OTTAWA – Last week, Conservative MP John Williamson used racist language to talk about workers’ in our country, with a merely an apology on Twitter, NDP Jinny Sims said in parliament this week.
“I am deeply disturbed to hear that that is how members of the government of Canada view those from other countries who come here to work,” Sims said.
“That is why New Democrats have been pushing for the Conservative government to invest in Canadian workers and reunite families, instead of undermining the Canadian job market by exploiting Temporary Foreign Workers. Our immigration system is not a source of cheap labour, the Conservatives’ must implement an immigration plan that will strengthen our country.
“Our country was built from the hard work of immigrants before us and will continue to be built by those to come. As an immigrant and the Member of Parliament for a beautifully diverse riding, I was proud to stand in the House and speak against those disappointing comments. You can read the transcript below.
“Mr. Speaker, spring is in the air, and the real Conservatives are waking up from their winter hibernation.
“The member for New Brunswick Southwest says that the real problem with the temporary foreign worker program is that it is bringing in too many brown-skinned people to Canada, while Canadians do not want to work and “whities” are languishing on EI.
“It is the 21st Century, and the real colours of the Conservative Party and showing through. These kinds of disgusting comments have no place in our politics today, but the member probably felt he had to say something dramatic to compete for the title of biggest dinosaur in a caucus where one member is tweeting that he does not believe in evolution and another is claiming that teaching sex education is basically grooming kids for pedophiles and the defence minister misrepresents photos of Muslim women on Twitter,” Sims said
