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icymist

(15,888 posts) Sun Jan 29, 2023, 05:11 PM Jan 2023

Petition for the House of Commons in Canada to grant non-binary and trans people asylum.

[...]We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to extend to transgender and nonbinary people the right to claim asylum in Canada by reason of eliminationist laws in their home countries, whatever country that may be.

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4268

If you are Canadian you can sign this.

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Petition for the House of Commons in Canada to grant non-binary and trans people asylum. (Original Post) icymist Jan 2023 OP

done Bev54 Jan 2023 #1

If you are Canadian, contact your MP directly Fiendish Thingy Jan 2023 #2

Bev54

(12,443 posts)

1. done

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 05:44 PM

Jan 2023

Fiendish Thingy

(19,296 posts)

2. If you are Canadian, contact your MP directly

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 07:17 PM

Jan 2023

Internet petitions are data harvesting and fundraising tools.

No substantive change was ever effected by an internet petition.

If you feel strongly about this or any issue, call or write (email has much less impact) your elected official. That is the kind of contact they notice and listen to, even if they are opposed to your position- they will at least be aware of how many constituents agree with you, and the potential political cost/benefit.

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