A message from:
Colleen French
Communications and Networking Coordinator
Canadian Council for Refugees

"Hello and thank you for continuing to contact senators in your region
asking them to support Bill C280, calling for the immediate implementation
of the Refugee Appeal Division!"

On 12 June, Senator Yoine Goldstein rose and spoke to the bill, opening
debate at second reading in the Senate. Other Senators MUST rise and speak
to the bill during second reading, however. After a few sittings, if no
one has spoken to Bill C280, it will be removed from the Order Paper and
our efforts to have the Refugee Appeal Diviaion implemented will be lost.

We know that several Senators have expressed their support for the
Bill. Senators that may be particularly favourable of speaking to Bill
C280 include: Vivienne Poy (Ontario), Sharon Carstairs (Manitoba), Lucie
Pépin (Québec), Claudette Tardif (Alberta), Mobina Jaffer (British
Columbia), and others in the Atlantic region and elsewhere.

Please contact these senators and others you have already been in touch
with and ask them to voice their opinions in the Senate chamber! It is
more important now than ever to take action. Contact details for senators
can be found online at:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/isenator.asp?Language=E