Hello everyone,
Please do not fall into their trap ... Do not pay attention to people who try to discourage you from mobilizing and collective action, while they have a powerful European passport that already protects them and allows them to return here without problem , or then to other mean, egotistical or simply racist people, who try to discourage you and make you lose hope and make you accept the fact accomplished, because there is no urgency according to them, and that to act n ' will bring no benefit (That's wrong: Passivity will bring even more years of waiting in addition)
... It's ok to talk and make noise, alert the press, our local elected officials, the PM's office, the NDP (opposition), and all possible and legal means. Passivity will only give us more years to wait. No interest.
The Charter of rights and freedoms of this beautiful country guarantees it to us, it is written in black on white, in the law,
de jure (by force of law). End of the story. We must go ahead, ignore them. Responding to them would be like discussing procedural flaws. Waste of time. It is a technique of not very brilliant lawyers.
To come back to our subject, our friend
@Aktars reported this:
Hello all,
Someone named Kathleen Harris from CBC news has posted on a Facebook "canadian citizenship test" group that she is doing a story on cancelled citizenship tests and wants people to write to her on
kathleen.harris@cbc.ca.
I think this is the best opportunity for us to raise awareness about this issue and help each other and future citizenship applicants. Please take a minute and write to her ASAP!
Our friend is right. This is a golden opportunity that should not be missed! It would be stupid and really too bad.
This journalist is well known, and specializes in politics, immigration and more. She has already written several very detailed topics, the last one is the one on the high fees of the citizenship application, and the difficulty that it can constitute for some candidates with large families, or very low incomes. She is used to talking about the subject well with all the relevant details, laws and documents, before citing some relevant testimonials from people concerned to give concrete examples (This explains her announcement to find testimonials on social networks, she did the same for his previous article about citizenship fees).
Another advantage of the interest of this jounalist for our situation is that she is a journalist for CBC, the public network and broadcast everywhere ... Do not underestimate the power of the media! ... Almost automatically, French-speaking CBC colleagues do the same article for RadioCanada (La chaine publique in French). So we will gain great visibility.
I want to send an email myself, but my English is very average, my native language is French. I encourage all those who can and who have a good writing skills in English to do so, please. Thank you.
Here are some very relevant indications from our friend
@hotshot45890:
Thanks for sharing this. I think important to highlight some key themes to her in our emails in terms of lack of communication, no statement or communication on this from elected representatives including the minister, likely impact of 699 leave and how this is causing significant distress for most applicants. Please also highlight how most of us have paid on average around $1,500 for a family package in a world where many are without jobs and deserve a minimum level of services and transparency from CIC.
Also plug for online testing goes without saying. There is no excuse why this should not be implemented. If it is in fact in process of being implemented there should be communication. Also, I know she is likely focused on citizenship testing, important to highlight how AOR is taking around 7 months on average with many people getting their applications returned after this time to reapply for missing a check mark.
( they have to pay to start the process) , the 2019 applicants have already paid, so no rush, keep'em in-process status !!!!!
