Illegal: fortunately, virtually any speech short of direct incitement to violence cannot be prosecuted criminally in Canada.
Immoral: depends on your moral compass, I suppose. It's an attempt to present Canadian politics to Americans from a rather right-wing Christian perspective, so I would imagine you would agree with much of what he says economically but disagree with most of the religious and socially conservative stuff.
Untrue: Much of what he said is pretty slanted to his own perspective, but I don't doubt that he believed it. The fact that he believed it raises some alarms, but really not that much.
The thing that's most interesting about it is that because it was given when he was not an elected official, and presented to a friendly audience of deeply conservative Americans, it is strikingly candid about his party's true opinions and motivations. Now, as a leader of a major political party, he is attempting to present himself as being much more in the Canadian mainstream, which means that either a) his opinions have changed drastically from 1997 to 2005 or b) he (along with many members of his party) have an agenda very different from the one they are presenting publicly. (Good heavens, a politician lying? Heaven forfend!)
Re: That's a bit to wade through this morning...
Immoral: depends on your moral compass, I suppose. It's an attempt to present Canadian politics to Americans from a rather right-wing Christian perspective, so I would imagine you would agree with much of what he says economically but disagree with most of the religious and socially conservative stuff.
Untrue: Much of what he said is pretty slanted to his own perspective, but I don't doubt that he believed it. The fact that he believed it raises some alarms, but really not that much.
The thing that's most interesting about it is that because it was given when he was not an elected official, and presented to a friendly audience of deeply conservative Americans, it is strikingly candid about his party's true opinions and motivations. Now, as a leader of a major political party, he is attempting to present himself as being much more in the Canadian mainstream, which means that either a) his opinions have changed drastically from 1997 to 2005 or b) he (along with many members of his party) have an agenda very different from the one they are presenting publicly. (Good heavens, a politician lying? Heaven forfend!)