I am blogging a letter from Catherine Jarvis to Minister Kenney. She hopes her letter will be among those that make the government's initiative on this matter become a public discussion.
Thank you for reading
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Dear Minister Kenney,
In response to your email below, I will absolutely NOT support your petition. Your
declared intention to change refugee laws to "keep criminals off our
streets" is a simplification of a complicated process. Most refugees
come to Canada fleeing violence and unimaginable circumstances. These are
vulnerable people who deserve fair and reasonable processing. To make this
processes punitive and difficult for the majority, because of the few who abuse
the system, is unjust.
I am additionally outraged by
Bill-31 which is intended to make it very difficult for refugees to access
medical care. You are claiming it is being done to correct a system which
gives refugees better health care than most Canadians. You fail to
mention to the public that the poorest Canadians (welfare recipients) do
receive the same care that was previously being offered to refugees.
Additionally you fail to mention that refugees in general use far less tax
payer dollars each year in medical services than the average Canadian.
You also fail to mention that your cuts will actually restrict basic
health care for refugees so that they will now receive care far below the
standard offered to most Canadians. To only allow them to access urgent
care will lead to congest of our emergency rooms, which will not be for the
good of Canadians, and will ultimately cost the health care system more.
I believe your changes are not justified and will harm the most
vulnerable in our society. I do not think these changes are in Canada's best
interest. I think this government is absolutely moving in the wrong direction
in this regard.
I have no intention of supporting
this online petition and am offended that this government is using
government email addresses to invite members of the public to sign such
petitions. At your invitation below, I will absolutely forward this
email to my friends and invite them to protest against this governments
proposals.
Every medical association in Canada
has now denounced these changes. It is shocking that these organizations
were not consulted about this legislation nor offered an opportunity to work
together with the government to suggest changes to the refugee health care
system, if changes are necessary. I am hoping you are willing to dialogue
with and listen to Canadians who disagree with your position, not just to those
who think like you do.
Dr. Catherine Jarvis
From: jason.kenney@parl.gc.ca
To: jarvis_catherine1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:56:14 -0400
Subject: Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals
To: jarvis_catherine1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:56:14 -0400
Subject: Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals
Friends,
This month we introduced the Faster Removal of Foreign
Criminals Act (Bill C-43). Convicted foreign criminals and fraudsters should
not be able to rely on endless appeals as a loophole in order to delay their
deportation from Canada. That only endangers ordinary Canadian families.
Below is a link to a media report about the proposed
legislation:
Critics for both the Liberal and NDP parties have strongly
criticized this law, choosing instead to defend the flawed appeal process that
keeps foreign criminals on our streets.
If you disagree with them and want us to go ahead with this
new law, please sign the petition at
It is important that you let me know if you think we are on
the right track.
Best regards,
Jason
PS: As always, please forward this e-mail to your friends.
Ask them to sign the petition if they support this legislation.
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