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Biography

Jason Kenney
Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

Riding: Calgary Southeast (Alberta)

Jason Kenney was appointed Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism on October 30, 2008.

Jason Kenney was first elected to the House of Commons in 1997 and has been re-elected three times, most recently with 76 percent of the vote.

He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in 2006, and Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity) in 2007.

Mr. Kenney was born in Ontario and raised in Saskatchewan, where he graduated from Notre Dame College. He did undergraduate studies in philosophy at the St. Ignatius Institute of the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Kenney is a former Chair of the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights. He served in a variety of positions in Opposition, including Finance Critic and Deputy House Leader.

Prior to seeking election, Mr. Kenney served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

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You may send comments to the Honourable Jason Kenney at [email protected].

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The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
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kiton6

I saw that this morning. I wonder how long he'll take to getting "THE LIST" issued.

I'll say last week of November.... any other suggestions?

jandn

What "LIST"

dbd33

Wow! That's as if the UK government had appointed Nick Griffin Minister of Immigration. It's OK if you're a straight white male applicant I suppose.

Judy in Calgary

Earlier this year legislation was passed that introduced another filter that would be applied to permanent residence applications that were submitted via the skilled worker route and that were not backed up by pre-arranged employment.

Previously the primary filter had been the points test. From now on the applicant also will have to be in an occupation that is in extreme demand in Canada if his/her application is to be considered.

Applications that have been received since the end of February 2008 have been accumulating in a huge in box without being processed, while everyone waits for the new list of occupations in extreme demand to be published.

The previous Minister of Citizenship and Immigration her staff consulted with the provinces and did a bunch of other research to come up with a list. The Department's website states that the list will be published by the end of the fall (autumn). Technically, that gives them until December 20th to live up to that statement.

Note that skilled worker applications that are backed up by pre-arranged employment are being processed. It's only the ones that have been submitted since the end of Feb 2008 and that are not backed up by pre-arranged employment that are in limbo until the list is published.
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Judy in Calgary

I had a similar reaction. I nearly choked when I saw the appointment.

But, in a perverse way, the Conservative Party's immigration policy helps people who are lining up to immigrate to Canada. The policy, whatever you may think of the Conservative Party in general and the new Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (heh heh) in particular, is designed to address the backlog of applications and to let applicants know where they stand relatively soon.

The Liberal Party's immigration policy ground the process down to glacial speed.
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dbd33

Granted a policy of messing people about interminably is not a good one, but Mr. Kenney is the man who said he was in favour of homosexual men getting married - so long as it was to women. Thus we might expect him to say he's in favour of speeding the applications of certain types of workers so long as it's to Australia.

I hardly think one can expect lunacy to be ended by putting Jason Kenney in charge.

Judy in Calgary

Look at the bright side. At least the PM didn't give the job to Stockwell Day.
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hdog79

He's a very good looking man for sure!

sheffspurs

Not as gorgeous as the new 'Minister for Women' now she is gorgeous !

If she had recieved more exposure (oooh err ) prior to polling day I bet there would have been a better turn out?

She is definately not 'Ann Widdecombe'.........

dbd33

Link please.

Jingle

Helena Guergis - here you go ....http://pm.gc.ca/eng/bio.asp?id=79

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macadian

And your point is...

dbd33

That people tend to characterise Harper's party as consisting of slow thinking slack joweled yokels in thrawl to the concept of a supreme race and that Jason Kenney is the perfect example.

edsask

He's not the only Tory who holds that idiotic opinion. Maurice Vellacott, for one. I don't like to think of the mischief that someone with a dim view of gay marriage could cause for homosexuals wanting to live with their Canadian partner, especially now that the Minister has a larger amount of discretion than previously. The words Dracula and bloodbank spring to mind.