You can tell by the rage expressed by Canada’s Open Borders activists that this story isn’t over yet. A Catholic school official apologized, but I assure you grovelling is not enough for these people and I predict he will be gone soon.
From the Toronto Star:
Rookie Catholic school trustee Frank D’Amico ate a large piece of humble pie at a board meeting Thursday night, but refugee advocates are disappointed that it wasn’t followed by disciplinary dessert.
D’Amico read a statement at the start of a Toronto Catholic District School Board meeting in which he said he regretted statements that have been “reported in the media.”
“They were insensitive” and the comments did not reflect board policies on the admission of students, he said.
Comment about September 11th is beyond the pale
D’Amico said he understood board policy does not deny admission to students based on their parents’ immigration status and this reflects provincial law.
The trustee’s apology was in response to a furor created after an email he sent to social work student Nadia Saad, who is currently out of the country. Saad had written him about a woman whose nephew was denied enrolment at three Catholic high schools because he didn’t have immigration papers.
D’Amico replied that the student’s aunt was “lucky I didn’t answer the phone because my first call would be to Immigration Canada.”
He said in the email he wanted to remind her of “911. September 11, the day that changed the world” and he added “I am (sic) forward your concern to the RCMP and to Immigration Canada.’’
At the meeting, Trustee Maria Rizzo said the board is “accepting of all students, no matter what.’’
Apology not enough! Never enough!
And that incenses refugee advocates, who spoke at the meeting Thursday. Farrah Miranda, an organizer with No One is Illegal — Toronto told the Star D’Amico’s “forced apology” is not enough.
So far the Catholic school is sticking with their man, but for how long? I don’t know enough about Canada’s Catholic Church to know if they are as deeply infiltrated by the hard Left as the American Catholic Church, readers might want to check out this relatively new US website on the matter—Exposing Marxism in the Church (here).
Oh, and be sure to check out the comments to the story in the Toronto Star.
