Parliament Video: Jenny in Question Period: "Humanitarian leaders don't shut their border to asylum seekers during a refugee crisis"
Parliament Video: Jenny in Question Period: "Humanitarian leaders don't shut their border to asylum seekers during a refugee crisis"
I have learned, in reviewing the Liberal government's 2019 Budget, that they are trying to sneak in changes to refugee laws in their Budget bill.
Humanitarian leaders don't shut their borders to asylum seekers in the midst of a refugee crisis. Lives are at risk.
That's why, on April 9, 2019, I rose in Question Period to ask once again: Will the Prime Minister do the right thing and suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement?
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