Somehow the behaviour of Liberal MP Ahmed Hussen reminds me of a babysitter I once knew.

Mom hired her for the summer to watch over my brother and I. Mom left Marie with a list of things to do while watching us, like fixing lunch. But somehow Marie had her own agenda, which was to lay around by our pool and work on her tan.

One day she invited a group of her friends over, and told Paul and I to make ourselves scarce. We were only too happy to oblige.

Marie made a cake mix from mom’s larder, and sandwiches and sodas from the fridge. Apparently she and her friends had quite the time. She did clean up the kitchen, but when mom saw the cake box in the trash, she asked me if I enjoyed it. I replied that we hadn’t got a bite, as Marie had served it to someone else.

My mom was a little less tolerant than Canadian voters, as Marie was immediately let go.

Hussen came from a country (Somalia) that was essentially in anarchy. The warlord of the day was in charge, cold enough to steal food sent by other nations to feed the starving and then sell it to those who could afford it.

To a lesser extreme I see that in Hussen. He does not appear to care for those for whom he is supposed to serve. And he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have a goal of bringing in one million immigrants. Many are given welfare benefits, and the stats say they remain on the dole. But one has to wonder where is the money going to come from to support them. And of course the answer is, for the most part, Canadians – including their children and grandchildren.

If I saw someone trying to take something away from one of my children or grandchildren there would be hell to pay. How is stealing our children’s legacy and birthright not seen in the same light?

Canada does not need a million more immigrants. Canada doesn’t need those that have been shoved at her since Trudeau was elected. Many aren’t vetted, many have disrespected legal channels, and many go on the dole and apparently stay there.

Trudeau has complained of “Old Stock Canadians” since he took office and said Canada belongs to immigrants. But the country is not his to give away, nor are the many millions of dollars he’s giving away to other nations.

Canada belongs to the folks whose ancestors settled the land, established cities, built the railroads, universities, and established medical miracles.

Still, if someone wants to follow the law, pay their own way, show respect and become assimilated into Canadian society, they’re more than welcome.

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Greg Scharf was born in Sarnia and lives in Southern California