Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s event disrupted by protests, cries of “shame”

Posted by admin on Jul 1st, 2012

article by Jenny Uechi

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/immigration-minister-jason-kenneys-event-marred-protests-cries-shame

Piercing screams of “Shame! Shame!” drowned out applause as Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney took the stage at a speaking event in Surrey.

 

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3rd Annual Unis’tot’en Action Camp

Posted by admin on Jun 23rd, 2012

1. Information on the 3rd Annual Unis’tot’en Action Camp
2. Special Invitation to Indigenous Land Defenders
3. Travel Information from Vancouver and Victoria

The 3rd Annual Unis’tot’en Action Camp will see a lot of activities around building solidarity and campaign and action planning for communities who will stop the proposed and approved pipelines and mining projects that are unwelcome in the north of Unceded Occupied so called bc and canada.

The camp dates are August 6 – 10, 2012. The camp location is at 66km on the Morice River West FSR and is at the shore of the Wedzin Kwah and mouth of the Gosnell Creek. These are all tributary to the the Skeena, Bulkley, and Babine Rivers. The proposed pipelines from Northern Gateway, Kitimat Summit Lake Looping Project, and the Pembina and Kinder Morgan Pipelines seek to cross the rivers at the exact point where the resistance camp is built in Unis’tot’en Territory of Talbits Kwah.

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Emancipation not Exploitation!

Posted by admin on Jun 20th, 2012

Breakfast Rally to show your opposition to the Minister of Cenorship and Deportation, Jason Kenney
Tuesday, June 26th @ 7am (bright and early!)
Eaglequest Golf Course (7778-152 Street, Surrey BC)
with No One Is Illegal and the Latin American Coalition for the Rights of Migrants

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Ottawa loses legal battle over immigration backlog

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2012

Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1211698–ottawa-loses-legal-battle-over-immigration-backlog

Ottawa has suffered a major setback in eliminating its immigration backlog after the federal court ruled the government is obliged to process all applications it accepted into the system.

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Immigration and Refugee Services Suddenly Shut Down

Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2012

Claimants bewildered as face to face dealings cut across country are said
to save $5 million.

By Adam Pez, Today, TheTyee.ca

http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/06/15/CIC-Shut-Down/

The federal government shut down front desks and eliminated walk-in services in immigration and refugee offices across the country last week — a move that has left refugee claimants and advocates bewildered.

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