Federal bureaucrats posed as 'new Canadians' for Sun News (aka Fox News North) event

[Newsjock]

Source: Canadian Press

Six federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony broadcast on the Sun News network, an event requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s office.

The bureaucrats smiled and held Canadian flags as the TV hosts referred to a group of 10 people as “new Canadians” that had “finally” received their citizenship.

... When a bureaucrat sent Sun News a list of possible citizenship ceremonies to cover in Ontario, a network employee suggested another scenario.

“Let’s do it. We can fake the Oath,” reads an email from a sunmedia.ca email address, the name blacked out of the document.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-bureaucrats-posed-as-new-canadians-for-sun-news-event/article2323570/

[laundry_queen]

1. haha, what maroons.

Disgusting.

As an aside, I have NO idea who watches fox news north. My dad, rabid right winger (yet not religious at all, just selfish "I want my money" stuff) refuses to watch it because it's so bad. This is someone who voted for the Wildrose party last provincial election, who is refusing to watch Sun news because it is so laughable. That cannot be a good predictor. The more stories like THIS leak out, the more likely Sun News will FAIL.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Wow...dumb...

I guess I'm more shocked at the fact that as widespread as this ruse was, not one person in the loop said "Maybe we should reconsider this..."

[SidDithers]

3. What a fucking embarassment...

Kenney is such an idiot.

Thanks for posting.

Sid