On this page are selected videos of speeches, statements, debates, and questions I raise in the House.
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On March 29, 2022, MP Jenny Kwan gave a speech on the situation at the Russia-Ukraine border, and putting out the NDP's calls to the government for how Canada can better support Ukrainians fleeing Putin's war.:
On February 20, 2022, Member of Parliament Jenny Kwan made her speech in Parliament on the Emergencies Act, stating her position and her disappointment with both the Liberals and Conservatives.:
On December 8, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan gave the NDP's Wednesday Women's Statement, talking about Food Banks, Food Insecurity & Poverty:
On December 7, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan gave a speech in the House on the situation in Afghanistan and facing Afghan refugees, calling on the government for specific immediate actions to save lives by bringing people to safety in Canada. The speech was in response to an Opposition Day motion to strike a Special Commttee on Afghanistan:
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?"
On December 2, 2021 MP Jenny Kwan posed more questions to Liberal and Conservatives Members on their responses to the Speech from the Throne:
On November 30, 2021 MP Jenny Kwan questioned Liberal and Conservatives Members on their responses to the Speech from the Throne:
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.
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
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:
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
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:
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:
On April 29, 2021, MP Jenny Kwan questioned the Minister in Question Period:
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.