The Conservatives have run advertising comparing Liberal leader Stephane Dion to an out-of-touch academic who doesn’t care about the priorities of average hard-working Canadians.
In this video that I captured from a press conference Dion gave in Richmond BC just minutes ago, Dion says “I like to have a lot of PhDs in Canada but we need also to have plumbers, and all the skilled workers that are needed must have the ability to come here in Canada. Not only PhDs”
While Stephane Dion would like to have Canada populated by like-minded academics like himself, he seems to begrudgingly concede that Canada also needs plumbers.
Imagine if you were somebody with skills that the Prime Minister of Canada only needed rather than liked.
I received an email from a reader which reads,
Professor Dion showed his true colours on the issue of immigration– He would prefer Professors coming from other lands– but knows that he needs plumbers etc.
This is elitist and reveals the true attitude towards the Liberal Party’s view of immigration. We are looked down upon– by this elitist group. Incredibly this elitist view makes the “beer and popcorn” seem tame in comparison.Signed,
An Immigrant that came to Canada on December 20th 1959