1-800-Genocide Campaign:
Talking Points for Stephen Harper
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Here are our recommended talking points:
1. Please introduce yourself. Include your name, town, and province.
2. Canada should support the peace process. This can be best done by appointing an envoy to North-East Africa.
3. Canada should support the joint United Nations/African Union Mission, UNAMID, in a meaningful way by:
* Supplying heavy lift transport to ensure no delays in deployment
* Outfitting any UNAMID peacekeepers which are lacking standard equipment; and
* Lobbying for UNAMID's mandate to include the control of illegal arms trafficking
The keywords to note down for this message are:
- introduction
- envoy for North-East Africa; and
- UNAMID support
Here is a sample message:
Hello, my name is ___. I would like to encourage Prime Minister Harper to publicly take a firmer stance on Darfur. I would like for him to express on the world stage the Canadian public's intense frustration with the world's worst humanitarian crisis. I encourage Prime Minister Harper to support the call to appoint a regional envoy to North East Africa, for Canada to divest all federal holdings in companies on the worst offenders list and to push for a more robust UN-AU mission mandate.
Thank you