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Agricultural Workers Get Left Behind by the Conservative Government

After harsh criticism of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the government is taking action to close some of the loopholes in the program that have been abused by employers. April 29, 2013, the government announced that they were scrapping the provision that allowed employers to pay foreign workers as much [...]

Cyberbullying

2nd Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 149, Issue 17 Thursday, November 21, 2013 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Justice Cyberbullying Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate. I was waiting anxiously to see what the Minister of Justice would bring down [...]

Universal Children’s Day

2nd Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 149, Issue 17 Thursday, November 21, 2013 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Universal Children's Day Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, on November 19 the international community commemorated Universal Children's Day. My personal thoughts and prayers went out to the girls of Kolkata's red-light [...]

Remembrance of Juan Ariza

Three days after coming to Canada to work on a chicken farm, Juan Ariza was injured in one of Ontario’s worst traffic crashes. On February 6 2012, a passenger van carrying thirteen temporary foreign workers collided with a truck. There were three survivors. Juan Ariza was lucky to walk away [...]

Empowering San Women

In a previous post, I discussed the challenges faced by the San - an indigenous minority group in Botswana. These challenges include societal discrimination, extreme poverty and the rapid erosion of traditional San culture. In my work, I am always advocating for women to be leaders and decision makers in [...]

Ongoing Risk of Female Genital Mutilation

Worldwide, there are 125 million girls and women alive today who have been subjected to female genital mutilation, also known as cutting. Cutting refers to all procedures which involve cutting away part or all of a girl's external genitalia. Globally, the practice is recognized as a violation of the human [...]

Humboldt Tragedy

1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 193 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Humboldt Tragedy Tributes Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise today with a heavy heart to speak on the terrible tragedy that struck our nation on Friday, April 6, 2018, [...]

British Columbia – Francophone Youth Parliament

1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 192 Thursday, March 29, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker British Columbia Francophone Youth Parliament Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, the 20th annual British Columbia francophone youth parliament took place from January 18 to 21, 2018. It brought together 115 [...]

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