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A senior Liberal tells the truth, and as usual, when that happens, it ain't pretty:

Conservative Justice Critic Vic Toews asked the following question today in the House of Commons, of Justice Minister Irwin Cotler:

“Mr. Speaker, the special counsel for the Minister of Justice believes that cultural communities in this country should be seen and not heard.

“Beryl Wajsman said in Le Devoir today that, ‘Every time the Liberal party needs cultural communities, it is for two reasons: as slaves during an election campaign or to buy tickets.’

“Will the Minister of Justice stand up and denounce these horrible comments, or is his special counsel just telling the truth about Liberal opinions of new Canadians?

Just a small note... so far, I can't find a single article about this story in any English language newspaper.

Update: It appears as if the questioning by Toews was misinformed. The Liberal in question was simply commenting on the state of race relations, and not actually passing judgment on ethnic or cultural communities. To the contrary, Beryl Wajsman appears to be involved in further integrating cultural communities and harmonizing cross-cultural relations.