On this page are selected videos of speeches, statements, debates, and questions I raise in the House.
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NDP MPs Make Announcement on Migrant Workers in Canada – November 7, 2024
At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Jenny Kwan, the NDP critic for immigration, refugees and citizenship, and Matthew Green, the NDP critic for labour, discuss their party’s plan aimed at ending the exploitation of migrant workers in Canada. They are joined by Elizabeth Kwan (Canadian Labour Congress) and Derek Johnstone (United Food and Commercial Workers). (no interpretation)
B.C. voters have elected a majority female legislature for the first time in the province's history, with 49 of 93 legislative seats now occupied by women. It's a big step forward from 1991, when a then record-breaking seven female cabinet ministers were appointed. We talked to BC NDP MLA Jenny Kwan who spent 19 years as the representative for what was then known as Vancouver Mount Pleasant. She's now the MP for Vancouver East. We asked her what she makes of the majority-female legislature, and her time in the chamber.
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Canada's Population, Caribou Protection – June 19, 2024
Immigration Minister Marc Miller is asked about Statistics Canada's new numbers about Canada's population, which has now surpassed 41 million people in the first quarter of 2024.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and NDP deputy leader Alexandre Boulerice respond to questions about the federal government's plan to protect boreal caribou in Quebec.
NDP MP Jenny Kwan discusses the government's response to foreign interference concerns. (no interpretation)
Marc Miller, the federal immigration minister, speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill regarding the introduction of a citizenship bill. He is joined by Jenny Kwan, the NDP’s immigration critic. (no interpretation) (May 23, 2024)
NDP MPs Jenny Kwan, Alexandre Boulerice and Heather McPherson raise concerns over the government’s handling of getting family members of Canadians who are stuck in conflicts abroad to Canada.
They are joined in Ottawa by Palestinian-Canadians Israa Alsaafin and Safinaz El-Sohl and Sudanese-Canadian Einam Mohammadian. (no interpretation)
On May 9, 2024, MP Jenny Kwan (NDP-Vancouver East) made a speech about foreign interference, in response to a motion regarding cyber attacks targeting Members of Parliament.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, NDP MP Jenny Kwan described Gaza as “the most dangerous place for children in the world” and called for special immigration measures so that Palestinian families in Canada could be reunited with their loved ones. Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly responded by saying that “too many” children and women have lost their lives, adding that 130 Canadians were able to cross the Rafah border on Sunday night.
