Statement on 2nd anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini
Statement on 2nd anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini
MP Jenny Kwan Statement on 2nd anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini
Mahsa Jina Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman, should be enjoying her life, the love of her family and friends, the return to her studies that September brings. Instead, her liberty and life were cruelly stolen on September 16, 2022 at the age of 22.
In her memory, as the world observes the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s horrific murder, I reaffirm my support for the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
Millions of women in Iran and Afghanistan still face gender apartheid, restrictive laws and brutal acts of repression and violence, even death. They are targeted and persecuted for demanding their freedom, justice and enjoyment of their basic human rights and dignity.
We must call out and stand against gender-based violence, discrimination and oppression wherever it happens. I stand with the courageous people of Iran in their fight for full equality and human rights.
I also renew the NDP’s calls on the federal government to support the rights of women in Iran, in Afghanistan, and around the world. The federal government must employ every tool at its disposal, including sanctions and coordinated diplomacy with the global community, to ensure an end to the abuse of gender apartheid and gender-based discrimination.
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What if the price you pay at the store is different than the person standing next to you?
Corporations can use personal data such as location, device type, browsing history, purchase behavior, login status, and loyalty cards/programs to profile consumers and determine what different people are charged for the same goods and services.
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IRCC taking 33 months to process applications in wake of 'lost Canadians' law
When Pascal Sud and Meisha Smith prepared in January for the arrival of their first child, the choice seemed simple.
Smith would give birth in her home country of Jamaica where she had family support, and then they would together return to Montreal three months later.
At the time, the wait time for the citizenship certificate that their daughter, Sofianne, needed to fly back to Canada was between four and six weeks.
But more than eight months later, they're still waiting.
Sud is back at work in Montreal while Smith and Sofianne are still in Jamaica.
"It's been very frustrating," said Sud. "I was lucky to be there for three months … but I've been missing every step since, and it's been very difficult to be apart from them."
He's not alone.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is struggling to handle a flood of citizenship applications — many of them from a change to federal law late last year that allows anyone who can prove they have a Canadian ancestor to apply.
That backlog is preventing Canadians born abroad like Sofianne from coming home.
According to the department's most recent update on Sept. 3, there are 136,000 applications waiting to be processed. Those applying for a citizenship certificate now face a wait of 33 months.
NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan called on the government to restore staffing and resources that were cut at IRCC, calling the processing delays "simply unreasonable and unacceptable."
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