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Although the Immigration Department's records show she is authorized to work in the country — she has worked as a marketing manager for a software company in Van- ‘couver — she said she wasn't able to travel outside Canada without the permit attached to her passport. "You felt totally powerless. The people at Immigration treated you like you made a mistake and they were doing you a favour when they an- swered your call,” said a frus- trated Sultana, ‘This week, the Immigration Department promised it would get her the document, which finally arrived in Sultana's mailbox on Thursday. fu iss) If Amazon can deliver in one day, why is it taking the Canadian government this long? Salma Sultana liament for assistance. ‘Acall agent told her a wrong address appeared in her file and suggested the permit must have been lost in the mail, Sultana said. Her MP subsequently advised her to apply for a replacement, which costs $30, ‘A replacement application was submitted in September but when it didn't arrive by December, Sultana said she called the Immigration Depart- ment again, She said an agent told her the permit had been issued but not put in the mail, and she would “take action. ‘After the holidays, Sultana contacted the immigration call centre yet again. How- ever, this time she said she as told the permit had already been mailed out in November. Once again, this second agent told her to pay another $30 to reapply for a replacement Salma Sultana, a graduate from UBC's MBA program, has waited a year for her work visa in Canada after it was lost in the mail document. ‘twice. conrmouteD “The process needs a lot of improvement. Iam concerned my ID is being stolen. If Ama- zon can deliver in one day, why is it taking the Canadian ‘government this long to deliver such an important document — for her threeyear postgraduate by regular mail?" she said. work permit when she gradu- The 31-yearold came to Can- ated last February. ada in 2014 to pursue a mas- In April, the department's ter's degree at the University of online system indicated her British Columbia and applied application had been approved “Due to unfortunate admin- istrative issues, Ms. Sultana’s and the document was being replacement work permit was delivered. ‘generated on Nov. 16, 2016, but By June, when the permit was not printed nor mailed.” had not arrived, she contacted — said Immigration Department the immigration call centre spokesperson Lindsay Wemp. and her local member of Par- _roRstaR News sERvicE <7 = Horan For special oom rates, call 604.542.0102 White Rock’s Annual Restaurant Festival Jan. 18 - Feb. 5, 2017 ‘A Presentation of the White Rock BIA aw Concertinfoat:biuerogstudiosea Hye Featuring $10 $20 prix fixe meals for: $3Q $40 For part E} restaurants and menus visit or follow us a www.tastewhiterock.com @O tastewr @taste_whiterock 4 | “Millionaires have our premier in their pocket’ | NDP leader digs into Christy Clark’s BC Liberals British Columbia's New Demo- rat leader alleged Thursday that ‘a tiny number of millionaires have our premier in their pock et,” while ordinary residents are stiffed with higher costs. John Horgan addressed con- tinuing controversy over Pre- ier Christy Clark's $50,000 an- ual salary top-up from her BC Liberal party, a practice banned in other provinces, as well as pay-toplay fundraisers where donors can buy face-time with provincial cabinet ministers and Clark. “We are a province of over 45 million people.” Horgan told reporters, “And 185 donors are funding half the activities of the governing party. Those 185 donors got a pay- ‘back for that as well — the only meaningful tax reform we've seen from the BC Liberals since they were elected in 2013 was a $L-billion tax break to the ‘wealthiest people in B.C. So those 185 donors are getting a ‘good retum on their investment In the BC Liberals.” The announcement set a populist tone for his party's ele tion campaign ahead of May polls, contrasting increased BC Hydro, ICBC insurance and med- ical fees faced by many British Columbians with the governing party's 185 top donors, who con- tributed more than half the BC os John Horgan, leader of the B.C. NDP, visits the Metro newsroom in Vancouver last June. Horgan went on the attack Thursday, criticizing the BC Liberals’ fundraising practices. sewurex cxuaennerro People internationally are now looking at B.C. with ridicule and disbelief. 8.c. NDP Leader John Horgan Liberals’ more than $12 million The party, however, countered that all its fundraising prictices were above board and followed the rules for donations here. Releasing its donors list months early, the party boasted that thousands of British Colum bians contribute, not just mil lionaires. Among its earnings, the party got $4.5 million from individuals and $7.9 million ym corporations. The NDP has not yet re- vealed its donors list for last year, which isn’t due for several ‘months, but Horgan promised that, ifelected in May, his ‘would ban all union an ate donations — forcing parties to rely on individual donations from voters. His announcement comes in the wake of last week's explo- sive story about B.C. as a “wild ‘west" of lax political financing regulations by New York Times reporter Dan Levin, whom Met ro interviewed this week, Levin linked together previ- ‘ous reposting by B.C.’ journalists, among them freelance inves- tigative reporter Bob Mackin, Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason, and The Tyee’s Andrew Macleod, and advocacy by Dem- ocracy Watch and Integrity B.C. The Times also reported on B.C’s conflict of interest com- missioner, Paul Fraser, who hime self donated to the BC Liber- als, as has his law firm and his son, who is a high-level provincial deputy minister. Fraser ncouver has never found a politician in conflict of interest, including over Clark's partisan salary topup. ‘Speaking to reporters, Deputy. Premier Rich Coleman called the Times report, and claims of conflict of interest, “laughable, saying that he and other MLAs go out and work very hard to raise money and make those connections" with donors. his is not a laughing matter,” Horgan countered, “Rich Coleman thinks it's funny that people internationally are now looking at BC. with ridicule and disbelief that we can have fundraising practices as we do” Advocate found dead Mel Hennan — a longtime Megaphone vendor and former president ofthe Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users — was found in his room at the Down- town Eastside's Jubilee Rooms on Dec. 26, of an apparent drug overdose, Metro has learned. His death shocked the community, less than three weeks after another Megaphone vend- or, Mike Ing, died sleeping on the street during last month's cold snap. “Today the sirens didn't stop and the BC Coroners Service an- nounced a staggering 142 illicit drug overdose deaths for De- cember, and 914 for the year,” wrote Jackie Wong, a friend of his from her time as editor of Megaphone, on Facebook. "Mel was one. I'm tired of griev- ing my friends. What a waste. What a damn waste, End the war on drugs, Criminalization has brought us nothing but suffering” In 2004, Hennan served as the president of Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, an out spoken advocacy organization. “We will be there for the ones that don’t want us there,” he said in a VANDU message online, “We'll be there when we're most needed and once ina while we'll be there when someone wants us. “We have it in us as long as we believe in our selves and re- member where we have come from and that we ‘bow down’ tono one.” Megaphone executive direc- tor Jessica Hannon called him a “magical human” in a Face- book post, lamenting: “You had so much love in those twinkly eyes for a world that dealt you such a bad hand” The organization issued a statement saying Hennan * saw beauty everywhere in the world, and was moved by it every time ‘What a heart, what a spirit.” ‘A memorial is planned for 2pm. on Jan. 25 at Jacob's Well (239 Main St), Now borrow up to $15,000 with an Installment Loan. 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Once, a parent at her Adina Williams °!2°%sional develop. high school had watched her ment sessions for teachers and doa territorial welcoming and ivate administrators as part ofa wider decided to tell her nobody cares motivated to push to incorporate indigen- about the work she's doing and educate and os learning into mainstream tojust forget rebuild its often not comfortable spectiein saa Then © or easy to break longstanding barriers, but Williams is one of realize that not everybody is ‘going to appreciate this,” she Cara many indigenous youth who reflected, McKenn: are stepping forward to lead “It didn't bring me down in ForMetro the way. away that I wasn't going to do ‘Reconciliation and this kind When Adina Williams of Squa-_of work is so important to me, mish Nation was in Grade 10, because I recognize that these she was asked to introduce her are opportunities that my par ‘community's territory before a ents didn't have,” said Williams, graduation ceremony in North whois an intergenerational sur- the work anymore. IFanything it motivated me to do more ‘and maybe try my best to fur- ther educate people on why this work is so important, Despite resistance among Vancouver, vivor of the residential school 4 = t some, Williams said she’s no- It was her first time speak- system. Adina Williams, 20, a second-year student at UBC and a member of Squamish Nation has been _ticed many other youth blazing ing in public, but people were “Indigenous peoples are _ doing work towards reconciliation since she was in Grade 10. seurex caurveniMETRO trails in reconciliation work — so thankful for her presence at really starting to come out and particularly her peers at Squa- theevent that itlaunched many share more of who they are.” Canadian Roots Exchange. ‘acknowledged her when said she “holds close and sees mish Nation. Sere Ve come mm tenes Se ee tees oe Se Se Se cee Sos See oe ee eS Soa et fae ee Ses See SOUa Ges Pee Eee See eee MUSTSEE © AT LEAST ONCE inYOUR LIFETIME = SHEN YUN “Incredible. 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"No he SQUEEZE cara Upright during it Infact, ofe years old, not afmaid to put his eae cessity and under protest, he's Toot dow ust never att rnal It’s time to S—happens. And since daughter only stood to pee a handful of Last summer on a gruelling 4. Dylanatrived three weeks ago, times in eight yeas hike, he again indicated a need take astand in fhippeningalot but fornow, Thefissttimewas onacamp- to go. The trees had started to = the bathroom = ™ slags ingtripwhen he was three With wildly whip in the wind and I Can't stand peeing? Sitdown, son. cextenceanionroR METRO My son can't stand peeing. no outhouse nearby, options for just decided to seek shelter when number one were twor hangout a big fir snapped. in the woods or pee in the pants. __ I suggested expediency, aim- ‘Thecall ofnature foiled by nature ing him dowabil to avoid runoff. itself He was not happy about it. Unfortunately, that meant into ‘Anchored by my arm, he — the wind. And onto my hand. dropped his drawers, arched Nobody's ever pressured him and thrusted hips while | tostand. ts his business and I've him just enough to dribble adopted the neutral-parenting tly onto his shoes. practice of ensuring that the year later, in India, we were seat is clean, secure and in the exposed to what might havebeen downright position, the foulest toilet in the country. But thataall changed recently And, if you've ever had to hit _ when my son sauntered into the the head in any of Old Delhi's _ bathroom and, without a word, decrepit depositories, then you unzipped and peed — standing ‘know that'sa tough titieto aim, — up, Afterwards, he simply fushed With help, he hung over a _ the toilet, washed his hands and sicinch hole that hadn't taken a exited as coolly as he'd come in. ball'seye in years. The procedure Standing by while brushing took less than a minute; after- my teeth, I elt a lush of pride. wards, he lectured me on the For my son had finally turned ‘merits of siting for nearly five. that figurative comer. With two Then, in kindergarten, an firmly planted feet he'd taken older boy derided his relatively the first step on that Jong and Jong goldilocks and peeingmode. winding road to becominga man, ‘When told about it later, {didn't Not because he stood to pee bother broaching vertical inte- but because he didn't get any of gration — I simply asked if he _ it in the toilet. 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