Comments made by Fort McMurray-Athabasca MP Brian Jean at a committee meeting in Ottawa on Thursday have sparked outrage among members of the Atlantic Liberal caucus.“What are we doing to send (unemployed Atlantic Canadians), either temporarily or permanently across the country ... to get them into northern Alberta to keep the economy going?” Jean asked at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development.“I think some sort of transportation strategy to make it available for the people that are unemployed in the rest of Canada should be looked at.”
The Libs did have a relocation program at one time, and I remember it kicked up some real local bigotry when the Feds planned to settle a bunch of Maritimers in the wrong part of Ontario (maybe around Hamilton?). You'd have thought the poor guys were cannibals or something.
Apparently, the program was cancelled. Anyone know why?
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It's always two seconds away from ethnic cleansing with these people, isn't it?
This government has got to go.
What a jerk. See how growth-at-all-costs economics is used to justify just about anything?
Alberta, with 1/4 the population of Ontario, is already producing more greenhouse gases than Ontario, largely due to the oil industry. This is a really bad thing, and what's on the top of this guy's mind is how to add to it.
if ya actually read what he said, not what Lieberal spin machine ran with, its really just another subsidy to help people transition to new locations to find work.
Nice headline though and the "ethnic cleansing" line is really cool, really inventive, . . . so desperate.
The more you morons rant & rave, the higher the popularity of the new government goes . . up, up & away.
Enjoy life in the wilderness. Keep up the stupidity, we really appreciate it.
Hey, by the way, what do you think of your leadership candidates ?? Glad your playing your A team, I'd hate to see your B team.
Har har hardy har har . ..
As for me personally, I got $500 slipped through my mail slot.
How much of the stolen $40 million did you get ?
I got a tote-bag and an auto-graphed copy of The Red Book.
I bet you're seeting now...
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