Editor of the G & M during the Iraq War, Afghanistan War, and the "War on Terra" following 9/11, Greenspon had only two words for Canadians: multiculturalism and tolerance.

  Terrorism, militarism, torture, heightened homeland security, increasing influence of religions, the Harper government, pushed Canada further to the right wing.  It was the perfect opportunity to inundate Canadians with bigger tsunamis of immigration and refugees.

  The wars were a big boost for newspaper circulation. And the humanitarian crisis created by the bloodbath in the Middle East. was a bonanza for the immigration industry.  Appeals to the compassion of soccer moms with Afghan girls unable to attend school worked wonders.  As the economy melted down in 2008, causing untold suffering for many low income folks, middle class 
"citizens of the world" were dedicated to refugees and immigrants. The gap between "important" establishment elites and ordinary expendable Canadians became a chasm.