Liberals playing Immigration Card

The opposition in the House of Commons is like a pack of wolves, constantly on the lookout for weakened ministers. Falter and the pack will turn on you, as Rona Ambrose will testify.

This week, the Liberals targeted Diane Findley, the Immigration Minister, whom they have identified as one of the weaker members of the government herd. On Tuesday, the Grits asked 13 questions related to Ms. Findley or her department, on issues ranging from the hundreds of “lost Canadians,” whose citizenship is in doubt, to her limousine expenses.

Yesterday, the Liberals sought to reinforce their credentials as the natural party of new Canadians by introducing a motion that painted Ms. Findley and the Conservatives as indifferent to, and ignorant about, immigrant communities.

Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi was scathing about the Immigration Minister after she made her speech in the House. “She was reading a speech prepared for her by bureaucrats. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” he said, urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to replace her with Diane Ablonczy, who was immigration critic while in opposition.

Omar Alghabra, the Liberal immigration critic, accused the government of lacking vision and a plan. “Unfortunately, the negligence is exacerbated by a negative attitude that the Conservatives have toward minorities and immigrants,” he said. “Incompetence is compounded with a negative historical attitude that is rampant among the Conservative benches. We frequently see glimpses of the Reform-Alliance ghost rear its ugly head and raise alarm levels among immigrants.”

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