Posted on 09/10/2016 5:35:02 AM PDT by Loyalist
OTTAWA—Two-thirds of Canadians want prospective immigrants to be screened for “anti-Canadian” values, a new poll reveals, lending support to an idea that is stirring controversy in political circles.
Conservative MP Kellie Leitch, a candidate in her party’s leadership contest, has floated the idea of screening newcomers for their attitudes on intolerance toward other religions, cultures and sexual orientations and reluctance to embrace Canadian freedoms.
A new Forum Research Inc. poll for the Star shows that Leitch may be tapping into an idea that Canadians favour with 67 per cent saying immigrants should indeed be screened for “anti-Canadian values.”
More importantly for Leitch, the poll shows that the idea is especially popular among Conservative supporters with 87 per cent backing the idea and just 8 per cent opposed compared to 57 per cent support among Liberals and 59 per cent for New Democrat voters.
That’s certain to be the reason that Leitch (Simcoe-Grey) proposed the idea — and has stuck by it in the face of criticism, said Lorne Bozinoff, president of Forum Research.
“If you’re going after the base, this is like red meat for them. They’re going to love this,” he said Friday. “This is hitting the nail right on the head.”
When asked to choose the values respondents believe are important, equality came out on top (27 per cent), followed by patriotism (15 per cent), fairness (12 per cent) and tolerance (11 per cent).
Conservative backers put patriotism at the top their list of important values. Liberals and New Democrats ranked equality as their first choice.
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Thanks for posting, looks like a nice song. I don’t know her politics, but song looks OK.
I’m sure if I heard some songs, I’d recognize them. I’m 40, so I’m sure either my folks played them, or I’ve just heard on the radio etc.
Her hit making years were the 70s and 80s but Snowbird was her breakout hit in 69/70. It became her signature song. Not vocally political but probably left wing. Basically just a singer. Like many from that era she is now a oldies act.
...and if they lie?
at least the nadians are not stooopid, anyway they have moga meat whatever that is, see it advertised at stores around Toronto. lol
Don’t forget, do you like canadian weed? lol
Got a lotta geese up there.
Yes, there’s that. Maybe in the case of muslims, the rule should be that if their lips are moving..... But then there’s the muslim ventriloquist problem. It’s not easy.
Make Canada Great Again Also.
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