Canadians are already tired of the deep division around issues such as gender, race, climate change and free speech. But we can't avoid it; rather we need to address it
Oh, we were so smug then, in simpler times, when we flicked through the American cable news networks to gawk at people screaming at each other about social values. But like it or not, the so-called “culture wars” have woven their way into the fabric of Canadian political, educational and societal discourse too. Even if we wanted to (and many of us do), there’s no avoiding them anymore.
“Culture
wars” is a catch-all phrase that has become shorthand for increasingly
divisive discourse around issues such as gender, race, climate,
capitalism, the nature and limits of public speech, and the legacies of
colonialism.
Examples are everywhere ...
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