We've got great news to share.
Since October 2021, our #WelcometoCanada campaign has focused on petitioning leaders across the country to end the horrific practice of incarcerating immigration detainees in jails, and instead, to truly welcome them to Canada. Families and individuals seeking safety and looking to start new lives have been handcuffed, stripped of their belongings, and sent to maximum-security provincial jails purely on immigration grounds, where they may face solitary confinement and have no set release date.
We asked supporters to advocate with them—and our voices were heard.
Because over 26,000 activists like you took action, British Columbia and Nova Scotia became the first and second provinces to publicly commit to ending immigration detention in their jails by canceling their respective detention contracts with the federal government. Alberta and Manitoba have also canceled their immigration detention contracts. Government leaders are now even publicly calling on provinces to stop jailing people on strictly immigration grounds. As Alberta’s public safety minister Mike Ellis said last month, “People who come to Canada for a fresh start and a new life deserve a better welcome than a jail cell while paperwork is sorted out.”
This is what happens when you show up and use your voice—and we are so grateful to you for helping us make life-saving change! | 
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