a x ‘retraction’ ‘ | Radio host says he’s sorry ‘ By SARAH A. : ZIMMERMAN 5 radio host made a full of -accusing . Skeena MLA ‘Robin ‘Austin of racially ~jnappropriate opinions. | Harjinder Thind, a’ host "of RED-FM, a radio station ' dedicated to representing a _ tvariety of ethnicities, lam- ‘basted Austin for comments _ ‘he made in the provincial _‘tegislature last month about : the need for the 5 government {to invest in skills training in “the northwest. : of Austin had made refer- ‘ence to the province ooking a ‘to bring in skilled immigrant - ‘workers to fill. the skills ‘shortage and said it would -be better to train people in © rural and remote areas to fill’ ‘that gap instead. “4a “Surely those people whio Uhave committed themselves ~.!to-living in the north should . ‘have the chancés to’ ‘gain.’ ithe skills to _ fill: those jobs: sinstead of relying on immi- ‘grants who, quite- “possibly, 7 will only want to live in the . Lower Mainland: once they % get here,” Austin had said. ; a ‘the Lower- Mainland when — or Those - remarks were “taken: out of context by Th- ° ind, who. accused Austin of “wanting to give jobs to white » ~ people before others. “Mr. Austin says, ‘don’t . spend. money on the skilled workers : and Y -_ We want to train our white ' ‘people first, who. are liv- | ‘ing Here ‘and spending on ~ a ‘immigration doesn’t make any sense,” said Thind, ac- : “cording to transcripts of his. immigrants. March 6 show. . “*You have been spend- “ing money on immigrants in 999 “we need it in interior. aj Austin called the com- ‘ ments outrageous and pto- i. ‘vincial/ NDP lawyers im- ~* “mediately asked for a‘public - retraction of the statements, ve Austin said. 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