Sanctuary Cities - Backgrounder info

A proposal has been brought to Ottawa City Council to adopt the status of a “sanctuary city”, where immigrants and refugees are given the ability to access municipal services without fear of discrimination, detention, or deportation. Such policies have been adopted in other major Canadian cities.

This item will be discussed by a group representing the Sanctuary City Ottawa campaign  (https://ottawasanctuarycity.ca/about/)  at the next LCA Meeting March 13, 2017 at 7pm at the Routhier Centre, 172 Guigues Ave.

Background information:
Open house on Sanctuary cities:
March 16, 6:00pm

http://catherinemckenney.ca/event/community-meeting-making-ottawa-a-sanctuary-city/

More background information:

https://ottawasanctuarycity.ca/resources/

http://www.amssa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/AMSSA-Info-Sheet-Issue-13-Sanctuary-Cities1.pdf

http://council.vancouver.ca/20160406/documents/pspc3.pdf

News information:
https://capitalnews.ca/ottawa-considers-sanctuary-city-status/
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/santuary-city-cps-committee-march-1.3972728
http://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/news/watson-inclined-to-reject-sanctuary-motion-1.2387139
http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/dewar-heres-why-ottawa-should-declare-itself-a-sanctuary-city
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-sanctuary-city-buzz-raises-dewar-factor
http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/letters/todays-letters-are-sanctuary-cities-a-good-idea-or-not
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2014/06/10/toronto_forges_ahead_with_sanctuary_city_plan.html