If you're like many Canadians, you probably don't know
or even particularly care who Larry Miller is, but be advised
that up on The Hill, he's a pretty big guy.
“We call him the Keeper of the Flame — the voice
of principle and straightforward talk in caucus,”
said James Rajotte, the Edmonton MP.
“It’s no exaggeration to say he is the most loved
and appreciated person in caucus,”
said Dean Del Mastro, (former) Conservative MP for Peterborough.
These are just a taste of the testimonials in a story that ran
in that notorious lefty lame-stream rag The National Post,
entitled "The voice in Harper’s ear".
If you have heard of Larry Miller, it's probably because of what
he said about Muslim women and anyone else emigrating to Canada
on a local radio show during the Great Kanadian Niqab Kafuffle.
Larry told Muslim women to "stay the hell where you came from"
if they insist on wearing a niqab.
"I think most Canadians feel the same.
That's maybe saying it a little harshly, but it's the way I feel,"
Miller told local radio station CFOS.
"I'm so sick and tired of people wanting to come here
because they know it's a good country and then
they want to change things before they even really officially
become a Canadian, so I have no sympathy for her."
Speaking on a local radio station in his riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen
Sound about the niqab controversy (the Conservative government is challenging
a Federal Court ruling that struck down the ban on face-covering niqabs
during the citizenship oath), Larry Miller acknowledged
"it may sound 'harsh,' but so be it".
Zunera Ishaq, the woman at the centre of the niqab case,
has been a permanent resident of Canada since 2008.
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