This is insane. A Liberal MP has accused the Conservative government of ignoring the flood disaster in Pakistan because there aren't enough Pakistani votes in Canada to make it worth their while. The government's rapid response to the earthquake in Haiti however allegedly only happened because Stephen Harper wanted to pander to the Haitian votes in Montreal. Really? Haiti is an impoverished nation in our own backyard that can't take care of itself, while Pakistan is a nuclear power with a very large military on the other side of the planet. Are we going to send a military response team to a country that won't allow NATO boots to touch their soil?
There are an estimated 90,000 Haitians living in Montreal, a city where in 2008 the Tories only received 16% of the popular vote (easily their lowest total in any major Canadian city). If every single Haitian living in Montreal voted Conservative, they could bump their vote share to 19% and still win zero seats. Their best riding in the city is Mount Royal (27%), but the Tory candidate still finished 10,000 votes behind Irwin Cotler. Are there 10,000 Haitians living in that neighborhood? Saying that the government only responded quickly in Haiti to pander to a tiny fraction of voters in a city where they have almost no chance of winning even a single seat is insane!
Jim Karygiannis, give your head a shake! There are more people of Pakistani descent in Canada than Haitian. If disaster response were just about votes, it would make sense to cater to the larger population.
Are you shocked the media and opposition are race baiting the Conservatives?
ReplyDeleteThey did the same thing with religion.
Nothing shocks me about the depths of the left anymore. They deny the attacks on Bush took place and now are critical when similar small fringe attack Obama.
http://stevejanke.com/archives/302124.php
ReplyDeleteKarygiannis has history where immigration matters are concerned.
According to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Canadian
ReplyDeletethere are 300,000+ Pakistanis living in Canada. That's a much larger group than Haitians. J.K. needs to get his facts right before trying to twist them.
But do the Taliban do NOT want aid from Western countries?
ReplyDelete"The government should not accept American aid and if it happens, we can give 20 million dollars to them as aid for the flood victims," Azam Tariq.
“We will ourselves distribute relief under leadership of our chief Hakimullah Mehsud among the people if the government assures us that none of our members will be arrested,” Tariq said.
“We condemn American and other foreign aid and believe that it will lead to subjugation. Our jihad against America will continue.”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-pakistan-taliban-urge-government-to-reject-us-aid-rs-03
$20 million buys a lot of battery acid...
ReplyDeleteYeah he has a history all right - Ask Karygiannis what he said to Canadian soldiers in Cyprus the night he visited the front line in Nicosia with some of his friends, clearly intoxicated and demanded we allow him to pass through to the northern Turkish side...
ReplyDeleteIn this Liberals can't understand that other people think differently from them, are not motivated by the same lack of principles and don't act like they do... Do Liberals think all aid should be tied to votes?
Karygiannis is an immigration industry whore. I A typical Librano, this guy. Wonder how many white enveloppes full of cash he has received to to grease the wheels to make some people eligible to immigrate here.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not mistaken, Ontario's new Conservative senator is Salma Ataullahjan who is of Pakistani origin.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they are sick and dying like the bomber was sick and dying.
ReplyDeleteSend them back, refuse to fund any immigration lawyer looking for a quick bank account. And I also wonder how much some of these lawyers and politicians have received to allpw these terrorists into our country.