The bill introducing a referendum on the alternative vote finally made its way through the Lords last night, after peers voted by 221 to 153 to abandon the clause that the referendum be deemed only advisory unless there was a turnout of more than 40 per cent. The referendum will now definitely go ahead on 5 May.
Today, at sunrise, the YES! campaign celebrated by making Trafalgar Square purple.
Will Canada give its undocumented essential workers their rights? And where are the immigrants in the country’s policy debates?
Join us for a free live discussion on Thursday 26 November, 5pm UK time/12pm EST.
Hear from:
Daniel Hiebert Professor of geography at the University of British Columbia
Andrew Parkin Executive director, Environics Institute, Toronto
Usha George Professor and director, Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement, Ryerson University, Canada
Keith Banting Professor emeritus and Stauffer Dunning Fellow, Queen’s University, Canada
Chair: Anna Triandafyllidou Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University
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