Posted on 12/30/2016 5:34:47 AM PST by rktman
Pediatric surgeon and former cabinet minister Kellie Leitch is gaining support from across her Nation placing her as a surprise frontrunner to lead the opposition Conservative Party.
Ms Leitch, like the US president-elect, is railing against immigration and political elites and pushing a hard-right "Canadian values" platform.
The 46-year-old has answered rising discontent in Canada over the sluggish economy and the acceptance of 37,000 Syrian refugees.
Fresh polls show Leitch is ahead of about a dozen candidates in the Conservative leadership election scheduled to be held on May 27, 2017.
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Talked to a friend the other day who was going to Vancouver for a couple of days but kinda knew they probably would not let him in. Why? He had a DUI and a careless driving charges on his record that popped up when the Canadian Border folks scanned his passport. They said he could get a waiver for $200. They also wanted to know how much cash he had so that he could have afforded to visit for 4 days, where he exchanged it for Canadian money (receipt required) and if the brand new jacket he had was for his own use. They also "K-9"'d the car he and his friend were in. Nothing found but in the end, after about 2 hours, he was turned away. Weird huh? Kinda wish we had those kind of border controls.
A two hour delay and then sent back? I think there is much more to this story then your friend is telling you.
Foreigners are buying up Canadian real estate and the people have had enough.
Polish naturalized US citizen. Good kid. Works two jobs as a waiter to attain his goals but, ya never know. ;-)
“How much cash you are carrying is a standard question on both sides of the border...” Should have just come into the states from meh-eek-O. Wide open down there I hear. ;-)
Canada’s Trump has a vagina?
Liberal heads are gonna be exploding all over the place!
From Tory dead enders to welfare statists.
I could win the PM job in Canada.
I mean, look at who has the job today!
And “American” liberals won’t have Canada to flee to LOL. Guess they’ll have to move to Cuba.
Now your just grabbing at, uh, straws. ;-)
I go to Canada twice a year I have never been asked how much cash by either side.
Maybe you don’t have THAT look about you? LOL!
DWI, domestic arrest are fairly common reasons to get turned away a 2hr wait isn’t that long I seen on busy holiday weekend just having to wait in line that long.
Kelly Leitch is unelectable as Leader, even if she has a substantial base. She is somewhat of a dud, charisma wise.
I am hoping for Mr. Wonderful! O’Leary has more smarts than the rest of the candidates combined.
We’re in a historical “phase change”, perhaps including an abatement of the century-long tendency towards welfarism and a managerial state.
And good luck to you, Donald Trump! I haven’t yet got tired of the winning.;^)
Here we’ve been lead to believe that Canada is a Liberal’s paradise!
Canada is still about 80% white, versus 60% here, so there’s no reason that a candidate that actually addressed the needs of WHITE VOTERS cannot win there, just as Trump won here, and I doubt that she’ll have to deal with a bunch of childish NeverLeitch’ers as Trump had to deal with.
“Kinda wish we had those kind of border controls.”
We actually do. Try coming in legally as a Mexican peasant and see how far you get. And getting across the border illegally is much easier to our north.
But that’s where it ends. Want to enroll your illegals in school, get free medical and other handouts, look for a Sanctuary City, forget it. And so...very little problem with Illegals in Canada.
“I go to Canada twice a year I have never been asked how much cash by either side.”
Never underestimate the data available to people guarding borders, especially for two countries as close as ours.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they already ran a credit check before your car stopped (based on license plate readers), found you had an 812, verified your name and face against the registered vehicle, and had their answer before you could put the car in Park.
That’s how things work now.
Canada must be racis’ then. ;-)
Go Baby! Make Canada Great Again!
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