Response from the Office of the Prime Minster to our September 17 letter

• October 01, 2025
• Committee on Academic Freedom

• • Responses
• • Canada

Dear Aslı Ü. Bâli and Laurie A. Brand:

On behalf of the Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence dated September 17, 2025, relating to visa and study permit applications of Palestinian scholars.

Thank you for taking the time to write to Prime Minister Carney. You may be assured that your remarks, offered on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, have been carefully read.

As you have also addressed your communication to the federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, the Prime Minister will leave the issues you raise to be considered by the Minister.

Thank you, once again, for writing to the Prime Minister.

K. Xhignesse
Executive Correspondence Officer / Agente de la correspondance
Executive Correspondence Services / Services de la correspondance de la haute direction