Yasir Naqvi - Politics

Politics

He was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Rick Bartolucci, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, in the cabinet announcement of October 30, 2007. On October 3, 2008, he was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Revenue Dwight Duncan. On June 24, 2009 a cabinet shuffle moved John Wilkinson into the role of Minister of Revenue and Naqvi was kept on as his Parliamentary Assistant. On September 2, 2010 Naqvi was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Education Leona Dombrowsky.

As an MPP, Naqvi has introduced one motion and three Private Members' Bills to the Ontario Legislature since his election in 2007:

• Bill 106, the “Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act”, was introduced on October 2, 2008. Bill 106 is awaiting third reading in the Legislature after passing committee review in February 2010, and carried over to the second legislative session following prorogation of the Ontario Legislature in March 2010. The bill enables municipalities to shutter residences or properties with chronic and disruptive criminal activity for 90 days.
• On September 17, 2009 Mr. Naqvi introduced a co-sponsored notion with New Democratic Party (NDP) MPP France Gélinas declaring the third week of February “Kindness Week”, inspired by a successful Kindness Week initiative underway in Ottawa; the motion was passed with a unanimous vote.
• Bill 194, the City of Ottawa Amendment Act, was introduced on June 3, 2009. The bill amends the City of Ottawa Act 1999 to establish an independent board of health for the City of Ottawa. Although Bill 194 was not carried over in the 2010 prorogation, it was embedded as Schedule 2 of the March 2010 Ontario Budget and enacted in to law on May 18, 2010.
• Bill 53, the “Escaping Domestic Violence Act”, was introduced on May 5, 2010, unanimously passed Second Reading on May 13, 2010, and is awaiting review by the Standing Committee on Social Policy. The bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act 2006 to shorten the period of notice required to terminate a tenancy for victims of domestic violence.

In March 2010, an email was sent out by a party masquerading as Yasir Naqvi, attributing statements regarding Israeli Apartheid Week to him. Within hours of the email message being sent out, a news release was issued repudiating the email.