Videos

Parliament Video: Jenny in Question Period on protecting Afghan refugees

On Decemer 3, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan asked about protections for Afghan refugees: "The Liberal government has failed to meet even one-tenth of the commitment of protecting Afghan refugees. The Liberals' continued insistence on layers of red tape has left tens of thousands of Afghans fleeing the Taliban unable to get to safety. With each passing day, Afghan collaborators, human rights advocates, judges, women and girls face heightened risks. Will the Liberals simplify documentation requirements; waive the need for refugee status determination, as was done for the Syrian refugee initiative; grant temporary resident permits for those in need; and increase staffing for processing?"

Parliament Video: Throne Speech response - will there be support for overdose crisis?

On December 2, 2021 MP Jenny Kwan posed more questions to Liberal and Conservatives Members on their responses to the Speech from the Throne:

Parliament Video: Throne Speech response - much needed support for start-up businesses

On November 30, 2021 MP Jenny Kwan questioned Liberal and Conservatives Members on their responses to the Speech from the Throne:

Parliament Video: Question Period - Where’s the promise For Indigenous By Indigenous Housing Strategy?

On November 29 2021, MP Jenny Kwan asked her first Question in the new Parliament on Housing for Indigenous Peoples living in urban, rural and northern communities.

Parliament Video: Response to Federal Budget - we need to address how inequality has grown

On May 25, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan spoke for a second time about the 2021 federal Budget - the need for a wealth tax on the very wealthiest people, and a pandemic profiteering tax, to pay for the basic supports that people need to get through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, especially seniors and people with disabilities; support for small businesses; targeted supports for culturally significant institutions like the PNE & Vancouver's Chinatown, for people in cultural industries, and more

Parliament Video: A feminist government wouldn’t tolerate firing women to replace them for less

On May 12 2021, MP Jenny Kwan made a statement about the situation of women who have been terminated from their jobs as hotel workers:

Parliament Video: Speaking out against anti-Asian racism and calls to action on systematic racism

On May 11, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan stood in the House to recognize Asian Heritage Month, to speak out against anti-Asian racism, and to call on the federal government to take action against systemic racism without delay

Parliament Video: Raises concerns on subcontractor operating Canada’s visa centre in China

On May 4, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan stood for Adjournment debate to raise concerns about the subcontractor operating Canada's visa application centre in China:

Parliament Video: Jenny introduces Bill C-291 to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

On April 29, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan tabled a Private Member's Bill, C-291: An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act:

Parliament Video: Affordability criteria in the largest part of Liberals’ housing strategy still out of reach for many

On April 29, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan questioned the Minister in Question Period:

Parliament Video: Bill C-29 - Jenny speaks up on respecting workers and the important right to free collective bargaining

On April 29, 2021, the House of Commons debated late into the night on Bill C-29, an Act put forward by the Liberal government to force workers at the Port of Montreal back to work & stripping them of their rights as enshrined in the law. MP Jenny Kwan spoke out against this back-to-work legislation, and delivered a speech in favour of respecting workers and their rights, respecting the collective bargaining process, respecting labour, and urging the government to withdraw the Bill.

Parliament Video: Curb speculation in housing: federal foreign buyers' tax, up new vacant home tax, new social housing

On April 27, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan spoke about the rapid increase in housing prices in Canada:

Parliament Video: Raising concerns about CRA: CRB & CERB issues, need to tax extend filing deadline for seniors on GIS

On April 27, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan raised a number of concerns in the House related to CRA, raised by constituents: the need to extend the tax filing deadline for seniors receiving Guaranteed Income Supplement as was done in the earlier waves of the pandemic; as well as ongoing issues with CERB and taxation of CERB, and the case of one constituent, a busker, who finally received their Canada Recovery Benefit only after many months of advocacy on the issue.

Parliament Video: Jenny in the House: Amend Budget 2021 to include urban rural & Northern For Indigenous, By Indigenous housing strategy!

On Friday April 23, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan rose in the House to ask: Will the Prime Minister immediately amend the 2021 Budget to include an urban, rural, and Northern For Indigenous, By Indigenous housing strategy?

Parliament Video: MP Jenny Kwan Earth Day Statement

On April 22, 2021, the 51st Annual Earth Day, MP Jenny Kwan made a statement in the House of Commons: