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

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

Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination   a few: Ali Qamar, Sam Forrest, Hashim Tanvir, Qasir Dar, Faisal Javaid, Reema Zuberi, lrfan Siddiqui, Linda Casselman, my parents, and my siblings. I would like to thank community activists for their efforts in raising awareness: Asif, Aman, Fasih, Tahir, Justin, Shehzad, lrfan

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

Points of Order   to address this serious problem. Under their watch, demand for food banks has gone up 25% since 2008. Government assistance and action have been ineffective and have not solved any of the problems. I would have liked to see the gora food strategy such as the one put forward by my

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

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Last week we heard from a witness, Mr. Tahir Gora. He's from the Canadian Thinkers' Forum and I'll quote what he said: Critics criticized the name of the bill, calling it a pretty loaded one. However, our group believes in calling a spade a spade. Violence against women

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. It would have been a lot easier. Ms. Fakhri, last week we had a witness like you here, Mr. Tahir Gora of the Canadian Thinkers' Forum. He said there are a number of people who criticize the name of the bill, calling it pretty loaded, but that his group believes