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Jason Kenney must resign
Published by Canadian for Equality on Mar 07, 2010
287 Signatures 
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Target: Prime Minister Harper, Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the NDP Jack Layton
Region: Canada
Background (Preamble):
The "Honourable" Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration removed all references to Same-sex marriage, and gay equality, from the new guide for New Canadians. This was done against the repeated explicit advice of his officials.
The bigotry has been exposed by dozens of newspapers and news programs in Canada -- here are two of them:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/774193--jason-kenney-excludes-gay-rights-from-guide
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/immigration-minister-pulled-gay-rights-from-citizenship-guide-documents-show/article1486935/
The bigotry has been exposed by dozens of newspapers and news programs in Canada -- here are two of them:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/774193--jason-kenney-excludes-gay-rights-from-guide
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/immigration-minister-pulled-gay-rights-from-citizenship-guide-documents-show/article1486935/
Petition:
WE, the undersigned, believing in equality for ALL in Canada, and believing that our government publications should reflect the LAW OF THE LAND and Equal Human Rights for all humans, demand that Minister Jason Kenney be relieved of his duties as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
The Jason Kenney must resign petition to Prime Minister Harper, Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the NDP Jack Layton was written by Canadian for Equality and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: gay, rights, equality, citizenship, guide, jason, kenney, kenny, canadian, government, homophobia, bigotry, human rights, civil rights
