COPE says Vancouver should be Sanctuary City
Posted March 14, 2013 11:50 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – As Canada Border Services is admitting that it did arrest people at a Vancouver job site on Wednesday, a civic party is calling for Vancouver to follow Toronto’s lead, and become a Sanctuary City.
A Sanctuary City pledges to provide services to everyone, even those who might be in the country illegally.
Toronto was the first city in Canada to adopt the designation. Three dozen cities in the US also bear the label.
Ellen Woodsworth, with the Vancouver civic party COPE, says undocumented workers have rights like everyone else.
“Maybe they work in the sex trade. There’s all sorts of reasons why people have come to Canada. If you’re feeling vulnerable, or if you are in Canada illegally, then you are terrified of going to the police when you’re in trouble,” she explains.
“There’s all kinds of vulnerable citizens that we need to protect.”
Reality TV cameras were rolling as the migrants were rounded up at the work site.
Woodsworth wants the city to stop issuing film permits for productions targeting vulnerable people.
