August 2022 MP Report – Calgary Centre – Greg McLean

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Friends,

Summertime in Calgary is festival season, and we book our community get-togethers around our world-famous Stampede. Perhaps, I will see you at my booth at Marda Gras or Chinatown Street Festival. I am also looking forward to this year’s Calgary Pride Festival. After two years, it will be fantastic to celebrate with Calgary’s LGBTQ+ community.

On August 7, Canadian veterans and military personnel will commemorate National Peacekeepers’ Day, when Canadians pay homage to the over 125,000 service men and women who have engaged in peacekeeping efforts since 1948. In Calgary, the local chapter of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping (CAVUNP) organizes the local commemoration ceremony.

National Peacekeepers Day always occurs on the closest Sunday to August 9, the deadliest day for Canadian peacekeepers. On August 9, 1974, a United Nations Canadian transport plane was shot down by Syrian missiles. All nine Canadian peacekeepers on board tragically lost their lives. On August 9, I invite you to take a moment to reflect on all the 130 Canadian peacekeepers who have lost their lives on active missions since 1948.

The government seems to move from one emergency to another – and we have seen this in the backlog in immigration cases, with which my office is heavily occupied. When the civil service is not functioning well, the onus falls on Members of Parliament, and we are inundated with refugee case backlogs from Afghanistan and Ukraine. In addition, the backlog in passport applications defies explanation – and the Minister has told Canadians to call their MP’s when they aren’t getting service from government officials.

My office will be open all summer serving constituents, and I am reallocating office resources to serve constituent needs that have grown as government services have become less reliable. I am fortunate to have excellent staff, who have coped with the overload so well. So please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or by phone at 403-244-1880 and keep up to date on my work in Parliament on my website, GregMcLeanMP.ca.

Sincerely,

Greg McLean

MP – Calgary Centre Greg McLean proudly serves the following Communities: Altadore, Alyth, Bankview, Bel-Aire , Bonnybrook, Britannia, Burns Industrial, Chinatown, Cliff Bungalow , Connaught (Beltline), Currie, Downtown East Village, Downtown West End, Eau Claire, Elbow Park, Elboya, Erlton, Garrison Green, Garrison Woods, Highfield, Inglewood, Killarney-Glengarry, Lincoln Park, Lower Mount Royal, Manchester, Manchester Industrial, Marda Loop, Mayfair, Meadowlark Park, Mission, Mount Royal, North Glenmore Park, Parkhill, Ramsay, Richmond-Knob Hill, Rideau Park, River Park, Roxboro, Rutland Park, Scarboro, Scarboro/Sunalta West, Shaganappi, South Calgary, Sunalta, Upper Mount Royal, Victoria Park, Windsor Park