Values, sure, but why does Leitch get to decide what they are?

Kellie Leitch has a point about building a cohesive society, but how do you test immigrants for values?

Kellie Leitch's proposed test of immigrants plays up existing stereotypes people have of newcomers, particularly Muslims, writes Andrew Cardozo.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ANDREW CARDOZO

April 17, 2017

OTTAWA—Since when did Kellie Leitch get to decide what Canadian values are and which ones were important to ask immigrants about? To her credit, she claimed the territory as her own. After several weeks of vagueness, she outlined five values—just five—even though they have been changing over ...

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