Pierre Poilievre thinks he can win over new Canadians. Khanna was a political staffer for the man federal Conservatives credit most for making the inroads with immigrant communities that helped Harper along to a majority: Jason Kenney. "Values upon which we need to build a future Conservative party." He was emphatic in an interview with a Punjabi radio show last month: "The Conservative party is pro-immigration." Kmiec, a Polish immigrant, said the federal immigration department is dealing with massive backlogs and out of control processing times.

Source: CBC News December 18, 2022 17:30 UTC