Ensuring the electoral and civic involvement of Canada’s immigrant communities

Good piece by Ratna Omidvar of Maytree on some of the challenges in political involvement of ethnic communities. While much of the focus to date has been on electoral representation, more qualified assessment of “back room” involvement and roles and influence of elected representatives (e.g., looking at the current federal and provincial governments, ethnic community parliamentarians largely have secondary roles)l.

Ensuring the electoral and civic involvement of Canada’s immigrant communities.