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Reflections, Observations, and Analyses Pertaining to the Canadian Political Scene
Showing posts with label exploiting tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exploiting tragedy. Show all posts
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Making Political Hay
Well, you have to hand it to them. The Harper regime never forgoes an opportunity to exploit tragedy:
In an interview airing on CBC's Power & Politics on Friday, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said "clearly the recent rash of gun crime in Toronto is connected to criminal gun activity, and we are aware that there have been foreign members, sometimes leading members of criminal gangs in Canada, able to re-commit offences while delaying their deportation."
Kenney went on to specify that his comments were "not in relation to any particular crime, or any alleged particular criminal" but about Bill C-43, which the government introduced last month as the faster removal of foreign criminals act.
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