Values Tests: Sean Kilpatrick and National-Identity Testing

values tests: Extreme vetting and travel bans are feeding that trend in Donald Trump's America, according to Toronto Star. But here in Canada, too, a new poll this week showed that two-thirds of people were inclined toward the idea of values tests for would-be immigrants as Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has been controversially proposing. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS By Susan Delacourt Parliament Hill Fri., March 17, 2017 National-identity testing is shaping up to be the political fashion trend of 2017. The poll conducted for Radio-Canada found that 35 per cent of respondents strongly agreed with subjecting newcomers to a Canadian values test, while another 39 per cent said the idea was mostly favourable. I noticed this week that ancestry.ca was offering a St. I don't know if this is connected to what seems to be the rising popularity of consumer DNA testing the type we're seeing advertised on TV, in which people discover their Scottish, Italian or indigenous roots merely by putting a saliva sample in the mail. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.