We’ve met Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism – Mr. Jason Kenney, on a number of occasions.
We’ve always enjoyed his presence and good sense of humour.
An article published in the Globe and Mail Newspaper earlier in the month suggested that Mr. Kenney is paying a price for his affable good nature and support of the many communities that make up Canada. All those multi-course meals during his course of duties have caught up with him.
Here is a snippet from the Globe:
… some years ago, Mr. Kenney went on a severe diet because he could no longer fit into his suits. Those slim suits have now given way to very big ones, courtesy, one presumes, of all those South Asian and Chinese banquets he’s attended.
The article further reads:
Why Jason Kenney eats Chinese food
by Jeffrey Simpson
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Mar. 12, 2011
[…]
But the outreach goes beyond South Asians and Chinese, and involves the entire government, not just Mr. Kenney. The Jewish community has been another target, as are the Korean and Polish communities. Muslim/Arab communities and those from the Caribbean and Latin America have received less attention.
It’s impolitic in Conservative circles to breathe a word about a post-Harper party, but, eventually, there’ll be one. And Jason Kenney is a surefire candidate when that time comes. He has a base in Alberta, support among social conservatives, many friends in ethnic communities and a major legislative accomplishment in a long-overdue reform of refugee policy. He’s also learned passable French.
If Mr. Kenney can’t win the Conservative leadership – the party is unlikely to turn to another Albertan – he’s likely to have a decisive say in who does. All those banquets have short- and long-term consequences for the party, and for him.
Please see the Globe and Mail website for the rest of this article.
In the riding where I live, the local politicians usually show up at the Chinese Association’s annual New Year Banquet. But after being introduced, they are sort of ignored by the ex-Mainlander-dominated executive of the association.
Not so the Cantonese. Many of them go over, say hello, and shake hands. It never hurts if you are known by your MP or MLA.
I wonder if the ex-Mainlanders will eventually get clued in? I doubt it!
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Now do you think that perhaps Kenney chose to be Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism because he wanted access to all that ethnic food?
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The only thing fat is Simpson’s head.
Jeffery Simpson (pip, pip, upper lip) has always been opposed to redress, also has shown his anti-Conservative sentiments from the first book he wrote (fall of Joe Clark). If Harper hadn’t made his mini-comeback, Simpons’s next tome would have been about the supposed incompetence of the conservatives. Mr. Flash-in-the-Pan needs something to hang his hat on, he spends most of his time telling Canada we are an “apology industry”. Simpson meet William Lyon McKenzie King. Enjoy your seances with the white spirits on your walls at night. It’s 2011, fella. Get with the times, hobo.
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