[R-G] Kenney's Quiet Revolution

[Anthony Fenton]

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2606#comment_jump

May 10, 2009

Kenney's Quiet Revolution
Media focus on guns, drugs and hard-nosed ministers precludes dialogue  
on government shifts in immigration policy

by Tim McSorley

The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca

Nearly 80 undocumented workers were arrested in various communities in  
Ontario on April 2. Canadian media did not report on the story, but on  
May 2 in Toronto over 2000 people protested Canadian immigration  
policy. Photo: Tania Liu cc2.0

MONTREAL–A massive police operation in the Toronto area on April 1  
caught the attention of major Canadian news outlets.

One hundred and twenty-five people were rounded up in a pre-dawn raid  
and charged with arms, drugs and organized crime-related violations.  
The arrests made top headlines across national media and were featured  
in most large metropolitan dailies.

A day later, another police operation in Ontario resulted in the  
arrest of nearly as many people, but hardly a word was written about it.

On April 2, Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers and  
southern Ontario police officers arrested approximately 80 people on  
immigration violations.

While not as sensational as the first news item—which nabbed some  
30,000 tablets of ecstasy and 40 firearms—the story contained much of  
the same interest, drama and newsworthiness: one hundred officers  
arrested undocumented workers at their places of employment and homes  
in at least three communities in Southern Ontario. And, according to  
the CBSA, it was the largest action of its kind in the Greater Toronto  
Area.

[*Continues....*]

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2606#comment_jump