Part 1: Rejecting Kenney the Neo-conservative Ideologue
Part 2: Resisting Kenney's anti-immigrant policies (Date TBA)
Join No One Is Illegal for a community forum and discussion on Conservative MP and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney's recent neoconservative attacks on lesbian, gay, trans, and queer communities; Muslim women; immigrants; and his ongoing support for Canadian military occupations and the Israeli apartheid regime.
* FATIMA JAFFER: journalist and community organizer with Coalition of South Asian Women Against Violence.
* HANNA KAWAS: Palestinian activist from Bethlehem. He is the Chairperson of the Canada Palestine Association.
* MARLA RENN: anti-war activist who has been active with Stopwar.ca and Vancouver Community Mobilization Network.
* PROMA TAGORE: writer, poet, and community organizer on anti-racist, feminist and queer issues. She is a member of No One Is Illegal-Vancouver.
In 2009, Kenney introduced a new citizenship guide which listed the obligations of citizenship as including getting a job and not engaging in "barbaric cultural practices". The latter section is accompanied by an image of a woman wearing a hijab. Notably omitted from this new citizenship guide is mention of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people. It was later revealed that Kenney had deliberately removed LGBT references from the guide.
The guide does, however, make ample room for Canada's military history and a recruitment advertisement given Kenney's vocal support for imperialist wars and military occupations:
- Cutting ESL funding to the Canadian Arab Federation due to their involvement in pro-Palestinian efforts.
Join us in a forum and discussion on the role of Jason Kenney and the Canadian government in supporting oppression and occupation.
* Mark the date: July 24 People's March Against Jason Kenney:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=2025
* Part of an ongoing campaign The People v. Jason Kenney:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=1027
No One Is Illegal is calling on you to join a growing campaign of people across the country who are making it known that we will not accept Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney's continuing violence against refugees and migrant workers, his racist attacks and tirades against immigrants, or his blatant acts of censorship of anti-occupation efforts.
The People v. Kenney
Freedom to move
Right to stay, and to Return
We are many.
Jason Kenney has repeatedly made comments about Canada not
being a 'hotel' and wanting to get tough on immigrants who do not
"integrate" or speak the (colonial) languages of English and French.
