In a headline-grabbing survey sent out last week, Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s campaign asked supporters what they think about vetting would-be immigrants and refugees for “anti-Canadian values.” But in April Leitch told CBC news that she regretted her role in the Harper government’s barbaric cultural practices hotline.
CALGARY – Conservative leadership contender Kellie Leitch is being accused of copying US racist moron Donald Trump in her fight to get the party’s leadership
Leitch called recently to screen immigrants for “anti-Canadian values”, something similar to the buffoonish nonsense of with U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, who’s obviously a few notches higher in his insanity with his call for “extreme vetting”
But Leitch who is fighting a number of contenders including Alberta Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai, didn’t like the comparison and said her proposal isn’t racist.
“This isn’t the same thing … this is about having a conversation about our Canadian values, about what we’re about, about a positive, constructive conversation about the reality of the values that built our nation,” she told CBC’s The Current host Anna Maria Tremonti.
In August, Trump vowed to block immigrants who sympathize with extremist groups or don’t embrace American values. He said the policy would first require a temporary halt in immigration from dangerous regions of the world.
“This is a fundamentally a different conversation than what people are trying to depict it as,” said Leitch. “I understand the compulsion to go there, but that’s not what this is about.”
In a headline-grabbing survey sent out last week, the Leitch campaign asked supporters what they think about vetting would-be immigrants and refugees for “anti-Canadian values,” reported CBC News
Leitch said personally she’d like to see people screened for values including equality of opportunity, hard work, generosity, freedom and tolerance, but wouldn’t explain how immigration officials would actually vet new Canadians.
“Right now we ask individuals what their income is,” Leitch said. “So why would we not ask some simple questions with regards to whether you believe in a equality of rights …? So I believe there’s an opportunity to do this.”
