WATCH: Currying Favour: The Desi Vote (Stephen Harper and ‘ethnic’ voters)

Watch this new federal election PSA by director Sheetal Rawal. Aimed largely at the South-Asian-Canadian community, the video will give hope to all second generation kids who “die inside when their parents vote Conservative”.   

 

 

For More Information on Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and:

Bill C-24

1) The Bill
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublicatio…

2) “Citizenship law Bill C-24 challenged as unconstitutional by civil rights groups”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/n…

3) “It’s official – second class citizenship goes into effect”
https://bccla.org/2015/06/its-officia…

4) “Stephen Harper’s Citizenship Overhaul Heir to Chilling History of Exclusion”
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sarah-gh…

5) “How I became a second class citizen”
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commen…

Refugee Healthcare

1) “What You Need to Know About Canada’s Refugee Health Program”
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ritika-g…

2) “‘Day of Action’: Doctors, activists protest refugee health care cuts”
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/day-of-a…

3) “Most Canadians opposed Conservative move to deny health care to refugees, internal poll shows”
http://www.pressprogress.ca/most_cana…

4) “Refugee kids’ hospital admissions doubled after Ottawa’s health cuts”
http://www.thestar.com/news/investiga…

5) The Federal Court Decision:
http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/…

Family Reunification

1) “Canada accepting 5,000 parent, grandparent sponsorship applications”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canad…

2) “Has Canada’s immigration system lost its heart?”
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2…

3) “Immigrants Feel Betrayed by Conservative Decision to Make Family Reunions Harder”
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/04/08/Fam…

Climate Change

1) “Revealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy”
http://www.theguardian.com/environmen…

2) “G7 Summit: Canada Put on Spot Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions”
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/…

3) “Harper optimistic Keystone pipeline will proceed after Obama leaves office”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report…

The Economy

1) “Harper’s economic record the worst in Canada’s post-war history”
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commen…

2) “It’s getting harder for Harper to brag about his record on jobs”
http://www.macleans.ca/economy/econom…

3) “Report disputes Harper’s record on jobs”
http://www.thestar.com/business/econo…

Bill C-51

1) The Bill:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublicatio…

2) “Journalist group and civil liberties association start constitutional challenge to anti-terrorism Bill C-51”
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/…

3) “Bill C-51: What Fear Has Wrought”
http://thewalrus.ca/bill-c-51-what-fe…

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Publisher Kim spent her first 16 years on a working family farm in Quebec. Her first memories of rabble rousing are of strike lines, promptly followed by Litton’s closure of the small town...