A tent fire was accidentally caused by a mosquito coil, but Sean Casey rushed to call it an 'act of intimidation'

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Liberal MP Sean Casey would have done better last week condemning the pesky mosquito, that scourge of summer, rather than issuing a self-righteous, moralizing manifesto that appeared to attack Canadians.

High on dudgeon, but low on fact, Casey went to bat for a group of foreign workers in Charlottetown, PEI, who claimed that a protesters’ tent was deliberately set on fire while people were sleeping inside.

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In his written tirade, the Charlottetown MP didn’t quite say “this is not who we are” as he vehemently condemned the anonymous arsonists, but he came awfully close to it.

As it turned out, it’s not who Canadians are.

Contrary to what Casey and the protesters appeared to allege, the fire was not the result of hate-filled Canadians reenacting Mississippi Burning, but an accident caused by a mosquito coil.

But such is the rush by some Liberals, including Casey, to show their compassionate and caring side that things like truth, facts and reality are left in the dust.

Dozens of foreign workers have been protesting in Charlottetown over changes the provincial government is making to its immigration strategy.

The province is nominating 1,600 workers for immigration this year, a drop of 500 people. Some temporary foreign workers already in the province........

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