Opportunistic pandering fool.
Coming from a politician who’s party is comprised of Swedish speaking Finns who promote heavily pro-Swedish first orientated policies on the island archipelago of (almost exclusively) Swedish speaking and identity strong Swedish Finns. Living there, let alone owning land goes through a bureaucratic process (chapter 2,section 6).
NOTE: Hey Haglund, put your money where your mouth is, open Åland/Ahvenanmaa for all future refugees!
SPP leader denounces government’s attitude toward immigrants
The head of Finland’s opposition Swedish People’s Party, Carl Haglund, issued a harsh condemnation of the new government’s attitude towards immigrants in a speech at the SPP congress on Saturday.
SSP chair Carl Haglund. Image: Yle
According to Haglund, the attitude of the cabinet led by Centre Party Prime Minister Juha Sipilä towards immigrants can be seen, among other ways, in its plan for a study on what immigrants cost Finnish society.
“This would be called an independent study. Of what benefit the study would be remains obscure,” Haglund noted in his Saturday address.
He pointed out that the State Institute for Economic Research VATT and the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA have already examined the issue and come to the conclusion that Finland needs more people to ensure its wellbeing.
“It remains a mystery how we can entice people to move to this country when Sipilä and his pals stand on the border pasting price tags on their foreheads,” the Swedish People’s Party leader continued.
He added that he personally would avoid moving to any country where after crossing the border, the first thing he’d hear how much he’ll cost the nation.
Haglund said that the SSP renounces this kind of populism.
Critical of education cuts
Carl Haglund was also sharply critical of the government’s budget savings plans. Although he agrees with the amount of spending that needs to be cut from the state budget, he called for a debate on priorities.
He described plans to cut spending on education as the biggest disappointment contained in the government’s plan.
“This is strange in light of the pledges made by both the Centre Party and the National Coalition during the election campaign. It is even stranger since the government’s programme states that education and expertise are Finland’s trump cards,” he said.
According to Haglund, Finland was once known as a country that stressed research, development and innovation. Now, he said, the direction has totally changed.
“This is a catastrophic miscalculation by the government,” stated Haglund. YLE
NOTE II: What a total fraud, if future well being is so dependent on future immigration in vast numbers that he professes, what is the long term prognosis then? You mean to tell me that the from now on only immigration will solve our problems with the bloated welfare state? How about whittling back on entitlements and encouraging women to have families?
