Against Bill C-2: March of Prisoners
Le dimanche 19 octobre 2025, à 15h00.
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Métro Parc, (metro Parc)
March of Prisoners
Sunday October 19th, 3PM
Metro Parc
Family Friendly, bring your kids, bring your placards!
Regularization Now!
Let's Smash C-2!
No One is Illegal!
Wear an orange prisoner suit or other visible symbol of imprisonment.
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Solidarity Across Borders calls on all migrants
(undocumented and those who may soon become
undocumented because of Canada’s unjust
immigration system, made even worse by C-2), all
supporters, and allied movements, to join us in a
“march of prisoners” 19 October.
Our demands are clear: respect for our dignity,
equality, freedom. In the immediate context, this
means immediate regularisation of all migrants in
Canada, withdrawal of Bill C-2, and withdrawal from
the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA).
We reject the racist discourse which blames
migrants for social problems created by unjust social
structures. We reject colonial borders which enforce
the global system of apartheid. We join hands with
the indigenous peoples of Canada, workers of all
origins, and all oppressed by racist colonialism,
capitalism and patriarchy to fight for our freedom
and justice for all. We demand regularisation, an
end to C-2 and an end to the STCA.
Why a march of prisoners?
Undocumented migrants and all precarious status
migrants are prisoners in Canada. They cannot leave,
they cannot work legally, they are exploited at the
workplace even more than other workers, they are
under threat of arbitrary detention. They are here
because Canada and other rich, Western countries
have made their homes unliveable. They are here
because they seek a better life for themselves and
their children. They are confronted by Canada’s
bureaucratic and legalistic violence but fight back
with dignity and resilience
What is C-2?
C-2 is a bill introduced by the new liberal government
of Mark Carney which proposes changes to several
Canadian laws. Far from the “refugees welcome”
tweet and the promise of regularisation of the last
liberal government, it is an expression of the anti
migrant hatred of trump, poilievre and the far right. If
passed, C-2 will hugely increase the number of
undocumented migrants in Canada, lead to even
more deaths of people trying to enter Canada from
the United States, and give the Canadian state more
powers of surveillance. If you believe in freedom and
dignityequality - if you care that people die trying to
achieve them, you are against Bill C-2
What is the Safe Third Country Agreement?
The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) attempts
to stop migrants in the United States from coming
to Canada. In reality, it forces people to take even
more dangerous routes to enter Canada and has
led to deaths on the border by drowning and
freezing. Trump’s America is not safe; not for
migrants, not for gay and trans folk, not for
racialized and colonized people, not for women.
Under Trump, more migrants than ever are
desperate to find safety. With changes to the STCA
introduced by Carney’s Bill C-2, they will be unable
to regularise in Canada and the undocumented
population will increase even more. If you believe in
freedom, equality, and respect, you are against the
STCA.Freedom to move! Freedom to stay! Freedom to return!
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN NATIVE LAND!
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