systems of oppression. Citizenship, jobs and
houses - granted to some and denied to others - are tools to divide us.
We will not be divided.
We say enough is enough. No One Is Illegal!
On May 2, join thousands of us as we take to the streets and demand an end to corporate and state attacks on our communities. We demand an end to detentions and deportations. We demand access without fear to essential services. We demand an end to security certificates and secret trials. We demand a full and inclusive regularization program. We demand justice, dignity, and status for all!
We did not create this crisis, and we will not pay for it.
On May 2nd, take to the streets, create power. Resist.
The May 2nd rally and march will be preceded by a May Day Festival, on May 1st at 6pm, at 25 Cecil Street.
coorganized by: No One Is Illegal-Toronto | Mujeres al Frente | SAWRO |
Migrante Ontario | Canadian HART | Casa Salvador Allende | Basics
Newsletter | OCAP | Jane and Finch Action Against Poverty | Sikh Activist
Network | Toronto New Socialists |Barrio Nuevo | the Stop Community Food
Centre | BAYAN Toronto | PCLS | OPIRG Toronto | CAIA | GGAPSS
About Us
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- PCAP is a direct action anti-poverty group made up of poor people and their allies. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. PCAP mounts social justice campaigns against regressive government policies that affect poor, homeless and working communities. We also provide free advocacy for individuals and families. Please note there is a change of office hours and location. We are hosting outreach meetings within Peterborough County. FIGHT to Win! Email: pcap@riseup.net;