Goad Others: Tuesday Night and Leitch Plan

goad others: Conservative strategist Jason Lietaer said forcing a response is no doubt part of Leitch plan. "They are throwing a wedge down and trying to get everybody else on the other side of the issue," Lietaer said Wednesday, according to The Waterloo Record. The attempts to goad others were made obvious late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, when Leitch campaign manager Nick Kouvalis issued a series of tweets pushing her rivals to make their views known, or criticizing the positions of those who have already done so. Some other leadership hopefuls — as well as interim leader Rona Ambrose — have been come out against the idea to various degrees over the past week, and discussions are likely to continue behind closed doors at the Conservative caucus retreat next week in Halifax, where the nascent race to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper is expected to start picking up steam. Kouvalis declined to comment. Quebec MP Maxime Bernier said he agrees there are Canadian values, but ensuring immigrants have economic opportunities that will help them integrate into society is a better way to promote them. Ontario MP Michael Chong was the first to weigh in last week, accusing Leitch of engaging in "dog-whistle politics:" the use of code words that go unheard or unremarked by most people but which convey a particular — usually nasty, racially tinged — message to a target audience. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.