It is way too early to decide if Kellie Leitch will be or should be chosen by the Conservative Party of Canada as its next leader. If she did nothing else last week, the orthopaedic pediatric surgeon-turned-politician showed one thing. There is very little difference between the CPC and the Liberal Party headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Leitch came under fire after she mailed out a questionnaire asking, among other things, if immigrants to Canada should be screened for “anti-Canadian” values. The reaction to her comments were swift.
There is no sense discussing how the progressives viewed Leitch’s proposal. But what some of her fellow Conservatives, including the interim leader said illustrates the fact conservatism is pretty well dead in Canada. The party once headed by Stephen Harper now has no real desire to protect Canadians from the threat of terrorism. Pandering and political correctness reign supreme.
Very little difference between the CPC and the Liberal Party headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Interim CPC leader Rona Ambrose went on CTV over the weekend and said she disagreed newcomers to Canada should be screened for anti-Canadian values. According to Ambrose, potential immigrants to Canada already go through criminal background checks and that should be sufficient.
I’m going to put this in real simple language that even Ambrose can understand. Criminal background checks have nothing to do with holding anti-Canadian values. When Leitch speaks of anti-Canadian values she means such things as holding views that women are second-class citizens and the hatred of Jews, Christians, gays and lesbians. According to Ambrose and her ilk, people who hold these values are welcome to come to Canada and eventually become citizens.
Let’s take an example of a Muslim immigrant from Saudi Arabia. As his wife was never allowed to go out of the house without being accompanied by a male relative and was prohibited from driving, he imposes the same restrictions on her after they arrive in Canada. These things are not crimes in Saudi Arabia so they won’t obviously show up in any criminal record check. In fact the wife would be subject to sanctions in the kingdom if she did venture out alone or drive a car. Ditto for hatred of other religions and sexual orientations. But bringing these views to Canada is just peachy keen with the interim leader of the CPC as long as the immigrant passes a criminal background check which of course he will.
None of these anti-Canadian values constitute crimes in the immigrant’s country of origin.
CPC is adopting the left’s viewpoint that the Conservative Party hates gays, lesbians and other minorities
Ambrose is not the only Tory to take issue with Leitch. Michael Chong, another leadership candidate, raised his concerns before Ambrose did (he’s quicker; perhaps he should have been made interim leader). Chong said Leitch’s proposal was not only against Canadian values but against Conservative Party values. Chong went on to say that in order to win the next election, the CPC must be “inclusive” and not bring forth policies that are divisive.
By the constant use of the word “inclusive,” the CPC is adopting the left’s viewpoint that the Conservative Party hates gays, lesbians and other minorities and looks for ways to keep them out of the party.
There you have it. People who come to Canada and who hate our way of life, other religions and alternative lifestyles will be welcomed to come to Canada.
If this were the mid-1930s, Chong and Ambrose would be welcoming Nazis into the party even if they killed Jews, Gypsies and gays as long as they could pass a criminal background check.
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Chong talks about winning the 2019 election on the basis of “pocketbook issues” and not pitting one Canadian against another. That is the likely scenario for 2019. The CPC will promise to be more fiscally responsible while the country as we know it disappears.
There is virtually no difference between Ambrose and Chong and the current prime minister. Trudeau once said there is no such thing as a “Canadian identity.” There is no core identity and no mainstream and this makes Canada the first post-national state. The CPC seems to agree; immigrants do not have to assimilate because there is nothing to assimilate to.
It could not have been made any clearer that since Harper resigned as leader, the CPC no longer considers the duty to keep Canadians safe important. The fact that Ambrose thinks the way she does should not come as a total surprise. Unlike Harper and like Trudeau and Barack Obama, when she has talked about terrorism she has avoided making any reference to “Islam” or “Islamic.” It’s way too politically incorrect.
Unless Leitch or someone who shares her views is able to gain power, Canada is effectively finished as a sovereign country. There is currently no main political party that seriously opposes Trudeau’s vision of a post-national state.
The hell with the conservative base, Rona. Keep on pandering to special interest groups.
It is way too early to decide if Kellie Leitch will be or should be chosen by the Conservative Party of Canada as its next leader. If she did nothing else last week, the orthopaedic pediatric surgeon-turned-politician showed one thing. There is very little difference between the CPC and the Liberal Party headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Leitch came under fire after she mailed out a questionnaire asking, among other things, if immigrants to Canada should be screened for “anti-Canadian” values. The reaction to her comments were swift.
There is no sense discussing how the progressives viewed Leitch’s proposal. But what some of her fellow Conservatives, including the interim leader said illustrates the fact conservatism is pretty well dead in Canada. The party once headed by Stephen Harper now has no real desire to protect Canadians from the threat of terrorism. Pandering and political correctness reign supreme.
