Fareed Zakaria sounds a lot like Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney

by Charlie Smith on Jun 10, 2012 at 6:39 pm
If you left-click this image, you'll see part of what Fareed Zakaria was tweeting today.

Earlier this month, British author, BBC broadcaster, and intellectual Kenan Malik ripped into Canada's immigration policies in an interview with the Georgia Straight.

"It seems to me you have a very deeply illiberal immigration [system], which is largely about cherry-picking middle-class professionals and making it almost impossible for unskilled workers to enter the country," Malik declared. "And so the kind of immigrants that you actually need for the economy are deemed unsuitable to be citizens. Hence, the growing portion of temporary workers."

Malik went on to describe how guest-worker programs in Europe have led to more Islamic fundamentalism and increased social problems.

Today, Time magazine editor at large, author, and CNN broadcaster Fareed Zakaria—a vehement opponent of political Islam—offered a sunnier view of Canada's approach to immigration.

In one tweet to his 181,834 followers, Zakaria claimed that Canada and Australia have "smart immigration policies that take in talented foreigners".

Then he blasted out numerous other tweets calling for the United States to reduce the number of green cards for family reunification and allow for temporary foreign workers.

It sounds as though Zakaria—a previous attendee and defender of the Bilderberg conferences—is borrowing a page from Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's playbook.


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amir
Jun 10, 2012 at 8:03 pm
lolzzzz... so true!!! two thumbs up.. fareed zakariya is a money worshipper as none of his journalistic pieces got nothing to do with "journalism".
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karmel
Jun 11, 2012 at 7:10 am
Cherry picking the best immigrants, eh? That's not what it looks like to me when I am shopping at Superstore! Do you think these people and their kids are all guest workers? I think not.
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RealityCheck
Jun 11, 2012 at 7:50 am
Fareed Zakaria is one of the great journalists and intellectuals of our time. He is unrivaled in the field of Foreign Affairs, and far more in touch with the realities of the planet than his critics.
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Farid
Jun 11, 2012 at 9:02 am
CNN is now all entertainment. Zakaria is preaching to a unknown audience that knows very little about Canada and the US and more about the Kardashian's. His audience only hears the first line and never listens to the the rest.
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bdubblut
Jun 11, 2012 at 10:40 am
"Malik went on to describe how guest-worker programs in Europe have led to more Islamic fundamentalism and increased social problems."

Persons that discover they are just the grunt for rich puppet master countries have every right to display fundamentalisms. For you Mr Malik, to argue that guest worker programs are the problem, is the problem in itself. To not prepare the humanity, compassion, and social supports that would guide these 'guests' is no better than being just another pimp. Kenan Malik = intellectual ^NOT.
As far as Fareed Zakaria is concerned, I see him as a good ol' boy who will bend over as far as told to when needed.
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blueheron
Jun 11, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Jason Kenney is principled and intelligent. In my view, he's our best cabinet minister.

Fareed Zacharia, on the other hand, carries water for Barack Obama's agenda as puppet for leftist globalists.

CNN has slipped in ratings for a reason.
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Steve Y
Jun 11, 2012 at 2:17 pm
We import far too many tim horton's and wendy's employees. With a youth unemployment rate of 25% or higher, why would a company give that important first job to a teenager when they can easily hire someone from overseas?
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Eddie
Jun 11, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Fareed has a point b/c we cannot continue on our existing trend of allowing unskilled workers without some sort of limit. Yes they serve a very important role in our economy but i am against them sponsoring their entire family who is also unskilled but more than happy to enter canada to benefit from our generous social programs. The reality is that this segment of our population tends to be less healthy, require more services and pay less taxes. This temporary work program allows the gov't to titrate up or down its needs without opening the flood gates. Europe's problem is completely different. Europe has never been known as a job producer and has always attracted the type we don't want. "users"
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