Canadian History: Mulroney and Immigrants

canadian history: Mulroney responded by saying that, as prime minister, he raised immigration levels to the highest in Canadian history, and did so because it was the right and proper thing to do, according to CTV. Immigrants, generally speaking, are ranked among our most productive, able, loyal citizens, who enormously to the economic health of our nation, Mulroney said. In an interview Wednesday with Don Martin, host of CTV Power Play, Mulroney was asked about Conservative leadership hopefuls who have said that immigrants should be screened for anti-Canadian values or called for veiled women to uncover their faces while voting. And so any talk about diminishing immigration or immigrants is unacceptable and I think unhelpful to Canada. Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has controversially suggested that newcomers should be screened for anti-Canadian values, something that Mulroney has previously called unnecessary. I doubt very much if that kind of policy could ever be sustained by a national political party that wanted to win elections, he added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.