tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post2821389068491865216..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Conservative “war criminal” round-up a made for TV spectacleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-83760664953417426352011-07-29T12:49:40.907-04:002011-07-29T12:49:40.907-04:00I don't see this so much as immigration policy...I don't see this so much as immigration policy but a call to arms. Go back to what Paul Wells was saying <a rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br /><i>The plain meaning of Stephen Harper’s chosen and repeated language is that Canada’s survival over the medium term is not guaranteed, and that the threat comes from outside, not from within. ... the question he himself has now raised repeatedly — is: what is the external threat to Canada over 50 years that makes the country’s very survival, in his eyes, uncertain?</i><br /><br />This list of "war criminals" is one step in establishing "the fact" Canadians and the Canadian way of life are under attack, we must be protected, and the CPC is on the job. <br /><br />Perhaps a shift in messaging to turn the focus away from the economy and what they see lays ahead? Or to have a tough on crime agenda you have to have criminals which isn't supported by the recent reports on falling crime rates in Canada.ktwisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146859787913753321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-86552813246440818882011-07-28T19:06:11.952-04:002011-07-28T19:06:11.952-04:00I think it is important that the Canadian people d...I think it is important that the Canadian people do not fall into the trap of painting all immigrants with the same brush, myself included, in the wake of the recent publishing of the names and faces of 30 suspected international rights abusers, by the Conservative government. Of course we need to deal with those individuals in question, those that may tarnish our functioning immigration system. But we must not let the Conservatives galvanize, through public opinion, the politics of radically altering our immigration system, e.g. allowing significantly fewer immigrants into Canada and mainly implementing the suggested changes in a recent Fraser Institute research paper on immigration, found here: http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/immigration-and-the-canadian-welfare-state-2011.pdf, and my summary of the study on my blog here: http://thecleargrit.blogspot.com/2011/05/spending-money-on-new-immigrants-is-bad.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079155462107763012noreply@blogger.com