Canadians are going through the same refugee crisis. Here’s a take on one pretty funny story about Finland’s lefty Prime Minister:

A wise man once said, “Never be afraid to see what you see.”

Consider the current Trudeau government edict that Canada will accept 25,000 Syrian refugees* by the end of 2015.

Now, before anybody gets sideways, I have absolutely no problem with bringing in Syrian refugees to make a fresh start. Don’t care if their religion is Muslim, Christian, Jew, Yazidi or Jedi.

Just want somebody official to have a chat with them and be more than a little certain they’re not a criminal, fanatic, gay-basher, former ISIS combatant or fond of female genital mutilation.

(It might be worth pointing out that 25,000 is only a couple of hundred more refugees from Iraq and Syria than we took in under the evil, heartless and incredibly insensitive Harper Government.)

Indeed, Canada now offers a safe haven to 1 of every 10 legitimate refugees annually rendered stateless around the world. Not half bad for a place we’ve been repeatedly told became a despised international pariah in the past decade.

So – why the rush? And why the “You’re a racist! You’re a xenophobe!” rhetoric directed at the 67% of Canadians not in favor of rushing.

We have a new government intent on proving it’s completely different from the last one, meaning they’re kinder, gentler and far more accepting of just about any world iew.

To that end, Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday night clearly eager to show our American cousins how much further evolved we are on the subject.

During one of my professional sojourns in Los Angeles, Bill Maher had a similar current affairs and comedy show called “Politically Incorrect”. And I was a regular member of the live audience.

Whether or not you share Maher’s sense of humor or his politics, you have to grant him two undeniable characteristics. He doesn’t allow political correctness to cloud his judgement. And he doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

Freeland delivered the current Canadian narrative and in the process set herself up to receive the brunt of both those Maher barrels.

What was revealed in this discussion (watch it here) was that Ms Freeland’s commitment to the “we’re so progressive” narrative overwhelmed any deeper thought into what the implications of bringing so many into a very different culture might mean – to both them and the existing culture.

And what may happen if you don’t think such things through?

Well, you could end up like the Prime Minister of Finland…

Similarly driven to prove his progressive cred, Finnish PM Juha Sipila offered up his own home to incoming Syrian refugees. He was probably looking forward to a “Sunny Days” photo op with a tearful single mom or doe-eyed orphan.

Instead he got this guy, who claimed he was just an normal 17 year old kid…

Now, I understand that whenever you invite a crowd you’re going to end up welcoming a few douchebags. But even as a proud Canadian, I have to admit, we’ve got a lot of douchebags already. Do we really need to import a whole bunch more?

Finland shares a lot of similarities to Canada: Climate, love of hockey, etc. And Finland is already seeing a lot of problems from their own influx of pre-vetted by the United Nations refugees.

Since we’ll be on the hook for billions of dollars through this effort, shouldn’t we at least make sure we end up with people who truly want to be here -– and maybe embrace the Canadian values all of us want to see more of in the world?
Via: The Rebel