NDP: Immigration Program

Manitoba Dept: The gloves came off Thursday in the Selinger government's fight against Ottawa and its plan to "rip apart" an immigration agreement the province says is responsible for bringing thousands of people to Manitoba, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The event was witnessed by 400 immigrants and immigration workers invited to the legislature to hear debate on an NDP motion to get the Harper government to reverse its decision to end the 1998 Canada-Manitoba Immigration Agreement and wayne Glowacki / Attorney General Andrew Swan tells a large crowd in the legislature on Thursday why they should oppose federal changes to the immigration program launched by the Harper government. Four Manitoba Tory MPs took the unprecedented step of denouncing the NDP inside the legislative building's rotunda -- they say Manitobans have been misled about the federal changes -- in what was an orchestrated afternoon of political theatre. Related Items Columns MP unleashes partisan barbs (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.