Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Honourable Chair, esteemed members of the committee and ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you today to address a matter of utmost importance: the ongoing atrocity against the Hazara community and ethnic and religious groups deeply rooted in Afghanistan. For over a century, th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   from Australia; Shabnam Salehi, visiting lecturer and researcher, University of Ottawa; and, from the Canadian Hazara Advocacy Group, Dr. Tahir Shaaran. Each one of you will have five minutes for your intervention. Subcommittee members will then be able to ask you questions. I'll

Funeral Aid Society of Peel  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the residents Brampton Centre, I rise today to recognize Tahir Khan, Shafiq Ahmad, Aqeel Akram, Raja Ashfaq, Farooq Ahmad, and Zia Inam for their selfless service to the community as the founding members of the Funeral Aid Society of Peel. The society

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. Honourable Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, honourable members of Parliament, good morning. My name is Tahir Gora. I am the director general of Canadian Thinkers' Forum, which is a not-for-profit organization and a think

Attack in London, Ontario   Muslim community, Nawaz Tahir, to share my condolences and discuss the urgency of what more we must do to keep our communities safe. We stand with the people of London and Muslim communities across the country. We are going to continue to fund initiatives like the security

Public Safety committee  Thank you, honourable Chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Safety, honourable parliamentarians, and ladies and gentlemen. My name is Tahir Aslam Gora. I am director general of the Canadian Thinkers' Forum and secretary general of the Coalition of Progressive Canadian

Citizenship and Immigration committee  , Tahir Gora, who serves as the secretary general of the Muslim Canadian Congress. Canadians are known around the world for being honest, polite, fair, and brokers of peace. We wear the maple leaf proudly on our backpacks while travelling, and we have heard stories of others sewing

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to welcome everyone to the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Today, we are continuing our study of Bill S-7. Thank you very much to our two witnesses for joining us today. From the Canadian Thinkers' Forum, we have Tahir Gora

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act   of violence and coercion.” For this, I am grateful. On December 12, Tahir Gora, CEO of the Canadian Thinkers' Forum, wrote a blog post for The Huffington Post in support of the zero tolerance for barbaric cultural practices act. He wrote: Minister Alexander is right. Violence against

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act   the equality of men and women and will afford them equal protection and opportunity. In the words of Tahir Gora, director general of the Canadian Thinkers' Forum: Critics criticized the name of the bill, calling it a pretty loaded one. However, our group believes in calling a spade

Public Safety   to order the removal or seizure of vicious material often encouraging the murder of Jews. Removing this heinous propaganda, particularly from the Internet, would limit its capacity to radicalize Canadians and inspire attacks. Tahir Gora, of the Canadian Thinkers Forum, said

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015   world, and times are such that personal information needs to be shared. That's the reality and I don't have a problem with it.... Again, the larger picture is that of the security and safety of Canada. Tahir Gora, of the Canadian Thinkers Forum, said: The government's proposed

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Again, last week, we heard from Mr. Tahir Gora of the Canadian Thinkers' Forum, who said the following: “Critics criticize the name of the bill, calling it a pretty loaded one.” But I guess, to be quite frank, it's better that we call a spade a spade. He also said

Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015   that this means ensuring the safety and security of our families. We intend to continue to work to keep Canadians safe by ensuring our law enforcement agencies have the tools to do the job they need to do to combat the threat of the international jihadi terrorist movement. As Tahir Gora

Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015   to radicalize Canadians and inspire attacks. Tahir Gora, of the Canadian Thinkers' Forum, said: The government's proposed Bill C-51, when passed by Parliament, shall help Canadian Muslims to curb extremist elements... Over and over again, credible Canadians have come forward to say