Opposition Forces Kenney, aka Minister Of Deportation, Apologize For Profane Email And Stop His Insanity!
“I say a definite ‘no’ to Lukaszyk,” Kenney wrote last Wednesday. “I don’t think it makes sense to create a precedent to do a special caucus meeting for every visiting minister from the provincial government.
“Plus he is a complete and utter asshole.”
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Jason Kenney came under fire during Tuesday’s question period, as opposition MPs demanded he apologize for referring to Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk as an “asshole” in an email.
The email, obtained by CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife, was a response to an inquiry from a Conservative caucus member. The member wanted to know if Kenney and other MPs from Alberta were interested in meeting with the province’s deputy premier.
Lukaszuk was requesting a lunch or dinner with the federal caucus while he was in town.
Kenney flatly rejected the request in an email that went out to the addresses of 26 members of the Alberta caucus, along with MPs’ assistants, when he hit “reply all.”
“I say a definite ‘no’ to Lukaszyk,” Kenney wrote last Wednesday. “I don’t think it makes sense to create a precedent to do a special caucus meeting for every visiting minister from the provincial government.
“Plus he is a complete and utter asshole.”
Both interim Liberal leader Bob Rae and opposition MPs demanded Kenney apologize in the House of Commons on Tuesday.
“Given that his reprehensible comments are now public, will the minister of citizenship and immigration take this opportunity to apologize to Mr. Lukaszuk?” asked NDP MP Linda Duncan, who represents the riding of Edmonton Strathcona.
Rae also fired at Kenney, saying his comments were “extremely pejorative and extremely negative.
“It’s a simple question,” implored Rae. “Will the minister stand up and say ‘I’m sorry?'”
But Kenney refused to apologize, instead referring to the Conservatives’ “tremendously close” relationship with Alberta and Albertans.
But after much criticism – the loud mouth immigration minister was forced to apologize directly to Lukaszuk, which he did in a telephone call this week.
