Immigration Minister Jason Kenney slams David Suzuki for his “extreme anti-immigration views”

The old Reform Party was always accused of being anti-immigration.

'They'll close the doors' was a narrative perpetuated by the 'left' as a scare tactic against the upstart renegades from the West.

But Jason Kenney — Canada's most pro-active immigration minister in recent memory — has proven that was far from the truth.

Oddly, Kenney's party is being accused of being too immigrant friendly. And the one doing the accusing is environmental activist David Suzuki.

In a Canada Day interview, published in French newsmagazine L’Express, Suzuki lauded Canada's multicultural harmony but also said that our immigration policy is "crazy."

Here's an excerpt of the interview as translated by the National Post.

Suzuki's parents — of course — weren't born in Canada either.

But he said that immigration is okay when you welcome people who are struggling in other countries.

Suzuki's comments have angered Kenney.

He took to Twitter to voice his displeasure:

And then, Kenney took a shot at the media

Kenney is probably correct on that point.

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Suzuki — who does work for Canada's public broadcaster — has become an ardent critic of the Harper government.

Over the past year, he's chided them for its position on the Kyoto accord, its promotion of Alberta's oils sands and for weakening the Navigable Waters Act.

[ Related: David Suzuki blasts PM Harper over erosion in "democratic principles" ]

Last month, in a scathing op-ed piece published in the Globe and Mail, Suzuki slammed Harper suggesting that, under his reign, there has been an "erosion" in democratic principles.

(Photo courtesy of the Canadian Press)

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