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The @JKenney clip tweeted earlier was part of a speech he gave in 1999 to a Western Canadian Conference of religious Catholic home school parents- This is the entire speech. I have zero doubt many social conservatives will be inspired by the messages being delivered here.
As for the rest of us, it's painful. I personally couldn't watch it in one sitting. Those of us who are mainstream Canadians can get very complacent, thinking that religious zealots have too much power in the Middle East, and some other parts of the world, but Canada is immune.
But as the astronaut played by Tom Hanks, said in Apollo 13, "Houston we have a problem." When you watch this speech, you can decide for yourself whether @JKenney is expressing views that are core to his thinking, and therefore not likely to change significantly over time.
This is definitely who @JKenney was 20 years ago. But if this is core stuff for him, then this is still who he is. If that's true, "Houston we have a problem" No political Conservative in Canada has more influence than the man I am now ashamed to say I supported for 2 decades.
Whether it's Premier Ford in #Ontario or #CPC leader @AndrewScheer who may be on the doorstep of becoming PM, Jason Kenney is highly influential. When he speaks, they & their staffs listen. This is @JKenney speaking to religious conservatives in 1999.
