Juno News - June 30, 2026


Trudeau says immigration relies on ＂shared values＂


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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

157.76

Word count

438

Sentence count

14


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In this episode, former Canadian Prime Minister Jack Layton responds to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments about immigration and integration in Canada. Jack lays out his own views on the matter and explains why he believes integration is not a racist issue.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 All right, so you heard Justin Trudeau's comments about immigration,
00:00:03.920 and it prompted you to react to those comments.
00:00:08.300 He was talking about the need for integration
00:00:10.800 and how people should value Canadian values and fit in.
00:00:16.900 And you seem to be suggesting from your comments
00:00:19.940 that he had a very different point of view earlier on.
00:00:24.780 yeah listen i i think i i am actually glad to hear a former canadian prime minister
00:00:32.940 celebrate canadian values and recognize that our country is something that people want to be a part
00:00:41.280 of but it's a very different tune that now the retired uh prime minister is singing when then
00:00:49.100 when we were both serving in the 44th parliament because when those of us who dare to raise the
00:00:54.640 exact same points that he's now saying in retirement, he would imply that we were racist.
00:01:01.000 You know, there are times I remember in the house where they wouldn't overtly say we are
00:01:05.960 racist or bigots, but what he would say is something along the lines of, you know, saying
00:01:12.040 that we were putting out dog whistles and say everything but calling us racist, but
00:01:17.540 implying it throughout.
00:01:19.500 But for me, especially as a son of refugees, son of immigrants who came to this country,
00:01:24.160 There's never been anything racist about expecting newcomers to embrace the values that make Canada worth coming to or being a part of, right?
00:01:33.760 My parents understood that as refugees, Mark.
00:01:36.540 They didn't come here to recreate what they fled.
00:01:40.560 You know, they were persecuted by communists.
00:01:42.240 They lost everything to communism.
00:01:44.820 They were part of South Vietnam that, unfortunately, was a flawed but aspiring democracy, but they lost the war.
00:01:50.820 And so when they came here to Canada, they came to become Canadian.
00:01:56.440 And saying that doesn't make me a bigot or a racist.
00:02:01.300 And advocating for integration also doesn't either, right?
00:02:06.620 Integration isn't exclusion, which during the 44th Parliament,
00:02:10.940 I heard a lot coming out of the then Prime Minister Trudeau and his party.
00:02:15.840 because integration I think for me is something that my parents are actually very intentional
00:02:21.300 about and and it's part of the promise that I think we make to everyone who comes to Canada
00:02:26.040 that you know there are things that we stand for and you can be a part of it and you can belong
00:02:31.300 as a Canadian but there's things that you have to subscribe to right where if if you want to
00:02:37.580 be a part of Canada you need to subscribe to rule of law you need to subscribe to uh you know our
00:02:44.580 freedoms