Karygiannis urged the federal government to:
- Commit $10 million immediately for rescue recovery and relief effort;
- Match dollar for dollar money raised by Canadian non-governmental organizations for victims of the earthquake;
- Expedite family class sponsorship cases from southwest China already being processed; Issue visitor visas to immediate family members of the Canadian Chinese community from southwest China, so they can join their relatives in Canada.
哈珀政府无动于衷.
我在14日给我的自由党议员发去电邮,希望他也能敦促政府。他不光做了,还亲自给我家来电话表示慰问(我是四川人)。对次我非常感激。
(说个题外话,不管你投谁的票,支持哪个党,当有你觉得需要联邦政府为你或你关心的人做些什么的时候,都应该毫不犹豫地同你的议员联系,哪怕你上次并没有投他/她的票。如果他们(议员)听不见我们(华人)的声音,便更容易忽略或忘记我们。wwzhong (弄舟) 在这方面是个很好的榜样。)