Report, WHAI Original Resource
Bill C-12, Gender & HIV
This report briefly outlines the key changes that Bill C-12: Strengthening Canada's Immigration Systems and Borders Act will have on immigration and asylum system. Then, through a gendered lens, we will further discusses the impacts these changes will have on HIV and healthcare, gender-based violence, housing insecurity, sex work, and drug policy, and share examples of what communities can do in response. French copy coming soon.
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On March 26, 2026, Bill C-12: Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act was made law. The Federal Government introduced this bill on the premise of strengthening Canada’s immigration and asylum systems by making changes to the eligibility requirements for asylum claims, allowing domestic information sharing, and expanding the authorities of the Federal Government to cancel immigration documents for large groups of people where it is deemed to be in the public’s interest. Although it is framed as a border-management reform, these changes are likely to have extended consequences for health, safety and stability, particularly for people already living with precarity, including women and gender-diverse people who are living with HIV, or face systemic and structural risk that increase their risk for HIV and other health complexities.