I usually take time to craft and hone and practice my Senate speeches. But yesterday I rose unprepared and impromptu to address an amendment to Bill C-12, thru the eyes of an Albertan, haunted by the official xenophobia of my province. Turns out, if you’re angry enough, you don’t need notes. https://youtu.be/7U4evGu-jks?si=5YNOEJFxfJxXbwNo #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #immigration
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Thank you Senator for speaking on behalf of like-minded Canadians, who believe that *every* person is of inestimable value, and that Canada is and must continue to be a nation that strives to treat people equally and make no distinction between people based on race, creed, or place of origin.
Well worth listening to.
#CdnPoli #ABPoli #ABLeg #Immigration #BillC12 #AlbertaSupremacists
@Paulatics 👏👏👏
(interesting to me how I hear such clear & useful Albertan commentary recorded in a chamber in Ottawa; thank you Paula!)
@Paulatics Wow . This is Heroic. And I am from USA.
@Paulatics Thank you!
@Paulatics YOU! RULE!
I am halfway through your speech here and it is just so enheartening to hear leadership speak up for decency and care of fellow human beings like this
Good rant. Thank you 👏
Perhaps their hatred of the "Laurentien Elite" is because they are actually a very diverse group!
@sleepy62 OMG I needed that laugh tonight! Thank you.
Senator Senior’s amendment to Bill C-12 passed - a nice surprise. I had less luck with the amendment I proposed tonight, to try to put some meaningful parliamentary oversight on the mass cancellations of visa and permanent residency cards. I thought my amendment was elegant. But it may have been too clever for its own good! https://youtu.be/AFPJWRPW9O4?si=toJ-9Thv51U0XiNG #C12 #BillC12 #immigration #cdnpoli #Canada #SenateofCanada
@Paulatics As someone who has been a permanent resident in Canada after fleeing transphobia in the States for about a month and a half now, who is just waiting for IRCC to mail the card, C-12 scares the hell out of me. It single-handedly feels like it'll put me and hundreds, likely thousands of Americans hoping to soon call themselves Canadians in a fire after fleeing the frying pan. And I live in what seems to be one of the more accepting parts of Canada. I cannot imagine how your constituents in the same boat feel right now.
I left America because the constant fear and dread of what will come for me next made it impossible for me to plan long term. "How do you apply for university or sign a mortgage for a house when you could lose the right to exist in public tomorrow" are exact words I heard from someone in a similar position to me when I left. If C-12 passes, I fear I will be asking myself the same questions as a permanent resident in Canada.
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