Parliament Video: Jenny in the House: Safe Third Country Agreement

On March 18, 2019, Jenny rose in the House during Question Period to ask why the government will not suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement in order to better protect asylum seekers crossing from the US who are fleeing gender-based violence:

Jenny Kwan (NDP) Vancouver East, BC

"Mr. Speaker, the safe third country agreement was not working over a year ago. The U.S. is not a safe country for asylum seekers. Children continue to be separated from their parents. Gender-based violence is no longer recognized as a basis for asylum.

The Prime Minister stated that the treatment of asylum seekers by the U.S. was wrong, but instead of suspending the agreement, the Liberals are looking to expand it and apply it to those crossing into Canada irregularly. Is this what a Liberal feminist government looks like, denying women fleeing domestic violence the right to make an asylum claim?"

 

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2019/3/18/jenny-kwan-1/

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Getting clear data out of this Immigration Minister is like pulling teeth.

During committee, I asked simple, direct questions about the Safe Third Country Agreement and our immigration backlogs. Instead of transparency, we got non-answers, canned talking points, and a complete evasion of the facts.

If you can't manage your own file or answer basic questions about it, you shouldn't be running the department. No wonder MPs are calling for her to resign.

*Click image or link to watch the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtqqAfC8Bqk&t=55s

On April 20th MP Jenny Kwan spoke in support of Bill C-226 for a national food price transparency, and commented on NDP calls for banning surveillance pricing; excess profit taxes on grocery giants; stronger competition enforcement; measures to break up corporate concentration in the food supply chain, and a public option for groceries.

*Click image or link to watch the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-EGkatjcxU

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