Misogynist Behaviour: Canadian Tradition and Fire Storm

misogynist behaviour: So why would we not ask some simple questions with regards to whether you believe in the equality of rights " Kellie Leitch, CBC radio The Current, Sept.8, 2016. ____ Conservative leadership contender Kellie Leitch has sparked a fire storm with her suggestion that prospective immigrants should be vetted for "anti-Canadian values." Among the values she says should be unwelcome are "intolerance towards other religions, cultures and sexual orientations, violent and/or misogynist behaviour and/or a lack of acceptance of our Canadian tradition of personal and economic freedoms." Leitch has not spelled out how her proposed screening process would work but she has dismissed the concerns of leadership rivals and others who have argued the scheme is unacceptable, unnecessary and unworkable, according to Guelph Mercury. She has said it akin to conducting security checks and just a matter of asking would-be newcomers some "simple questions." But immigration experts say merely asking simple questions would be meaningless; prospective immigrants would quickly learn to give the "correct" answers but not necessarily honest ones. We ask individuals what their income is. To attempt to do such screening seriously would cost a fortune and require hiring thousands of professional interviewers trained to detect applicants who weren't being truthful about their real values, experts warn. Spoiler alert: The Canadian Press Baloney Meter is a dispassionate examination of political statements culminating in a ranking of accuracy on a scale of "no baloney" to "full of baloney" . This one earns a ranking of "full of baloney" — there nothing simple about trying to vet people for so-called anti-Canadian values. And even that, they say, would probably be ineffective. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.