Milky Monkey
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FSW Litigation: Tim Leahy – What you can do
Now, we have the Fei Zhu victory, yes, this is Lawrence’s victory …
Yes, you can have your view (Fei Zhu’s victory only applies to Fei Zhu’s case, because most of us were not rejected before June 29, 2012) … Yes, you can expect what arguments that CIC will have if we try to leverage Fei Zhu’s case … Yes, you can continue to ask the litigants to do “what they can do” …
But “what you can do”??? What we need is for “our counsel” to fight for us, to argue for us, to challenge for us, to interpret the ambiguity in favor of your clients …
None of us was expecting a guarantee from you and your (and our) arguments will always win, but we are expecting that we will not negotiate against ourselves …
Yes, your view is not always right … and yes “Of course,” we all hope that your “view is wrong.”
Yes, you have “your protocol”, but now, it’s time to move on …
If you think your suspended license is an issue, then let all of us know …
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From: Tim Leahy [mailto:tel@myforefront.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:13 PM
Subject: FSW litigation: What you can do
Good day,
Some of you have been asking what you can do to assist in the fight against the Kenney's closing your skilled worker applications. There is something that you can do -- and I am willing to assist you in that endeavour.
Sometime after March 1st, Justice Rennie will issue his decision on the legality of the closing of the files. His ruling can be expected to be appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal. So, the decision will not settle the matter. It will, however, give us an opportunity to bring the issue into the political arena. Justice Rennie's ruling will, of course, impact on the message we send but, whichever way he rules, the time will have come to try to persuade Kenney's colleagues to end the matter.
Here is the approach I would suggest: ethnic organizations approach Members of Parliament (MP's) from his political party (the Conservative Party -- called the Tories) -- and object to what is happening. If the Tory MP's believe that they will lose the ethnic vote in the next election, they might try to get involved because they only have a majority owing to the ethnic vote. (Obama's winning virtually all of the Hispanic vote was the difference between victory and defeat, as virtually all of the political commentators mentioned. So, they know that they need the ethnic vote.).
So, what can you do? First, if you have family or friends in Canada, you can ask them for names and email address of people who are involved in such groups and who involve themselves in the political process either by attending MP's fund raisers or by helping out in campaigns. If you find such people, I will be pleased to give them the information I want them to convey to the Tory MP's. (There is no point in approaching the Liberal or NDP MP's because neither Kenney nor the Prime Minister care what they think -- and they will always oppose anything the Tories are doing anyway. So, we need to concentrate on the Tory MP's.0
If you have family or friends who are will to raise you specific case with their MP but do not know who is their MP, they can go to parl.gc.ca to find their MP. All they need to do is to insert their postal code, and the MP's name and points-of-contact will be provided.
We need to wait until after the decision because it will flavour what we write. In the meantime, however, please try to find people in leadership roles in ethnic organization so that I can give them the facts I would like them to convey to Tory MP's.
Regards,
Tim
Now, we have the Fei Zhu victory, yes, this is Lawrence’s victory …
Yes, you can have your view (Fei Zhu’s victory only applies to Fei Zhu’s case, because most of us were not rejected before June 29, 2012) … Yes, you can expect what arguments that CIC will have if we try to leverage Fei Zhu’s case … Yes, you can continue to ask the litigants to do “what they can do” …
But “what you can do”??? What we need is for “our counsel” to fight for us, to argue for us, to challenge for us, to interpret the ambiguity in favor of your clients …
None of us was expecting a guarantee from you and your (and our) arguments will always win, but we are expecting that we will not negotiate against ourselves …
Yes, your view is not always right … and yes “Of course,” we all hope that your “view is wrong.”
Yes, you have “your protocol”, but now, it’s time to move on …
If you think your suspended license is an issue, then let all of us know …
________________________________________
From: Tim Leahy [mailto:tel@myforefront.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:13 PM
Subject: FSW litigation: What you can do
Good day,
Some of you have been asking what you can do to assist in the fight against the Kenney's closing your skilled worker applications. There is something that you can do -- and I am willing to assist you in that endeavour.
Sometime after March 1st, Justice Rennie will issue his decision on the legality of the closing of the files. His ruling can be expected to be appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal. So, the decision will not settle the matter. It will, however, give us an opportunity to bring the issue into the political arena. Justice Rennie's ruling will, of course, impact on the message we send but, whichever way he rules, the time will have come to try to persuade Kenney's colleagues to end the matter.
Here is the approach I would suggest: ethnic organizations approach Members of Parliament (MP's) from his political party (the Conservative Party -- called the Tories) -- and object to what is happening. If the Tory MP's believe that they will lose the ethnic vote in the next election, they might try to get involved because they only have a majority owing to the ethnic vote. (Obama's winning virtually all of the Hispanic vote was the difference between victory and defeat, as virtually all of the political commentators mentioned. So, they know that they need the ethnic vote.).
So, what can you do? First, if you have family or friends in Canada, you can ask them for names and email address of people who are involved in such groups and who involve themselves in the political process either by attending MP's fund raisers or by helping out in campaigns. If you find such people, I will be pleased to give them the information I want them to convey to the Tory MP's. (There is no point in approaching the Liberal or NDP MP's because neither Kenney nor the Prime Minister care what they think -- and they will always oppose anything the Tories are doing anyway. So, we need to concentrate on the Tory MP's.0
If you have family or friends who are will to raise you specific case with their MP but do not know who is their MP, they can go to parl.gc.ca to find their MP. All they need to do is to insert their postal code, and the MP's name and points-of-contact will be provided.
We need to wait until after the decision because it will flavour what we write. In the meantime, however, please try to find people in leadership roles in ethnic organization so that I can give them the facts I would like them to convey to Tory MP's.
Regards,
Tim
