David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
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Methinks Maxime Bernier is in Fredericton he would be wise go to Federal Court and pull my file ASAP if only to find a copy of the letter and documents I sent him in 2006 N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/09/bernier-talks-controversial-party.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/maxime-bernier-immigration-climate-change-new-brunswick-1.5287676
Bernier talks controversial party values on NB campaign stop
People’s Party of Canada leader discusses immigration, climate change
"If you have a bigger ratio of economic immigrants with fewer immigrants globally, you're able to serve the economic needs of your province," he said.
"The goal of our immigration policy must be to fill the economic needs in this country."
That means accepting fewer refugees and clamping down on migrants crossing the border at unauthorized points, he said.
'There is no climate emergency'
Bernier, who visited Saint John on Monday, was scheduled to attend a candidate announcement Tuesday evening in Fredericton.
The capital city is among the communities along the St. John River that experienced historic spring flooding in recent years — flooding that many experts link to climate change.
Bernier, however, said the flooding is just a natural occurrence.
He was asked what he would say to New Brunswick residents and officials suffering from repeated flooding who believe climate change is a factor.
"We have hurricanes, we have flooding, we have that. It's part of nature, you know," he said. "We can do what we can about it, but I don't want us to impose a carbon tax and more regulation and change our way of living.
"We must not panic. There is no climate emergency."
Bernier's party plans to get rid of the carbon tax, citing an increased cost for business and the threat of job losses. Instead, the party plans to allow provinces to reduce emissions through their own programs "if they want to."
The leader will make stops in Miramichi, Moncton and Shediac on Wednesday.
The People's Party of Canada has candidates in eight of New Brunswick's 10 ridings, with openings in Acadie-Bathurst and Madawaska-Restigouche.
According to the CBC Poll Tracker,the party sits fifth at 2.6 per cent.
With files from Harry Forestell
Bernier talks controversial party values on NB campaign stop
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David Raymond Amos
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Even when he is in my neighbourhood the lawyer Maxy Baby don't call and don't write Methinks he don't like me N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
Methinks everybody knows why I look forward to debating the member of the People's Party of Canada who plans to run in Fundy Royal N'esy Pas?
Jared Henderson
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: ok but it won't be mad max...so attacking a candidate because of Bernier kind of makes you similar slime to the rest of them n'esy pas? not being a jerk Mr. Amos, just pointing out that you are doing the exact same thing you tend to bash other people for
David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @Jared Henderson: Yup you are a self confessed jerk
Reply to @Jared Henderson: Yup you are a self confessed jerk
David Raymond Amos
Methinks it not rocket science to Google his name and mine N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
Methinks while the political lawyer Maxime Bernier is in Fredericton he would be wise go to Federal Court and pull my file ASAP if only to find a copy of the letter and documents I sent him in 2006 N'esy Pas?
Johnny
Horton
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
Methinks Amos is gonna get crushed in yet another election nestle tea?
Methinks Amos is gonna get crushed in yet another election nestle tea?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Johnny
Horton: Methinks you don't have the cajones to put your name on the
ballot in Fundy Royal and debate in front of a few crowds filled with my
kind of folks N'esy Pas?
Johnny
Horton
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
I don’t believe in wasting the voters time, or the edits, or the elections NB, if I don’t have a fair shot of winning, I believe in freeing up the time and effort for those who could win.
I don’t believe in wasting the voters time, or the edits, or the elections NB, if I don’t have a fair shot of winning, I believe in freeing up the time and effort for those who could win.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Johnny
Horton: I truly believe that even you don't believe one word you say.
Methinks the many down votes against you often prove that many other
folks think the same of you N'esy Pas?
Johnny Horton
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
I believe every word I type.
I’m proud not to be a drone of society. I wear the down votes as success in my points. Thst just because the masses think something doesn’t necessarily make it right,
Johnny
Horton
Reply to @Johnny Horton:
The masses used to think burning witches and slavery were acceptable and the norm.
The masses used to think burning witches and slavery were acceptable and the norm.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Johnny Horton:
Only because they were told to by folks who should have known better.
Only because they were told to by folks who should have known better.
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Methinks, therefore I am, n'est-ce pas?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: C'est Vrai
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Methinks you know the motto of my Clan N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: watching you debate Mad Max would be most entertaining, no doubt; just like watching mud wrestling!
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: I have no clue about your clan.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes have made that fact abundantly clear over the years N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: 'I have no clue about your clan"
The Motto is Veritas Vincit
Trust that you and your SANB cohorts will get an honourable mention during a debate or two in Fundy Royal Perhaps in the Chiac lingo
Jared Henderson
Reply to @Johnny Horton: and now they think all lcimate science that points to us heading to oblivion is legit...coincidence?
Mac Isaac
I was one of those who, for the simple reason that he was the best candidate for the leadership of the Cons when he lost; not because he wasn't the best candidate, but because of behind-the-scene machinations of those who believed A.B.B. (anybody but Bernier). Instead the Cons got a milquetoast excuse for a leader instead of someone who had challenging views. Do I personally believe in or support those views? No, I emphatically do not, but I also believe they are more closely aligned with actual conservative values than what Andrew Scheer espouses. It's unfortunate that M. Bernier will likely not be able to test the viability of his ideas and policies because of backroom deals a la the stab in the back the Progressive Conservative Party received courtesy of one Peter McKay!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Mac Isaac:
Whereas you are so knowledgeable about the backroom deals I bet you know
that my brother in law's law firm partner as VP of the PC Party for the
Maritimes assisted Peter MacKay in going back on his word to David
Orchard and merging with Harper's party in 2003 before I ran in the
election of the 38th Parliament Correct?
Chantal LeBouthi
Lol that guy is so full of it
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi: YUP
Linda Ward
Canada is up there among the best very best countries on earth. The Danish pay 50%+ tax for fabulous education, all levels free. Finland has the best overall public education globally. Sweden & Norway are socially & environmentally progressive. Canada is a wealthy nation, we can afford to always do the right thing.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Linda Ward:
You say that so easily However not everybody in Canada is wealthy.
Methinks charity begins at home N'esy Pas?
Jared Henderson
Reply to @Linda Ward: ok you can donate then...I make low 5 figures a year and barely make ends meet...you tell me how wealthy I am...and don't use India or some "developing" (see 3rd world) nation to make the point...I am quite poor by our standards and I get a kick out of people like you assuming that everyone has it as good as you do
Jared Henderson
Reply to @Linda Ward: ok you can donate then...I make low 5 figures a year and barely make ends meet...you tell me how wealthy I am...and don't use India or some "developing" (see 3rd world) nation to make the point...I am quite poor by our standards and I get a kick out of people like you assuming that everyone has it as good as you do
Johnny Horton
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
Our homeless are better than off than most honeless in the world.
Johnny
Horton
Reply to @Jared Henderson:
Why not compare it to those countries? They are humans just like you, and yes you are wealthy compsred to them.
You struggle to pay your cell phone or cable bill. They struggle to find food every three days,
Why not compare it to those countries? They are humans just like you, and yes you are wealthy compsred to them.
You struggle to pay your cell phone or cable bill. They struggle to find food every three days,
Eugene Peabody
With views like his I am thankful he only has a 2 per cent following!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Eugene Peabody: Say hey to Mr Prime Minister Trudeau the Younger and his many minions for me will ya?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Eugene Peabody:
And here I *thought* you were a kinda pro common sense kind of guy?
Mr Bernier comes to NB, talks about the folly of 2 closely related things, and you don't like that?
You don't see we are being sold a conflicting bill of goods?
If we are in a "climate emergency" what sense does it make to import folks with a very small carbon footprint to a place where their carbon footprint will grow at least 100X?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Good Point
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
I'm simply wondering how you can do both without holding your nose and keeping a straight face?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Are you challenging my integrity?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
POOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
No David, only the integrity of those who try to sell conflicting realities as a truth.
Why do young people all seem to leave NB? For the BIG wages in Alberta. Why are the wages BIG in Alberta? Supply and demand.
What happens when you flood a labor market with workers? The demand diminishes and wages drop.
What does immigration do to the labor market?
No David, only the integrity of those who try to sell conflicting realities as a truth.
Why do young people all seem to leave NB? For the BIG wages in Alberta. Why are the wages BIG in Alberta? Supply and demand.
What happens when you flood a labor market with workers? The demand diminishes and wages drop.
What does immigration do to the labor market?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Ask your lawyer
Jim Cyr
This is an old, old trick: the media labels something that it ideologically disagrees with “controversial”.
Question: have the Liberals, NDP or Greens ever espoused even ONE position that was even slightly “controversial”?? Of course not. And we know why that is, don’t we gang???........
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Methinks it par for the course in the wicked game N'esy Pas?
John
Holmes
Reply to @Jim Cyr:
There is no "ideological" disagreement with Climate Change. It's not an
ideology, it's fact that is supported by reams of hard science done by
an overwhelming number of Scientists around the globe.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @John
Holmes: Methinks nobody is disputing the change in the weather What is
in dispute is the cause of it. Furthermore many folks agree with me and
Max in that no amount of taxation is gonna fix it N'esy Pas?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @John Holmes:
The *problem* I have John is: science is being sold by politicians as an "absolute", when in fact there is nothing further from the truth, and then those same politicians weaponize the science by extorting money in the name of science.
Pretty soon "science" will become a very dirty word.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
JJ Carrier
Vote for Maxime Bernier...of the Rhinos...This Maxime Bernier could be the worst federal leader of the modern era...
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Some journalist you are
JP Klieber Reply to @JJ Carrier: Truedaeu set that bar pretty high.
Jared Henderson
Reply to @JJ Carrier: he'd have to do some terribly in order to come near Trudeau the younger
Andy Davis
Reply to @JJ Carrier: no leave it to beaver, oops I meant the harpersheer entity
John Pokiok
whats the point Trudeau can send you all 350 000 of them every year none of them would stay here more than a year
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @John Pokiok: Whats your point?
Roy Kirk
His neoliberal positions and policies would ruin this country for the vast majority of citizens if he ever comes to power.
Johnny Horton
Reply to @Roy Kirk:
Yea it would. People would actually need to work again in this country under s bernier government. Less handouts and less foreign workers to do the jobs needed.
So yes, he’ll never get elected.
Yea it would. People would actually need to work again in this country under s bernier government. Less handouts and less foreign workers to do the jobs needed.
So yes, he’ll never get elected.
Robby Kingstown
Reply to @Roy Kirk:
He's closer to libertarian. The Grits and Tories are neoliberal, brokerage parties.
He's closer to libertarian. The Grits and Tories are neoliberal, brokerage parties.
Johnny Horton
Reply to @robby kingstown:
Not really. Bernier believes in strong government that controls the people, and who those peole are, furthest thing from a libertarian.
Not really. Bernier believes in strong government that controls the people, and who those peole are, furthest thing from a libertarian.
Robby Kingstown
Reply to @Johnny Horton:
Bahahaha
Read the platform; it's all about decentralising the federal government and respecting provincial jurisdiction.
That's why the other parties can't stand it.
There's too much power in the PMO. We both know that. So does Bernier.
Bahahaha
Read the platform; it's all about decentralising the federal government and respecting provincial jurisdiction.
That's why the other parties can't stand it.
There's too much power in the PMO. We both know that. So does Bernier.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @robby kingstown: True
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @robby kingstown: However everybody knows how I proved that he was just another crooked lawyer in in 2006
Johnny Horton
Reply to @robby kingstown:
Sure but just shifting control fro. Federal to provincial, is NOT libertarian.
Sure but just shifting control fro. Federal to provincial, is NOT libertarian.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Johnny Horton: Methinks you just proved that you don't know much N'esy Pas?
Johnny Horton
Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
You do realize that there are as many libertarians thst are far left as there are that are far right?
There are many different approaches to less government control of one’s life.
It’s all about individual freedoms and thus qqequality.
David Raymond Amos
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Reply to @Johnny Horton: Methinks everybody knows that it is impossible for a shill of the Irving Clan to know anything about individual freedom as you are bought and sold in the marketplace everyday because of your own greed for more more more just like the rest of the herd in Peoplekind N'esy Pas?
Reply to @Johnny Horton: Methinks everybody knows that it is impossible for a shill of the Irving Clan to know anything about individual freedom as you are bought and sold in the marketplace everyday because of your own greed for more more more just like the rest of the herd in Peoplekind N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Too bad so sad my reply to an Irving Shill went "Poof"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/justin-trudeau-fredericton-jenica-atwin-andrea-johnson-1.5288548
Trudeau tries to head off Liberal-Green split during campaign stop in Fredericton
Liberal leader says voters who elected the Greens' David Coon have only two choices federally
Liberal
Leader Justin Trudeau made a campaign swing through New Brunswick on
Wednesday, appealing to left-of-centre voters to stick with his party
rather than defect to the Greens in next month's election.
Trudeau
made a policy announcement aimed at seniors at the Fredericton Lawn
Bowling Club, located in the provincial Fredericton South constituency
held by New Brunswick Green Leader David Coon.
He
said voters who elected Coon provincially need to support his party if
they want progress on environmental, Indigenous and women's issues to
continue.
"Are
we going to continue to stay true to our values and to the hard work
we've been doing for the past four years, or do we go back to the Harper
years?" he said. "That is the choice Canadians are facing right now."
He
said rising poll numbers for the Green Party in New Brunswick, and the
party's provincial breakthrough last year with three MLAs elected, "is
interesting to political scientists and to pundits, but I'm listening to
Canadians."
Fredericton
Liberal candidate Matt DeCourcey said the Green victories provincially
won't necessarily carry over into the national race.
"We need to remember this is a federal election," he told reporters.
But
Jenica Atwin, the federal Green candidate in Fredericton, said the
Green surge provincially is translating into support for her campaign as
she knocks on doors.
"I'm
hearing lots at the door, people saying 'I hope you work as hard as
David Coon,' or 'We really like what David Coon did on this policy
work,'" she said.
"I'm excited to feed off that because I look to him for advice and direction. He's a fantastic leader for New Brunswick."
Jenica
Atwin, the federal Green Party candidate in Fredericton, says she's
hearing a lot of support for the provincial Greens on the campaign
trail. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Coon
won Fredericton South with 56.7 per cent of the vote in last year's
provincial election, and in the most recent poll by Narrative Research,
he placed second among voters for their best choice for premier, ahead
of Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers.
In August, Narrative measured support for the federal Greens in New Brunswick at 20 per cent.
That may not be enough to elect Green MPs, but it could make life difficult for some Liberal candidates.
'Could take a big chunk of the vote'
"There's
no doubt they could take a big chunk of the vote," said the CBC's
polling expert Eric Grenier. "If that comes primarily from the Liberals,
that could hurt their re-election chances in a number of ridings."
DeCourcey
said there is a lot for progressive voters to like in the Liberal
record, citing initiatives to address climate change, reduce poverty,
and promote human rights and diversity.
He sidestepped questions about the Liberals abandoning their 2015 promise to reform the electoral system.
Atwin
said left-leaning voters were "betrayed" by that broken promise and
would now support the Greens as a more genuine progressive choice.
"We
think we're that option. We think we're the ones to look to for voters
looking for change, and looking to get better outcomes than what we've
seen in the last four years."
Atwin said some voters she has met are worried about a Liberal-Green split that would help the Conservatives.
But
she said she tells them that if no party wins a majority Oct. 21 and
the Greens elect more MPs, they could hold the balance of power.
Andrea Johnson, the federal Conservative candidate in Fredericton, says health care is one of her priorities. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Conservative candidate Andrea Johnson said she's aware a Liberal-Green split could help her.
"The numbers speak for themselves," she said of recent polls.
But
Johnson said while progressive voters are looking for action on climate
change, she doesn't want it to come at the expense of other priorities
such as health care and making life more affordable.
The
NDP has not nominated a candidate in Fredericton yet and People's Party
of Canada candidate Jason Paull could not be reached for comment.
During
his news conference, Trudeau appeared to suggest the recent Green
victories in provincial elections in New Brunswick, Ontario and Prince
Edward Island were a reaction to the policies of Progressive
Conservative premiers.
Asked
why he thought the Greens were doing well, he pointed to Conservative
governments who, he said, "don't believe in fighting climate change, who
don't believe that protecting the environment needs to be a priority.
Unfortunately, that's something New Brunswickers are struggling with
right now."
In
fact, the Green victories in New Brunswick, Ontario and Prince Edward
Island happened in elections in which Liberal governments were seeking
new mandates.
Trudeau's campaign bus headed to Salisbury and Moncton later in the day before continuing on to Nova Scotia.
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Shawn Tabor
This is truly a circus.
Donald Gallant
In psychiatry there is a condition called
Multiple Personalty Disorder.
Some of them dress up in costumes.
Naw.
Could not represent any politician I know.
Multiple Personalty Disorder.
Some of them dress up in costumes.
Naw.
Could not represent any politician I know.
Marguerite
Deschamps
Reply to @Donald Gallant: Harper you mean!
Les Kuzyk
Now I really have no use for Justin ... never more than a minority.
Marguerite
Deschamps
Reply to @Les Kuzyk: you never did.
Jeff Smith
Thank
Justin for $1.15 gasoline. Remember when it was under a $1? And that
carbon tax is only going to get worse unless he's kicked out.
Marguerite
Deschamps
Reply to @Jeff Smith: when you phartte, you should pay a carbon tax. You are releasing greenhouse gases.
JJ Carrier
If
the Greens are going to win any seats in NB, it will be in Freddy and
Saint John...There will be no 32-0 McKenna style sweep this time, as JT
will lose 14 of those ridings in Atlantica - five in NB...
John Smith
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Anything to stop TRudeau I’m ok with
Val Harris
Reply to @JJ Carrier:
prediction. Trudeau will sweep nfld and pei nite Lose one in ns and
may lose 3 in nb. I don’t see 14 lol'
JJ Carrier
Reply to @val harris:
He will lose 14 at least, including one from his Gaspe sweep...You
overrate the Liberals while the Greens and PPC votes in the south will
be bigger due to the N.B. Greens and the PANB strongholds and might
allow the Greens to win Freddy and the Liberals to lose two to the Cons
on a split vote...Look at the seat breakdowns from the 2018 prov vote in
the PP...Tobique is going Con by 65 per cent at least
Ed Wishart
Reply to @val harris:
trudeau has already bought PEI and NB with a $3.9 billion payout before
"it" went to France so why is "it" paying so much attention there now,
something is wrong here and someone is going to suffer for it, that is
the trudeau "sunny" way
Janice Small
He
is young and rich..( daddies money and name ) living off his last name
for a living for he and the family.. That being said I still think he is
best for our Country going forward and I believe him...Scheer has to
many skeleton's coming out and he looks and sound too much like Stephen
Harper..
Jebidoah Shylah
Reply to @Janice
small: This country could only dream of turning the clock back to
October of 2015 under Harper. It will take years if not decades to undo
the damage Trudeau has done to this country. I shudder to think what
he'd do with another 4 years!
John Smith
Reply to @Janice small: well you started out ok, then descended into madness
JJ Carrier
Reply to @John Smith:
All these bots here and you wonder why most of Canada think N.B.
message board posters on CBC are loony with a capital 'L'...Just say he
will lose his majority and move on...
Jared Henderson
Reply to @JJ Carrier:
what's the difference if he is propped up by Liz May and her loony
bunch...either way say sayonara to any semblance of the economy
Ed Wishart
Reply to @Janice
small: Another trudeau cult follower, look at how funny they are. I
feel sorry for you when you all fall, as any cult does, and then you can
cry for trudeau to help but "it" won't be able to hear you. trudeau
might just ask you all to do the same as Rev. Jones and all committed
suicide, as they all did for him.
Rick
Botting
Go Jessica Go! Keep up the good work. Win for the Greens! I think the libs are worried about the "Green Wave". yeah!
Dan Franklin
Reply to @Rick
Botting: It's Jenica... I don't think we have to worry about a Green
Wave when the supporters don't even know her name.
Jebidoah
Shylah
Reply to @Rick
Botting: After the Green MLA tried to have the Lord's Prayer removed
from the NB legislature, I would never vote for them. 85% of New
Brunswickers are Christian and our province was founded on Christianity,
why shouldn't we respect tradition and have the Lord's Prayer in our
legislature? It wasn't a problem before some Green MLA tried to make it
one.
Marguerite
Deschamps
Reply to @Jebidoah Shylah: it's a hocus pocus tradition aking to Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Capiche?
Jared Henderson
Reply to @Marguerite
Deschamps: that's mighty rude to those of faith marguerite, I assume
you'd want them to respect your thoughts on the matter, so why owuldn't
you do the same exactly? we are not Quebec (as much as you may wish it
so) we are not a secular province...accept it and move on
Jebidoah
Shylah
Stay
out of New Brunswick! You've done enough damage to this province. We
need more provincial autonomy to stop this crazy federal government
spreading it's social chaos to New Brunswick. Legalizing marijuana was a
huge mistake. We need to ban it in New Brunswick. Let the rest of the
country be the social experiment if they want to, we already have a
strong society in New Brunswick and we don't want to mess that up!
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Jebidoah Shylah:
Whatever it is that you are smoking I'd like a pound of it please.
Whatever it is that you are smoking I'd like a pound of it please.
Jared Henderson
Reply to @Jebidoah
Shylah: Can I have what you're taking? we are as fractured as a province
as anyone...heck we barely even talk to our neighbors if they have a
differing opinion as our feeble litle minds can't take the
argument...good god what happened to our society lol
People's Party candidate in Beauséjour faces criticism for 'racist' comments
Nancy Mercier says she's running to prevent Islamism from 'overrunning our nation'
A
candidate for the People's Party of Canada in southeastern New
Brunswick who says the "threat" of Islamism "overrunning our nation" is
what inspired her to seek election, is facing criticism by two newcomer
organizations for comments they say are racist.
Nancy Mercier, who is running in the riding of Beauséjour, says on her campaign website that she's an interfaith pastor and naturopath, not a politician.
But she's worried about the "frailty of our freedoms" and believes Canada needs "a stronger leadership that will do politics differently, which includes, putting Canadians and Canada first."
"We don't want terrorism, basically," she told CBC News. "We want people that are going to come that have values that, you know, we're going to remain safe in our communities."
Mercier contends "radical" individuals "who don't agree with the way that we do things" and are "not afraid to tell us," are already living in New Brunswick and across Canada.
Myriam Mekni, executive director of the Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton,
said Mercier's message will make her job of making newcomers feel welcome, regardless of their religion or culture, more difficult.
"This is not the Canada I wanted to settle in and I know it does not reflect the majority of the rest of the political landscape," she said in French.
Mekni described Mercier's comments as "a bit alarming" and "a bit dangerous for everyone; not only for immigrants and newcomers, but also for Canadians who are open-minded and do not agree."
Neil
Boucher, executive director of the Francophone Welcome and Support
Centre for Immigrants in Southeastern New Brunswick, and Myriam Mekni,
executive director of the Multicultural Association of the Greater
Moncton Area, both denounce Nancy Mercier's comments as being 'racist.' (Jean-Philippe Hughes/Radio-Canada)
Neil
Boucher, executive director of the Francophone Welcome and Support
Centre for Immigrants in Southeastern New Brunswick, also
found Mercier's remarks worrisome.
"These people, in fact, all they want to do is become good citizens, have a job, pay taxes and be part of the community. That's my experience … whether it's Muslims, Jamaicans, French or Belgians," he said in French.
People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier, who was campaigning with Mercier in New Brunswick on Tuesday, said he supports and shares his candidate's stance on immigration. He said it reflects Canadian values.
"When [you're] seeing that 49 per cent of Canadians want fewer immigrants, are you seeing that 49 per cent of Canadians are racist? No, they're not racist. They like this country, they love this country. And we are having that discussion about immigration because we want this country to be like that in 25 years from now," he said.
Mercier dismisses the notion her position is racist. She noted her brother-in-law, who is a Muslim of Indian and Afghani descent, and a young gay man of Lebanese and Egyptian descent, both live with her.
Nancy Mercier, who is running in the riding of Beauséjour, says on her campaign website that she's an interfaith pastor and naturopath, not a politician.
But she's worried about the "frailty of our freedoms" and believes Canada needs "a stronger leadership that will do politics differently, which includes, putting Canadians and Canada first."
"We don't want terrorism, basically," she told CBC News. "We want people that are going to come that have values that, you know, we're going to remain safe in our communities."
Mercier contends "radical" individuals "who don't agree with the way that we do things" and are "not afraid to tell us," are already living in New Brunswick and across Canada.
- Trudeau tries to head off Liberal-Green split during campaign stop in Fredericton
- Bernier talks controversial party values on NB campaign stop
Myriam Mekni, executive director of the Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton,
said Mercier's message will make her job of making newcomers feel welcome, regardless of their religion or culture, more difficult.
"This is not the Canada I wanted to settle in and I know it does not reflect the majority of the rest of the political landscape," she said in French.
Mekni described Mercier's comments as "a bit alarming" and "a bit dangerous for everyone; not only for immigrants and newcomers, but also for Canadians who are open-minded and do not agree."
Mercier is also calling for a reduction in immigration.
"It's
just unsustainable to bring in the amount of people that we are,
especially if they're not economically sound in the sense that we have
to give all of our resources to them before we do to Canadians that
really deserve that in the first place."
Some
immigrants are "just coming to leech our system … and to take, take,
take whatever they can. You know, whether it be housing, welfare, health
care — all of those sorts of things, where our own people right now are
on waiting lists for surgeries, for places to [live]."
"These people, in fact, all they want to do is become good citizens, have a job, pay taxes and be part of the community. That's my experience … whether it's Muslims, Jamaicans, French or Belgians," he said in French.
People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier, who was campaigning with Mercier in New Brunswick on Tuesday, said he supports and shares his candidate's stance on immigration. He said it reflects Canadian values.
"When [you're] seeing that 49 per cent of Canadians want fewer immigrants, are you seeing that 49 per cent of Canadians are racist? No, they're not racist. They like this country, they love this country. And we are having that discussion about immigration because we want this country to be like that in 25 years from now," he said.
Mercier dismisses the notion her position is racist. She noted her brother-in-law, who is a Muslim of Indian and Afghani descent, and a young gay man of Lebanese and Egyptian descent, both live with her.
"They've
integrated here very well and they've escaped the type of terrorism
that I'm speaking of that they see being brought here now," she said.
Mercier said she welcomes immigrants who are willing to integrate and be productive.
"The more the merrier."
With files from Harry Forestell and Radio-Canada
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