[Stopwar-l] war resisters support campaign update

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VANCOUVER WAR RESISTERS

 War Resisters Support Campaign - Vancouver


ACTION ALERT: WRITE YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT RE: BILL C-11

 Below is a
statement from the Refugee Lawyer's Association
 concerning Bill C-11. It
appears that the Conservative
 government could push this bill to second
reading as early
 as April 14. The War Resisters Support Campaign supports
the
 push for hearings into this very flawed bill. We are urging
 our
supporters to join the call for hearings before the
 bill goes to Second
Reading.

 There are provisions in this proposed bill that may impact
 war
resisters, and we feel strongly that Parliament should
 have the
opportunity to hear from us before the bill
 proceeds.

 Thank you,

 War
Resisters Support Campaign

 STATEMENT FROM THE REFUGEE LAWYER'S
ASSOCIATION CONCERNING BILL C-11

 The Refugee Lawyer's Association has
significant concerns
 with the amendments proposed to the Immigration and
Refugee
 Protection Act in Bill C-11. In particular the RLA is
 concerned
that some of the proposed changes will end up
 being the most unfair to
some of the most vulnerable refugee
 claimants including child claimants
and victims of torture.

 The RLA would like to encourage all those
interested in
 ensuring a fair refugee process in Canada to contact their

MP and insist that the bill be sent to committee
 immediately. These
proposed changes would drastically change
 our system and need to be
debated by Parliament with proper
 input from stakeholders and experts, and
significant
 amendments will need to be made to bring it into conformity

with principles of fairness and justice. Please email or
 phone your MP
today!

 To obtain your MP's contact information, enter you postal
 code at
this website:


http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC
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