UnHyphenated Canadian Manifesto

Practice your religion, enjoy your culture, feel free to express yourself, etc. but the bottom line is if you pledge allegiance and loyalty to Canada then your first responsibility is to Canada.

I echo The Editor's sentiments........

Adopt Our Values or Go Home, Foreign-Born Muslims Told

Saturday, February 25. 2006

Here's the scoop. Extremist Australian Muslims will soon become far less happy if Peter Costello, the man destined to succeed Prime Minister John Howard, gets his way. He's on record stating that any Muslim immigrant who can't accept Australian values and wants to live under Islamic law should leave. To qualify this statement, all immigrants pledge allegiance to Australia when they are permitted to become citizens by stating:

"I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect and whose laws I will uphold and obey."

Costello said that anyone "who does not acknowledge the supremacy of civil law laid down by democratic processes cannot truthfully take the pledge of allegiance. As such they do not meet the pre-condition for citizenship."

Sounds right me. If only Canadian politicians had the same strength of character as Costello.

Posted by Editor in Australia at 19:44