Garden Party with Hon. Andrew Scheer
On July 14, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Andrew James Scheer PC MP stopover at Tasty Indian Bistro in Surrey during his visit in British Columbia. A number of South Asian Print and Electronic Media representatives got the opportunity to meet and learn more about Andrew Scheer’s positive Conservative vision for Canada. He met individually to many attendees and discussed at many Community, National and International issues. Miracle Media representative Mr. Shahrukh Naseer discussed many Muslim community issues with him. Alice Wong Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Richmond Centre also attended this Garden party Media meeting. Mr. Harpreet Singh has been nominated Canada’s Conservative Party member of Parliament(MP) from Surrey-Newton. He thanked Party leader for his nomination in Surrey. And also he requested to listen CP leader vision. Mr. Singh introduced Andrew Scheer to the Media. Andrew James Scheer PC MP 39 years old is a Canadian politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Regina Qu’Appelle since 2004 and as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Official Opposition since 2017.In Scheer’s address, he briefed the party constitution and vision for upcoming Election 2019 and thanked all the Media for their time.Mr. Scheer took the time to meet each attendee in person and answer any concerns or issues individually. While speaking to the Miracle Media Group, Mr. Scheer was asked if she shared the vision of the Previous Conservative Government policies regarding revoking of nationality for dual citizens should they be convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage, (which was sub sequentially repealed by the Liberal government to repeal it through Bill C-6). In his response, Mr. Scheer pointed that safety and security of Canadians is essential and that the previous bill passed by the Harper government did not address the issue correctly and posed issued in various communities. Mr. Scheer was also reminded that Islamophobia continues to be on the rise in Canada during a time when the Muslim population is also growing and was asked on how he plans to work with the Muslim population and other Canadians to ensure they feel welcomed and integrated in Canada. He proudly pointed out that the first Muslim Member of Parliament was from the Federal Conservative Party (referring to Rahim Nizar Jaffer, elected from or Edmonton-Strathcona on June 2, 1997, at the age of 25).In his final remarks addressed to all of the audience, Mr. Scheer pointed towards an increase in Defence Budget as well as lowering taxation for Middle Class earners in Canada and pointed to the lack of management by the Current Liberal Government in these two areas. He also thanked the media for doing the work they perform in keeping their local communities connected and informed thought the various Media Outlets.