American Republican-style Conservatives show their contempt for the poor and unemployed
Robert Peffers
Opposition MP calls for resignation
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 5:07 PM AT
CBC News
Conservative MP Gerald Keddy is apologizing for comments he called
"insensitive." (CBC)Conservative MP Gerald Keddy is apologizing for
referring to some unemployed Haligonians as "no-good bastards."
Keddy, MP for the Nova Scotia riding of South Shore-St. Margaret's,
issued a statement Tuesday saying he was sorry for the "insensitive
comments."
"In no way did I mean to offend those who have lost their job due to
the global recession, nor did I mean to suggest that anyone who is
unemployed is not actively looking for employment," he said.
Keddy's office declined to comment further.
New Democrat MP Peter Stoffer told CBC News that Keddy should resign
from his position as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
International Trade.
"If I may be completely frank, his comments really, really threw me
for a loop," said Stoffer. "They upset me because of the fact that
that's not the situation at all.
"I'm glad that he apologized, but the reality is he is a Parliamentary
Secretary … and those types of remarks deserves a resignation. A
resignation of his position as PS to the minister."
In an interview with a local newspaper, Keddy suggested that farmers
in the province need migrant labourers because unemployed Nova
Scotians don't want the work.
"All those no-good bastards sitting on the sidewalk in Halifax that
can't get work," Tuesday's Chronicle Herald quotes Keddy as saying.
In his statement, Keddy said what he meant to say is that many small
businesses rely on foreign workers due to labour shortages, "and
without these valuable workers many of these businesses would suffer."
"Again, I apologize for my comments and any hurt they may have
caused," he concluded in his statement.
Earlier Tuesday, fellow Nova Scotia MP Michael Savage, the federal
Liberal human resources critic, called for Keddy to apologize.
Savage said Keddy's comments to the newspaper were particularly
offensive given that Tuesday is the 20th anniversary of a House of
Commons resolution to end child poverty.
With files from The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/11/24/ns-keddy-unemployed.html
John Fleming
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You really are a stupid fuck, aren't you Peffers?
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John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada
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