Speakers:

• Alice Young, Director of Immigration Policy & Larissa Hretchka, Manager of Immigration Policy, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
• Jenna L. Hennebry,Director, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Josie Di Zio,Senior Director of Planning and Program Development, COSTI Immigrant Services
• Chris Ramsaroop, Justicia for Migrant Workers

Moderator:

• Debbie Douglas,Executive Director, OCASI

Ontario’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration tabled the province’s first-ever immigration legislation on February 19, 2014. Currently being debated in the Legislative Assembly, Bill 161, An Act with respect to immigration to Ontario and a related amendment to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, recognizes the ongoing nation-building role of immigration in forming Ontario’s social, economic and cultural values, also introducing measures for temporary labour migration such as employer registry. This panel will discuss the implications of Bill 161 for immigration and labour in the province from the perspectives of policy, research, labour, and the community.