Merry Christmas, ya bunch’a heathens

Harper sent around his Christmas greeting.  When I received it by e-mail, there was a line in bold, but on the PMO website, there's  no bold.

(as appears in the e-mail):

“But for now, this is the season to count our blessings. For Christians, the greatest of these is Christmas itself, the birth of Jesus Christ.

“But for Canadians of all backgrounds, it is our shared ownership of the most fortunate of all lands, our Canada, with its deep traditions of freedom, tolerance and generosity. This Canadian birthright draws to our shores people of all faiths, who in coming, strengthen it all the more.

Generosity...sure, and didn't harper show that generosity today? 

At least 10 Greater Toronto immigrant service agencies have been told by Citizenship and Immigration Canada that their program funding will not be renewed next year, with up to 35 others across Ontario also facing “significant” cuts.

 Those agencies provide a wide range of services, many of them for women and children.  Services include language training, job search, job training, locating housing, adapting to Canadian culture, and important cultural training explaining that christians and secular societies aren't hated-filled baby-eaters.  In other words, they try to break through and educate people who may carry racial hatred from their own cultures.

Hoskins noted the majority of the defunded organizations are ethnocultural agencies serving specific ethnic communities.  “Their specialties can’t be replaced,” Hoskins said. “They are upset at what they called the ‘blunt’ and ‘brutal’ manner the news was delivered to them, in a letter, two weeks before the holiday. None understands the justification and rationale behind it.”

Here is the list of GTA agencies losing federal funding:

Northwood Neighbourhood Services;  Elspeth Heyward Centre for Women; Tropicana Community Serives; Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre; Community Action Resource Centre;  South Asian Women's Centre;     Eritrean Canadian Community Centre of Toronto;     Ethiopian Association in the Greater Toronto Area and Surrounding Regions ;  Afghan Association of Ontario ;  Bloor Information and Life Centre   

Here are a few photos from some of their websites:

Are we seeing a pattern to the cuts?

Kenney, the Minister of Curry-in-a-Hurry was heard on CBC news later explaining that The cuts to GTA are because immigrants just aren't moving to TO anymore, so fairness dictates money should be spent elsewhere in Canada.  Well, that's a lot of horse-shit.  The cuts are all across Canada, not just the GTA, and people running the centres are saying TO is still getting a lot of immigrants not just directly, but from other provinces as well.

Mean, elitist government.

But hell, they need to make those cuts for this (emphasis mine):

Nothing is final, but the new headquarters is envisioned as a veritable puzzle palace for Canadian cryptographers. Part of the inspiration comes from high-tech companies, who have found that good things happen when staff are forced to work together – and when they play as hard as they work.

 But that only applies to real Canadians.  You know, white, male, christian conservatives.  And spies.  "Cause spies are so fucking cool.