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The Surrey Board of Trade is hosting a $35 per plate Breakfast with Jason Kenney, on Tuesday, June 26 from 7:30am to 9:30am at Eaglequest Golf Course (7778-152 Street). At this event, the Minister will be making a speech entitled: "Moving Towards a targeted, fast and efficient immigration system focusing on Jobs, Growth and Prosperity".
Info: http://www.businessinsurrey.com

Kenney and the Tories have increasingly pushed immigration policy towards a labour exploitation policy to serve business and corporate needs. Let Jason Kenney know that his business-friendly and racist anti-migrant and war-mongering policies are not welcome on the West Coast! -Over the past three years, Kenney has been confronted by people across the country, check out photos and videos here: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?page_id=4139

-Last year hundreds of us disrupted war criminal Dick Cheney's event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkN_Ryitg0g Thistime let's make sure we interrupt Jason Kenney's Breakfast schmooze with Surrey's business community!

BACKGROUND:

Since re-election, Kenney and the Tories have ramped up their fight against marginalized communities, (im)migrants and refugees in the name of creating a welcoming environment for the world's richest 1%, while pushing everyone else toward more precarious and exploitative work. Each year, Canada continues to bring in more and more people on temporary work permits while the number of people obtaining permanent residency especially as refugees and sponsored family members continues to drop. This ensures that businesses have a larger pool of cheap labour who do not have to be paid minimum wage, have no labour protections, and are
under constant threat of deportation.

- In November 2011, Ottawa completely stopped accepting applications for immigration sponsorships of parents and grandparents until 2014: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=4574

- In April 2012, the Tories pushed through a policy letting employers pay temporary high-skilled foreign workers up to 15 per cent less (5 per cent for low-skilled workers) than the prevailing local wage: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1185032--wage-cuts-for-foreign-workers-in-canada-discriminatory-critics-say

- Just this week, the Tories have passed Bill C-31 through the House. This Refugee Exclusion Act is an omnibus bill  that will result in
the arbitrary detention, intimidation, failure to protect, and ultimate re-victimization of highly vulnerable people who seek asylum in
Canada including women and children. The bill creates a discriminatory two-tier asylum system based on nationality and mandatory incarceration for many refugees: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=4717

- June 26th is the International Day Against Torture. Stand up against Kenney and the Tories to let them know that you will not stand by while he pushes for policies that will lead to more people being deported back to torture!

- As of June 30, 2012, refugees in Canada who are in need of medical assistance, including children, the elderly, and pregnant women, will no longer be able to access critical health care services: http://www.doctorsforrefugeecare.ca

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Public Transit: Take Expo-line Skytrain to King George Station. Board #345 White
Rock Centre, and get off at 76 th Avenue Stop, walk Northbound towards
rally location.

Driving Directions: (from Vancouver): Follow Grandview Hwy Eastbound to
Hwy #1. Take Exit # 48, and merge onto 152nd Street Southbound. Golf
course will be on your Left hand side, after 81st Ave, before 76th Ave.

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Emancipacion no explotacion!

Unase a nadie es ilegal y la coalicion lationamericana por los derechos de
los migrantes en un desayuno demonstracion para demonstrar nuestra
opocicion al ministro de censura y deportacion Jason Kenney.

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Demostracion en contra de Jason Kenney
Martes, 26 de Junio a las 7am
Eaglequest Golf Course (7779-152 Street, Surrey BC)
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Transportacion:
encuentrenos en el estacionamiento de Safeway and Commercial con Broadway
a las 6am – salimos a las 6:15 en punto!

Contacte a  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. o llame al 604.715.6990 si necesita
transporte o si es capaz de manejar.

El Surrey Board of Trade ha organizado este desayuno para Jason Kenney el
Martes 26 de Junio de 7:30am a 9:30am en Eaglequest Golfcourse (7778-152
Street). En este evento, el Ministro dara una charla titulada:
“moviendonos hacia un sistema de inmigracion rapido y eficiente con
prioridad los trabajos, el crecimiento economico  la prosperidad” Para mas
informacion: http://www.businessinsurrey.com

Kenney y el gobierno conservador estan cambiando la politica de
inmigracion a una politica de explotacion que beneficia a las
corporaciones. Digale a Jason Kenney que su politica anti inmigrante y
racista no es bienvenida en la costa oeste!

Durante los ultimos tres anos, Kenney ha sido confrontado por personas a
traves del pais, vea photos y videos aqui:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?page_id=4139

el ano pasado miles de personas manifestaron en contra del criminal de
guerra Dick Cheney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkN_Ryitg0g
esta vez detuvamos el desayuno de Jason Kenney!



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Roundtable: Health workers for Refugee Healthcare

Where: YWCA, 733 Beatty street, right next to Stadium Skytrain Station.
(Note: there are several Y’s, please make note of the address).
When: 6.30PM, Wed, June 27

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Where: YWCA, 733 Beatty street, right next to Stadium Skytrain Station.
(Note: there are several Y’s, please make note of the address).
When: 6.30PM, Wed, June 27

Fathima Cader: Fathima is a law graduate active in community-based feminist and anti-racist organising. She ...is a member of No One is Illegal and is interning for the summer at Pivot Legal Society. She will discuss the anti-refugee trends in public policy that have paved the way for the IFH cuts, with specific attention to recent changes in immigration and criminal law.

Byron Cruz: Byron is with the Latin American Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and is health care worker with the Vancouver Coastal Health street nurse program. He has been the President of the BC Multicultural Health Society, member of a task group to support undocumented pregnant women, and involved in planning the mobile clinic for migrant workers.

Agnes K: Agnes and her family are being impacted by the Interim Federal Health cuts to refugee health care. She will be speaking about her personal experience and the impact of the upcoming cuts on her family.

Martha Roberts: Martha is a registered midwife who has recently launched the Strathcona Midwifery Collective. At an international level, she was a rural midwife with Community Health Workers in the Philippines. Her current community work includes popular education workshops for low-income communities through the Alliance for People’s Health.

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As of June 30, 2012, refugees in Canada who are in need of medical assistance, including children, the elderly, and pregnant women, will no longer be able to access critical health care services. Among the services to be cut for some or all refugees are: prenatal care for... pregnant women; access to mental health care; coverage for necessary medications, including insulin. Unless their condition is deemed a threat to public health or safety, some refugee claimants will also be denied access to physicians -- even if they are suffering from illnesses like cancer or cardiovascular diseases, even if they are having heart attacks.

Health workers have warned that people will die because of these cuts. On May 11, doctors staged a protest on Parliament Hill, while another group of 90 physicians occupied Minister Joe Oliver’s office in Toronto. On June 18, in a coordinated “National Day of Action,” health workers in Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, Montreal and St. John’s will be staging events across the country. The cuts have also been condemned at the institutional level, with numerous national health organizations issuing statements: the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Canadian Association of Optometrists, Canadian Association of Social Workers, Canadian Dental Association, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Association of Community Health Centres, Canadian Association of Midwives, and Canadian Doctors for Medicare. For more information: http://www.doctorsforrefugeecare.ca/index.html

These cuts to health care for refugees come at the same time as the passing of Bill C-31, the draconian Refugee Exclusion Act that, in
supposed efforts to crack down on human smuggling, mandates the immediate certain detention of refugee claimants, including minors.

Please join us on Wednesday, June 27 as health workers explain what health services are being cut, what community and health care resources exist for people who have limited access to health care, what resources need to be created, and how we can ensure adequate and accessible health for all.

Speaker list to be announced.

Light refreshments will be provided.
Child-friendly event with childcare on-site.
This venue is wheelchair accessible including washrooms.
This event is free of charge. Donations are welcome to assist with cost of
room rental.

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