Parliament Video: Jenny in the House: The Safe Third Country Agreement must be suspended

On February 13, 2017, Jenny stood to speak of the Safe Third Country Agreement:

Jenny Kwan (NDP) Vancouver East, BC

"Mr. Speaker, more and more people are demanding that Canada end the safe third country agreement with the U.S. Immigration lawyers are now saying that many refugee applications have to be rejected because of this agreement. The minister continues to turn a blind eye and be complicit to the reality these refugees are facing.

On Friday in this House the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness admitted, “Obviously, a number of these issues are emerging”.

If the government admits there is a problem, why will it not do anything about it?"

 

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2017/2/13/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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