Sun News Network + Jason Kenney = frothy mixture

If you ever wanted to combine the worst of Conservatism – that frothy mixture of deceit, barely-veiled racism and amoral opportunism – look no further than the perfect marriage of the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism and Fox News North.

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.

Except …

In the end, only three of the 10 people the department had lined up to appear at the Sun’s studios actually showed up.

But the show went on – featuring at least six federal bureaucrats. Three of those who took the oath wore identical T-shirts with a citizenship logo on it.

How a real network does it, rinsed of the dirty handiwork of Harper henchmen:

The CBC broadcast an hour-long, full-fledged citizenship ceremony for 75 new Canadians that featured a studio audience, a bagpiper, a retired Mountie in his red serge and local dignitaries. That event, which was broadcast live a day after the Sun’s reaffirmation ceremony, had been planned with the department since the summer.

I find it a little more than curious that everyone at Sun Media - save Warren Kinsella - refers to the CBC as “the state broadcaster”, considering that the “state” is actually Harper’s Conservatives. Is there any more a symbol of the current government other than Sun News Network, an organization that will do anything, legal, appropriate or not, to further the welfare of the Conservative party?

UPDATE: Via Dr Dawg:

X-posted at Let Freedom Rain.