Oi Vey
According to a Globe & Mail article, apparently Stephen Harper and his New Conservative Government compiled a list of who's Jewish in Canada in order to send out Rosh Hashanah greetings last month.
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The federal Privacy Commissioner has launched a "preliminary inquiry" after several complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper compiled a mailing list of Jewish Canadians.
The investigation follows reports that a number of households received unsolicited Rosh Hashanah greetings from Mr. Harper last month.
Some of the recipients complained to news media that they had no idea how they came to be on a mailing list based on their religious affiliation.
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I guess he was thinking... what... exactly?
I mean, yikes!!!, Dude.
First of all, this whole practice of political parties sending out "Season's Greetings" to their supporters is such an egregious waste of time, money and effort that the sensible thing to do is to dispense with it altogether by mutual accord: Let none of us do it and therefore we all come out even with our supporters and non - both.
Secondly, since "Season's Greetings" (i.e. "Christmas Cards") traditionally go only to supposed Christian SUPPORTERS of the party and not ALL supposed Christian Canadians - WHAT THE HELL WAS HE THINKING?!
Finally, good luck explaining why you would assume that Jewish Canadians are a voting block of New Conservative Party of Canada supporters who care that you care that they celebrate Rosh Hashanah - or not. Because, you know, basing those sorts of things on... well... names? Synagogue attendance?? LOOKS??? - is pretty NOT DONE these days, Mr. New Conservative Prime Minister.
