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House Hansard - 236

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Oct/20/23 10:41:06 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-38 
Mr. Speaker, part of the legislation is a clause that justifies past discrimination and violations of human rights. It would allow for the government to have discriminated without impunity and underscores the sense of colonial entitlement. Does the member agree that the provisions of this legislation would prohibit first nations women from seeking compensation for historical harms? Is it justified that the government denied first nations women access to health care, education and safe housing?
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Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Oct/20/23 11:29:45 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the auditor issued a damning report about processing delays in immigration. The most vulnerable are made to wait the longest due to Liberal mismanagement. Offices in sub-Saharan Africa are chronically underfunded, and they have the highest volume. Applications are untouched for up to 20 months. The average wait time for refugees is now three years. People who are being persecuted do not have three years to wait. Will the minister take immediate action to process the unacceptable backlogs for refugees?
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Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Oct/20/23 1:21:28 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-38 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the wisdom and knowledge she has brought to the House on this issue. Successive Liberal and Conservative governments have failed indigenous, Inuit and Métis people with their incremental approach to reconciliation. In fact, I still remember that the Conservatives under the Harper government said that the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls issue is an Indian issue. Here we are today with this bill, yet another bill with an incremental approach. Can the member advise the House on what generational damages she sees for the people, the women and families on the ground as a result of Canada's colonial and incremental approach to ensuring indigenous rights are respected.
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