[antiwar-van] Oct 17: Racism and Criminalization in Harper's Canada

[Harsha W.]

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Racism and Criminalization in Harper's Canada

Monday October 17th at 6:30 pm
GCBC (Grandview Calvary Baptist Church)
1803 East 1st Ave (just east of Commercial Drive)
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Link: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=4504
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199018473501657


Free parking at the corner of 1st and Victoria
Light snacks provided. Childcare on-site.
Accessibility entrance at street level, which gives access to hall,
washrooms, and kitchen. The washroom door opening is 86 cm, and the stall
door is 61 cm.

With the recent Harper Conservative majority, an omnibus crime bill is
being proposed that will double the budget for policing, expand prisons,
enforce mandatory minimum sentences, and focus on punitive instead of
rehabilitative programs. This US-style approach will further criminalize
poor people and communities of colour.

At the same time, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Minister of
Censorship and Deportation Jason Kenney have re-introduced Human Smuggling
Bill C4. Based on the internationally-condemned Australian model, this
bill proposes mandatory detention for migrants for 12 months.

The "tough-on-illegals" and "tough-on-crime" approach are intrinsically
linked. Prisons and detention centres disproportionately target
low-income, Indigenous, migrant, and racialized communities who are
already over-surveilled and over-incarcerated. In an era of economic
austerity and social inequality with job losses, service cuts, expansion
of temporary workers programs, relentless resource extraction, and
increased privatization, it is no coincidence that cops and corporations
are getting more power to further control and impoverish marginalized
communities.

Join No One Is Illegal Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories) and Streams of
Justice for a free public forum and discussion.

Ten Reasons to Stop Harper's Conservatives:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?page_id=4153

People v. Kenney - Tories Record on Immigration:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?page_id=4139

For more information email noii-van at resist.ca or call 778 552 2099

Web: www.nooneisillegal.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
Twitter: twitter.com/noii_vancouver


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Harsha Walia

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