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Anti-Canadian Values: Canadian Values and Ontario Mp

anti-canadian values: Friends, our party has been there before, a long, long time ago, and we have no intention of going back there." Interim leader Rona Ambrose addresses the national Conservative summer caucus retreat in Halifax on Sept. 13, 2016, according to Huffington Post Canada. In recent days, the Conservatives have been embroiled in a debate over "Canadian values" after Ontario MP and leadership candidate Kellie Leitch said would-be immigrants should be screened for "anti-Canadian values." She has since explained that she believes newcomers should be surveyed to see if they believe in same-sex marriage and the equality of women. We are all realists here," Ambrose said in a speech to about 115 MPs and senators gathered in Halifax for a summer caucus meeting. "We know that drama drives ratings, that those outside of our party will do everything they can to separate us into separate camps. Several Conservatives MPs gathered in Halifax privately told The Huffington Post that they think Leitch is "crazy" and that she and her campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis, are hurting the party future chances by trying to carve out space in an increasingly crowded field of leadership candidates. On Tuesday, Chong called Leitch plans a dangerous game that is unworkable and nonsense. Publicly, some leadership candidates — in particular, Ontario MP Michael Chong and Alberta MP Deepak Obhrai — have panned her views. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.