{"id":8470,"date":"2014-05-01T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2014-05-01T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T03:50:08","slug":"jason-kenney-schools-bob-rae-on-twitter-over-anti-immigration-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/01\/jason-kenney-schools-bob-rae-on-twitter-over-anti-immigration-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kenney &#8216;schools&#8217; Bob Rae on Twitter over &#8216;anti-immigration&#8217; tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8475\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jason-Kenney-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8475\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jason-Kenney-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Kenney (right) selfie with Mr. Canada. Scenes of the State Funeral for Jim Flaherty, former Minister of Finace of Canada, held at St. James Cathedral in Toronto. rmnoa357 \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jason-Kenney-2014.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jason-Kenney-2014-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jason Kenney (right) selfie with Mr. Canada. Scenes of the State Funeral for Jim Flaherty, former Minister of Finace of Canada, held at St. James Cathedral in Toronto. rmnoa357 \/ Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Employment, Social Development and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney and lawyer-negotiator and former politician Bob Rae go at it on Twitter over temporary foreign workers controversy.<\/p>\n<p>It all began with a tweet from @BobRae48:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>TFW issue has roots in Reform&#8217;s anti-immigration bias &#8211; explosion in &#8220;temporary&#8221; category is all about segregating and excluding. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cdnpoili&amp;src=hash\">#cdnpoili<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Rae (@BobRae48) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\/statuses\/461460001165303808\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>To which Kenney replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThat&#8217;s obscene &amp; beneath you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. We&#8217;ve increased immigration to record levels, the highest per capita level in the developed world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461498528397660160\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then the Employment and Multiculturalism Minister decided to &#8216;school&#8217; Rae on Twitter about hard-hitting facts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>in its first 5 yrs in office, Chretien govt *cut* immigration levels by 32%. Our govt has increased average annual levels by 14% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461498911379574784\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\nAverage annual admission of permanent residents 1994-2005 = 222K. Average levels 2006-2013 = 255K, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. &#8220;Anti immigration bias&#8221;????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461499550335631361\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n<\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" lang=\"en\">\n\nSince coming to office, we have tripled the number of &quot;temporary foreign workers&quot; who obtain permanent residency, from 13K to 38K <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>\n\n&mdash; Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461499869601882113\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>We created an entire new immigration category, the Canadian Experience Class, specifically to allow TFWs to transition to PR, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461500543370686464\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\nWe tripled settlement funding for newcomers from $200M in 2005 to $600M now, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. That reflects an \"anti-immigration bias?\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461500856882302976\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>In 1995 Liberal govt imposed a $1000 Right of Landing Fee on new permanent residents, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. In 2006 we cut it in half.Anti-immigration?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461501230859055104\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nWe increased 8-fold the Provincial Nominee Programs, which are often used to transition lower skilled TFWs to PR, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. Anti-immigrant?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461501986945253376\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>Our 8x increase in prov nominees has brought huge diversity to many rural western communities, tripling immigration to prairies, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461502560956727297\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>And he didn't stop there.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\nWe're also admitting record numbers of foreign students &amp; visitors, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. Is that all about \"segregating and excluding?\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461502954944487424\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>We're also admitting record numbers of foreign students &amp; visitors, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. Is that all about \"segregating and excluding?\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461502954944487424\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Kenney also mentioned the increase in government support for foreign workers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\nThe # of \"temporary foreign workers\" coming to do academic research &amp; studies has tripled to 11K since 2005, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. They're \"excluded?\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461504252737626113\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>4 of the top 5 source countries for the TFWP are the US, France, UK &amp; Australia, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. Germany &amp; Ireland also in top 10. \"Segregated?\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461505069200838656\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\nThe # of TFWs entering Canada has gone from .7% of workforce in 2006 to 1.1% of workforce in 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. This is \"anti-immigration?\"<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461505581627351042\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kenney hit home by mentioning participation of different ethnicities in government offices and community development in the past years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>If Reform Party had an \"anti-immigration bias\" why did it elect the 1st Muslim, 1st Hindu, &amp; 1st South Asian woman to Parliament, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461506074307084288\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\nThe Reform Party consistently won a plurality of the votes of immigrants in Western Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a>. Were they \"anti-immigration\" voters?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461506350766256128\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kenney ended his Twitter rant on a strong note:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>Your tweet is typical of Harper Derangement Syndrome:tendency on left to ascribe worst possible motives, even contrary to evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\">@BobRae48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenneyjason\/statuses\/461507066855583745\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Since Jason Kenney's tweets, Bob Rae had one update:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nNews item that Twitter stock has plunged. Jason Kenney better ease up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cdnpoIi&amp;src=hash\">#cdnpoIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Rae (@BobRae48) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobRae48\/statuses\/461623271318777856\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Minister of Employment, Social Development and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney and lawyer-negotiator and former politician Bob Rae go at it &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,1145],"tags":[2715,2198,2584,1690],"class_list":["post-8470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-headline","tag-bob-rae","tag-jason-kenney","tag-temporary-foreign-workers","tag-twitter","mauthors-ching-dee","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}