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By Mark M. Persaud, The Hill Times, January 7th, 2008
A recent editorial in The Winnipeg Free Press with the title “Courting
minorities,” admonished a federal Liberal’s sense of entitlement to the “ethnic
vote” in Canada . This amusing notion has largely been constructed over the
years as a result of a cosy relationship with ethnic minorities and a big tent
approach by federal Liberals. This was complemented by a constant demonization
of the federal Conservatives as racist or, at minimum, unfriendly to minority
communities. This strategy was successfully employed by the federal Liberals. So
it is not surprising that any attempt to interfere with this sense of
entitlement elicits criticisms, including irrational ones, from federal Liberal
circles.
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Source: Conservative Party of Canada website
“Conservatives exemplify the entrepreneurial and pro-community values of New Canadians.” – Mark Persaud.
MISSISSAUGA – Appearing at an event with new Conservative MP Wajid Khan today, Prime
Minister Stephen Harper announced that another prominent former Liberal, Mark Persaud, who
chaired the Liberal Party of Canada’s Standing Committee on Multiculturalism until last year, has
also decided to join the Conservative Party.
“Since the formation of the new Conservative Party of Canada, the party has been growing,” said
Prime Minister Harper. “Accomplished people like Mark Persaud are recognizing that all Canadians
have a home and a future in the Conservative Party.”
Mr. Persaud fled turmoil in his native Guyana in 1983 and settled in Canada. He obtained a law
degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and is now President and CEO of the Canadian International
Peace Project. Renowned as a civic leader for his volunteer work on a wide range of social issues,
Mark Persaud served as chair of the Liberal Party’s Standing Committee on Multiculturalism from
2002 to 2006. Last year he was nominated for the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize.
By Allan Woods, Ottawa Bureau, 01/12/2007
The second defection of a former high-ranking Liberal to the Conservative party in less than a week illustrates that the Tories are winning over ethnic voters across Canada, and particularly in the Toronto area, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
Harper told a crowd of party faithful that the support of former Mississauga-Streetsville Liberal MP Wajid Khan and now of Mark Persaud, a former chair of the federal Liberal party’s multiculturalism committee, shows people are realizing the “failure of the Liberals to match talk with action” when it comes to new Canadians.
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