Kenney continues his crusade against the people he feels he doesn't want in Canada.
Today's target: Haitian orphans who have been adopted by Canadians.
Instead of approaching the Haitian Government to fast-track paperwork to fly these tots out (as the Netherlands did), Kenney prefers to call the Dutch action "kidnapping". He "cleared" a tiny handful of orphans through the Canadian part of the process (ones already cleared to leave Haiti). Big whoopie!
What an idiot.
Kenney goes on to say how "generous" our family unification class of immigration is (he claims it is the most generous in the world), which is total bullshit. The USA has a much more welcoming immigration policy when it comes to family reunification, and they are miles ahead of us (decades?) when it comes to the lottery system for green cards.
Getting married in a couple of weeks, our "friendly" policy/government has rejected the visitor visas for some of my fiance's family members (maternal cousins). Can't attend a wedding. A bloody "visit", not staying or anything. They were accused of trying to "queue-jump", since they had previously applied for immigration. Oh yeah. One more thing: they happen to be South Asian/Indian. It's not "preferred nation status" when it comes to immigration under this Conservative Government. If they were a majority religion, and perhaps from a different lattitude, their luck may have been different.
Jason Kenney. Keep up the hypocritical work! Your talking out of two sides of your pie-hole may "curry" favor with some minority quarters (mostly from your "preferred" groups). There are even morons in my own community who continue to jump at the opportunity to pose for pics with you when you slither into town... Opportunists know no bounds... Heck some of them are even MPs in your caucus. Earning their "keep" within their ridings by being THE conduits for immigration "letters" for their own groups of friends and networks...
Not really holding my breath for you to resign. You'll lose your job (though not your seat) in the coming "crimson tide".
Farewell, my not-so-worthy nemesis! May the door to the House not hit even one quarter of your posterior on the way out...
5 comments:
Sounds like you may be under the delusion that the Minister personally approves every single visa, or immigration application.
Like so many processes in Canada, this one is managed by bureaucrats.
Did you know?
So, the Minister is not responsible for his department? While I fully understand how Ministries work, I also know how governments "set a tone", which is reflected in outward expression of policy...
Oh. One more thing. This minister - but mostly other government MPs - have personally signed off on thousands of "letters of inquiry" to the department - which immediately fasttrack the immigration process. A Ministerial or Government "letter of inquiry" stands behind an "unwritten Parliamentary rule" that fasttracks (usually) the subject of inquiry. There are some Government MPs who spend most of their day signing these "letters of inquiry".
Not sure if you knew this little factoid of our government "at work"... Immigration "letters of inquiry" are a major part of many MP's jobs. There may be an established Immigration Policy, but Government MPs find "ways" to bend it for people they deem "friends", etc....
Patrick/Sparky,
You are indeed correct that the Minister does not approve every single visa and immigration application. In fact, he or she likely only approves or rejects the very high profile one that set off security flags or attract high profiles in the public eye. As noted in WG's comments, these are handled by Letters of Inquiry. That is completely irrelevant to this situation where he is making comments that can be argued as being racist and discriminatory.
That being said, the minister does set policy and procedural rules that the bureaucrats must follow. In this case, the current Minister, Jason Kenney, appears to have been less than objective and unbiased in setting the policies and rules. His bias is clearly politically oriented and is completely at odds with Canadian standards and the Canadian cultural identity.
BTW, I am avoiding your blog because you publish complete tripe that is not worthy of comment. However, when you pollute other blogs with your hyper-partisan comments that are usually only loosely connected to the reality that everyone else lives in, I feel obligated to respond. Have a nice day!
Where's Waldo
BTW, I am avoiding your blog because you publish complete tripe that is not worthy of comment. However, when you pollute other blogs with your hyper-partisan comments that are usually only loosely connected to the reality that everyone else lives in, I feel obligated to respond. Have a nice day!
Where's Waldo
I too find it my obligation to respond. What reality world do you live in Waldo. If your title is an example of your intelligence, I almost feel sorry for you.
BTW Waldo thats your opinion the only advice I can give someone like you is go and lose yourself in a maze.
Question, if your avoiding this blog, why the hell are you here and posting. Its pretty hard to take someone with a name like Waldo seriously. Scoot right out of here if you don't like the messengers.
Congratulations on your up coming wedding. Hopefully this government will listen to reason for a change and allow visitation visa's at the very least but I wouldn't be holding my breath with that twerp.
Good Luck and keep us informed of the outcome.
Have a great weekend,
Regards, Marie
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