Wednesday November 10, 2010 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Featuring: Howard Adelman, Professor Emeritus, York University Gary Anandasangaree, Canadian Tamil Congress Raoul Boulakia, Refugee Lawyer Gloria Nafziger, Amnesty International Canada and Sharry Aiken, Queen’s University (moderator) Location: University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House 78 Queen’s Park Crescent West (just south of [...]
Citizenship and Immigration
October 26, 2010 OTTAWA – Today’s Auditor General’s report revealed that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has failed to set a comprehensive set of standards for service delivery. “The Auditor General’s report confirms what Canadians already know – the Conservative government delivers lousy second-rate service to immigrants,” said New Democrat Immigration critic Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina). [...]
Olivia Chow, MP (Trinity-Spadina), is calling for the government to end its indifference and show real leadership to help newcomers find good jobs.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA – The arrival of the 490 Tamil boat people seeking refuge in Canada is a symptom of the continued humanitarian suffering in Sri Lanka. It’s time for the government of Canada to rally international efforts to pressure the Sri Lankan government improve living conditions on the ground, say New Democrats. “After [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA – New Democrats today reacted to the news that a Tamil migrant ship was approaching Canada off the coast of British Columbia. “Each person arriving to Canada must be treated equally under the law, according to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,” said New Democrat Immigration and Citizenship critic Olivia Chow. [...]
Today in the House of Commons, Olivia Chow introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at ending discrimination towards persons with disabilities in Canada’s immigration system
Olivia Chow has always believed her role as your elected representative was to make Parliament work.
So when the Immigration Minister introduced a fundamentally unfair refugee reform bill, Olivia Chow did what she was elected to do: reach across party lines to amend the bill, making it both fast and fair. In what the Toronto Star called “a miracle deal on the hill”, Olivia won major concessions from the Conservatives government.
With regard to temporary resident visa applications for both the applicant and the applicant’s Canadian host, for each application, what is the breakdown of the following admissibility criteria:
Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the Indian Army officials attending the G20 summit, Winnie Mandela, George Galloway and the 60 delegates to the Union francophone des aveugles have been given no real information about why they are barred from coming to Canada.
May 25, 2010 House of Commons Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, deciding to leave the army, navy or marines is never an easy decision for a soldier. In speaking about his decision to leave the army after nine years, Patrick Hart, a constituent in my riding, a supply sergeant who served in Germany, [...]
Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the character of a nation is often defined by how we treat people in desperate situations who come to our shores seeking asylum, safe haven or a better life. Canada has two sides. One is very generous. If we look at the situation at the turn of [...]
Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, New Democrats have long pushed for fast and fair refugee reform, but fairness means all refugees should have the right to appeal. Instead, the minister is asking this House to give him total and absolute power to deny refugee claimants equal rights. That is dangerous and [...]
Built-In Inequality Undermines Immigration Reform March 30, 2010 OTTAWA – Canada’s New Democrats have long pushed for fast and fair reform to the present refugee determination process. Fast tracking the entire process is a welcome change, but every refugee claimant must be treated equally. “Prioritizing some countries over others is dangerous. Every person that faces persecution [...]
Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, once again the government is showing its hypocrisy. A year after banning anti-war MP George Galloway from entering Canada, the minister of censorship has no problem with letting a pro-war Conservative come and preach hate. Ann Coulter said: “The government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in [...]
Important Update: Olivia Chow’s motion to restore gay rights in the citizenship guide was passed by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, ensuring that future printings contain the removed references to gay rights and gay history. Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, memos show that references to gay rights were shamefully deleted from [...]
