She says the government is ignoring a manageable issue.
In wake of increase in asylum seekers, border personnel feeling abandoned by this government, says @JennyKwanBC. #pnpcbc pic.twitter.com/3r4QiwvhkC
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The asylum seekers arrive about a dozen by the hour at the end of a quiet country road in upstate New York, hopping out of taxis, extended passenger vans and private vehicles. They appear to range in age from seven months to 70 years, but they count more very young people than old.
My letter to Minister Joly calling for her to set aside the CRTC’s decisions on the renewal of French-language and English-language television licences so that the independent television sector—in both official languages—can prosper and contribute to Canada's economic and cultural growth.
The mayor of Vegreville, Alta. says he's been given new energy in his battle with the Liberal government over the planned closure of an immigration and refugee processing centre.
Conservative and NDP MPs have pledged to unite in their efforts to aid Mayor Myron Hayduk's cause.
The federal government plans to move the centre from Vegreville to Edmonton in 2018 and take about 230 jobs with it.
On July 20, NDP Immigration Critic Jenny Kwan organized a press conference in Toronto to decry the backlog of 44,000 permanent residency applications submitted by live-in caregivers that have yet to be processed. Accompanied by caregivers and migrant advocates, Kwan argued that the Liberal government's continued apathy when it comes to the plight of caregivers, many of whom have been separated from their families for years, is "inhumane and indefensible."
TORONTO – MP Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), NDP Critic for Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, is calling on the federal government to take immediate action to end the injustice and hardships experienced by 40,000 live-in caregivers due to backlogs, processing delays, and separation from their family for long periods of time.
The federal NDP immigration critic along with the party's critic for public safety is calling on the Liberal government to intervene after learning that U.S. border officials revoked a Nexus card from a Canadian citizen with a "Muslim-sounding name" in the wake of the Trump administration's second partial travel ban.
Following a Global News investigation that revealed flaws with the way Canada evaluates immigration applications for persons with disabilities, community leaders, politicians and advocacy groups say it’s time the government changes its outdated and discriminatory immigration policies.
Since 2010, 384 people have received a discretionary grant of citizenship under the Act, the memo says; 326 were Lost Canadian cases, with almost all involving people who “failed to take steps required by the previous law to retain citizenship.”
Amendments made to the Citizenship Act in the Harper government’s 2009 bill (C-37) and 2015 bill (C-24) were meant to give citizenship to people who lost it or never had it, and generally simplify citizenship rules.
But the memo acknowledges there are still examples of Lost Canadians “not fixed” by both pieces of legislation.
Critics have argued Bill C-37 added a new elements of discrimination that the Liberals chose not to touch in their Citizenship Act-amending legislation, Bill C-6, which received royal assent in June.
One was the creation of a first-generation limit by descent (FGL), whereby the children of Canadians born abroad became ineligible for citizenship.
Bill C-37 also eliminated requirements under the 1977 Citizenship Act that included submitting an application prior to turning 28, but some individuals continue to be affected by the old law.
Byrdie Funk is one. On July 1, Funk — born in Mexico to Canadian parents — regained her citizenship after having it stripped as a result of the now-repealed 1977 Act provision.
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NDP MP Jenny Kwan introduced a private member’s bill in December 2016 that would, among other things, “allow a person to acquire Canadian citizenship despite being born outside Canada to a Canadian parent who was born outside Canada if the person establishes that the parent has or had a substantial connection to Canada.”
The Kwan bill is also addressed in the memo, but Morgan’s comments are redacted under the Access to Information Act section that covers advice to a minister and consultations or deliberations with a minister or their staff.
Don Chapman, the most outspoken advocate for Lost Canadians, thinks the entire Citizenship Act needs to be scrapped.
When Funk regained her citizenship this past Canada Day, Chapman celebrated the victory but told The Canadian Press drastic changes were needed.
“The laws have become so convoluted,” he said. “We need to not just close the gaps, we need a new citizenship act.”