Quote of the Day

Jonathan McLeod

December 13, 2011 | 4 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, your Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney:

“I’m sure they’ll trump up some stupid Charter of Rights challenge. That’s democracy. They’re welcome to object.”

A true champion of Canadian values.

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4 Responses to “Quote of the Day”

  1. R. Mowat
    December 13th, 2011 @ 5:03 pm

    Lol. Kenney touches the third-rail of leadership, admitting there really is such thing as a stupid question.

    As I recall, Jonathan, you’ve classified one or two charter challenges in the stupidity zone too.

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    Jonathan McLeod Reply:
    December 14th, 2011 at 9:18 am

    True, though I’m not sure I would ever send such a message as Mr. Kenney did were I a Cabinet Minister (luckily, that has about a zero chance of happening).

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  2. Peter
    December 13th, 2011 @ 6:57 pm

    Plus honouring the Charter shouldn’t mean lionizing everyone who pays a filing fee to launch a legal challenge based on it. Still less, judges who take them seriously.

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    Jonathan McLeod Reply:
    December 14th, 2011 at 9:20 am

    I respect the opprotunity to challenge, but certainly not each individual one.

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