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HANSARD: Speech in response to the Spring Economic Update

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HOUSE VIDEO: Speech in response to the Spring Economic Update

On Monday May 25 2026, NDP MP Jenny Kwan responded to Prime Minister Carney's Spring Economic Update & Bill C-30, the Spring Economic Update Implementation Act.

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Global News: COVID-19 vaccine victim struggles to get compensation

A B.C. man who is one of the rare people suffering a debilitating reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine says he is now living in a bureaucratic nightmare trying to get compensation.

Jan Przeranski says that as a result of his vaccination, he suffers from severe lymphedema, a chronic, progressive condition that has caused swelling and infections in his arm.

He says he applied to the federal government’s vaccine injury compensation program, which was first administered by the private consulting firm Oxaro.

Following a raft of problems with Oxaro, the federal government took over the program in March.

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The Varsity: Gazan students accepted to Canadian universities remain trapped in visa delays, advocates say

Advocates and members of the New Democratic Party (NDP) gathered on Parliament Hill on April 14 to escalate pressure on Ottawa over alleged discriminatory immigration delays. This comes more than a month after The Varsity reported on 12 Palestinian students admitted to U of T struggling to secure Canadian study permits.

At last month’s press conference, NDP leader Avi Lewis and Jenny Kwan, MP for Vancouver East and the party’s critic for immigration, refugees, and citizenship called on the federal government to implement new measures. They pushed to introduce flexible processing measures for Palestinian students from Gaza whose Canadian study permit applications have remained stalled for months or years.

The press conference featured speakers from Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk (PSSAR), academic leaders, and Oxfam Canada, a global organization that works to address the root causes of poverty and inequality with a focus on women’s rights.

For many speakers, the issue was no longer simply about bureaucratic delay; it was about whether Canada’s immigration system is willing to adapt during a humanitarian catastrophe.

Biometrics remain a central barrier

A major focus of the conference was Canada’s continued enforcement of biometric requirements — fingerprints and photographs — which can only be collected outside of Gaza, usually in the West Bank or Egypt. However, the route previously used to complete the process in Egypt has remained closed since May 2024.

“The Liberal government knows full well that there are no functioning processing centers in Gaza,” Lewis said.

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Global News: RCMP won’t release China policing pact despite Conservative, NDP pressure

The RCMP says it won’t release the full agreement it signed with China’s Ministry of Public Security without Beijing agreeing to do so, despite demands from the federal Conservatives and NDP for answers on what it contains.

In a statement to Global News on Wednesday, RCMP spokesperson Robin Percival said the memorandum of understanding signed in January “outlines specific forms of mutual collaboration” on policing, the exchange of information and investigative assistance, but did not give further details.

“The RCMP will not unilaterally make public or share the contents of an MOU with a third party without the concurrence of the other party,” Percival said.

“As such, the RCMP is not releasing the contents of the MOU at this time.”

The statement added that such agreements are “a very common practice between national law enforcement agencies” seeking new or enhanced co-operation, and the RCMP has many MOUs in place with agencies around the world.

The MOU was one of several signed during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to China in January, which included new co-operation agreements on forestry, trade, tourism, energy and food safety.

While the full text of many of those MOUs has been released, the one with China’s Ministry of Public Security has not.

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The Bureau: NDP’s Jenny Kwan Demands Ottawa Release Secret Police Deal With Beijing, Continued Secrecy is a Threat to Diaspora Safety

 

A senior New Democratic Party parliamentarian has formally demanded that the Carney government release the full text of its secret law enforcement agreement with China’s Ministry of Public Security, echoing a set of facts The Bureau has been reporting for months, while warning that Ottawa’s continued refusal to disclose the deal is fueling legitimate fear among diaspora communities who have experienced or fear transnational repression by the Chinese state.

Jenny Kwan, MP for Vancouver East and one of Parliament’s most prominent voices on Hong Kong and Chinese diaspora issues, wrote to Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand on May 12, calling the government’s silence on the agreement “particularly troubling” given what she described as the “problematic history of China’s foreign interference in Canada.”

“I’m calling on Mark Carney govt to stop hiding RCMP–MPS MOU signed in Beijing,” Kwan posted to X. “Reports that RCMP needs Beijing’s “permission” to show this MOU to Canadians are a threat to our sovereignty.”

The letter, addressed to both ministers, focuses on the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in combating crimes signed between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ministry of Public Security during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s January 2026 visit to Beijing.

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CP24 News: Human rights advocates sound alarm as court documents reveal extent Chinese police harassed Canadian residents

OTTAWA – Security experts, human rights advocates and politicians are sounding the alarm about the renewal of a co-operation agreement between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and China’s Ministry of Public Security as troubling details surface at a foreign interference trial.

Court documents filed at the trial of alleged double agent William Majcher reveals that at least 25 Canadian residents were targeted by Chinese police under an anti-corruption program, which doubled as a tool of transnational repression. The affidavit shows that the Chinese nationals may have been forced to return to their homeland against their will to face punishment for alleged financial crimes.

Some of them would have faced life imprisonment, or even a death sentence.

The agreement signed in Beijing also included a memorandum of understanding (MOU) titled “Cooperation in Combating Crimes between the RCMP and the MPS.” In the joint statement, the two sides “committed to strengthening law enforcement co-operation to combat corruption and transnational crimes, including telecommunication and cyber fraud and illegal synthetic drugs in accordance with their respective laws.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Vancouver NDP MP Jenny Kwan wrote an open letter to express serious concerns about the government’s lack of transparency in signing the MOU.

Kwan wrote that it is “troubling” that the federal government has “declined to proactively disclose the police co-operation agreement, despite its significant implications for public safety, civil liberties, diaspora communities and national sovereignty.”

In a social media post, she noted that other agreements the prime minister signed while in Beijing were released publicly, such as an economic and trade co-operation roadmap.

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Canadian Press: Public deserves answers on Canada-China policing agreement, New Democrat MP says

OTTAWA - NDP public safety critic Jenny Kwan says Canadians deserve to know what information the RCMP is sharing under an agreement with China's Ministry of Public Security.

In an open letter, Kwan urged Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to disclose the full text of the memorandum of understanding.

Kwan said in the letter she wants to know if safeguards are in place to prevent Canadian information from being used against dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists or diaspora communities.

She also said she wonders what oversight mechanisms exist to ensure compliance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canadian privacy laws.

Public statements indicate the memorandum concerns co-operation on transnational crime, cybercrime, narcotics, corruption and the establishment of bilateral law enforcement working groups, Kwan noted in her letter dated May 12.

She said the fact the text is being kept under wraps has created widespread uncertainty and legitimate concerns among Canadians, particularly within Hong Kong, Uyghur, Tibetan and broader Chinese diaspora communities dealing with transnational repression by Beijing.

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HANSARD: Question on Liberals quietly slashing $5 billion from promised transit funding to local governments

HANSARD: Debate Bill C-22, Lawful Access Act

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