Many questions, few answers for Toronto’s Roma: Fiorito
There is more to know as a result of the Roma Health Forum held a while ago.
As you recall: the purpose of the forum was to discuss the problems faced by
Roma refugee claimants in Toronto.
Among those problems: poverty, bad teeth, lousy diet, scuzzy landlords,
predatory immigration lawyers, racism, and a federal government determined to
put all applicants from Hungary through a Kafkaesque wringer.
It is easy to see why some Roma harbour a fear, or at least a healthy
suspicion, of authority.
There were many agencies and organizations in attendance at the forum,
including the Red Cross, Epilepsy Canada, both school boards, Children’s Aid,
Community Living Toronto, CultureLink, Access Alliance, Ryerson University,
Women’s College Hospital, York University, and many more.
