In Solidarity with the National Day of Action Against Jason Kenney
Featured Topics & Speakers Include:
The Niqab and Bill 94 - Azza Anis - Professor of Women's Studies at SMU
Migration & Global Apartheid - David Parker - CKDU journalist, solidarity
activist and member of NOII-Halifax
Migration and LGBTQ Rights - TBA
“I plead guilty. I am a racist” - Jason Kenney, Montreal 2009.
Jason Kenney is known as the Minister of Censorship and Deportation because of his record
as one of the most repressive immigration ministers in Canadian history. Deportations have
increased, while the number of people accepted as refugees and sponsored family members
have drastically dropped. Instead, Kenney has increased the number of temporary workers
who are constantly exploited for their labour. His new refugee bill creates a racist two tier
system based on nationality, and he has called a wide range of migrants - from Mexicans to the
War Resisters “bogus”. Under his regime, an Eritrean refugee from Halifax committed suicide
from fear of a pending deportation, and a young woman was murdered upon her deportation to
Mexico.
This evening aims to help build a people's movement against Jason Kenney while drawing the
links and building solidarity among diverse issues and campaigns. Join us!
* TAKE ACTION! *
1) Participate in the actions Against Kenney by organizing an event
in your city on July 24 and always confront Kenney if he rolls into your
town.
2) Download leaflets and multilingual pamphlets from
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=2034
and spread the word.
3) Comment on online news stories, send a letter to the Editor, or write
your local MP regarding Kenney. Keep it short: “Minister Kenney is a
racist, anti-immigrant, war-mongering Conservative. The Minister of
Censorship and Deportation has got to go!”
4) Write Kenney at
and
and tell him what
you think!
* Read more about the People v. Jason Kenney Campaign:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=1027
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