Elizabeth’s Advocacy to Ministers

Elizabeth has written a vast number of advocacy letters to ministers that you can read below. Please note this is not a comprehensive list.

Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Hon. Mark Carney, the Minister for Crown-Indigenous Relations, the Hon. Rebecca Alty, the Minister for Indigenous Services, the Hon. Mandy Gull-Masty, the Minister of Health, the Hon. Marjorie Michel, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Crown-Indigenous Relations, MP Jamie Battiste, regarding a holistic approach towards achieving true reconciliation.

Letter to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Hon. Lena Metlege Diab, and the Minister of Jobs and Families, the Hon. Patty Hajdu, regarding international student study and work permits

Letter to the Minister of Jobs and Families, the Hon. Patty Hajdu, regarding strengthening the RDSP for today’s economic realities

Letter to the Minister of Fisheries, the Hon. Joanne Thompson, regarding the Malahat Highway Expansion and risks to salmon habitats in the Goldstream River

Letter to the Minister of Transport, the Hon. Chrystia Freeland, requesting an exemption on EV transport restrictions for island communities

Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Hon. Mark Carney, and the Secretary of State (Seniors), the Hon. Stephanie McLean, regarding the need for action on frozen UK pensions

Letter to British Columbia’s Minister of Health, the Hon. Josie Osborne, regarding nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock’s access to Brineura for rare disease treatment

Letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, the Hon. Joanne Thompson, regarding lighthouse keepers’ working conditions and compensation

Joint letter with Mike Morrice to the Minister of Jobs and Families, the Hon. Patty Hajdu, regarding concerns about the Canada Disability Benefit and the Disability Tax Credit

Letter to Nova Scotia’s Minister of Natural and Renewable Resources, the Hon. Tory Rushton, regarding the Whale Sanctuary Project’s proposal for a sea sanctuary at Port Hilford, Guysborough County

Letter to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth of Canada, the Hon. Marci Ien, and the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Hon. Marc Miller, regarding transgender and non-binary refugee claimants

Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Mélanie Joly, and the Minister of International Development, the Hon. Ahmed Hussen, calling for Canada to host a peacebuilding dialogue on the DRC and Great Lakes region of Africa

Letter to the Right. Hon. Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, calling for Canada to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons before he leaves office

Letter to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Hon. Pascale St-Onge, the Minister of Transport, the Hon. Anita Anand, and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, regarding rebuilding the historic Beaver Point Wharf on Salt Spring Island, BC

Letter to party leaders regarding reviving key legislation and implementing reforms recommended in the Foreign Interference Commission’s final report before the next election

Letter to the Minister of Transport, the Hon. Anita Anand, regarding the Southern Gulf Islands Forum

Joint letter of support for Bill C-277, the National Strategy on Brain Injuries Act

Letter to the Minister of Health, the Hon. Mark Holland, regarding the planned cull of ostriches in Edgewood, BC for February 1 2025

Letter to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, and the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, regarding the need to recommend an emergency protection order under section 80 of the Species at Risk Act to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales

Letter to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, regarding the need for an immediate moratorium on the Pacific herring fishery

Joint letter to the Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, the Hon. Kamal Khera, regarding the finalization of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) regulations

Letter to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, and the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, regarding the urgent need to recommend an emergency protection order under section 80 of SARA to protect Marbled Murrelets in Fairy Creek, BC

Joint letter to Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Hon. Pascale St-Onge, regarding the urgent need to restore public arts funding and address regional inequalities

Letter to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship regarding impacts of international student policy changes on BC’s community colleges

Letter to the Minister of Health, the Hon. Mark Holland, and the Minister of Finance, the Hon. Chrystia Freeland, on support for funding proposals from PAN

Letter to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, on funding the Columbia River Salmon Reintroduction Initiative

Letter to the Minister of National Revenue, the Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, on Disability Tax Credit documentation requirements

Letter to the Minister of Finance, the Hon. Chrystia Freeland, on the 2025 budget proposal from the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program

Letter to the Minister of Transport, the Hon. Anita Anand, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, on the urgent need to address a derelict vessel in Sidney, BC

Joint letter with MP Mike Morrice to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Mélanie Joly, and the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Hon. Dominic LeBlanc, on the suspicious death of a Canadian mother in Turkish detention

Letter to the President of the Treasury Board, the Hon. Anita Anand, on CBSA law enforcement personnel retirement

Letter to Minister of Health, the Hon. Mark Holland, on chiropractors and the Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Letter to Minister of National Revenue, the Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, on CRA tax policy loopholes

Letter to Minister of Transportation, the Hon. Anita Anand, on the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority inhibiting public complaints on anchorages

Letter to Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Hon. Pascale St-Onge, on vandalism at cinemas showing South Indian films

Letter to Minister Champagne and Commissioner of Competition on vandalism at cinemas showing South Indian films

Letter to BC Minister of Housing, the Hon. Ravi Kahlon, on purchasing buildings at 9960/9972 Third Street in Sidney for affordable housing

Letter to Minister Anand on mandatory in-office days for federal public servants

Letter to Minister MacKinnon on human rights abuses in Canadian supply chains

Letter to Minister Murray on enforcement of sanctuary zone orders for Southern Resident Killer Whales in and around Pender Island and Saturna Island

Letter to Minister Holland on radon-induced lung cancer in Butternut Valley Municipality, New Brunswick

Letter to Minister Freeland on federal funding for the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF)

Letter to Minister Holland on public funding for shingles vaccinations for adults aged 50 and older

Letter to Ministers Wilkinson and Guilbeault on need to extend and expand the Greener Homes Grant Program

Letter to Minister St-Onge on need to increase public arts funding and address regional inequalities

Letter to Ministers Guilbeault and Virani on need for action on Highway 413

Letter to René Arseneault and Minister Boissonnault on chronic underfunding of French-language minority school boards

Letter to Minister Holland on need to extend HIV self-testing kits support funding

Letter to Minister MacAulay on updating the Pig Code of Practice

Letter to Minister Joly on the G20 meetings held in Kashmir in May 2023

Letter to Ministers Virani and Guilbeault on repairing federal environmental assessment reviews

Letter to Minister Freeland on opposing the excise tax increase on alcoholic beverages

Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on blocking the extradition of Dr. Hassan Diab

Letter to Minister Rodriguez on federal funding for Alberta’s CKUA Radio Network

Letter to Minister Bibeau on the My Mortgage Auction Corp fraud

Letter to Minister Rodriguez on derelict vessels

Letter to Minister Freeland on extending the CEBA loan forgivable deadline

Letter to Minister Champagne on the Rogers-Shaw merger

Letter to Minister Miller on the government’s extended family visa program for people in Gaza

Letter to BC Minister Fleming on need to expedite repaving of Saturna Island roads

Letter to Minister Freeland on supporting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) 2024 budget proposal

Letter to Minister Fraser on federal financing for electrifying school buses in BC

Letter to Minister Bibeau on changes to bare trust requirements

Letter to Minister Joly on threats to democracy and human rights in Pakistan