Again, this week had it’s
fill of election campaign stories, including an interview with Calgary Nose
Hill Conservative MP Michelle Rempel ... Kamloops Resident John O’Fee, and
Prince George resident Tom Birth, had an exchange about discrimination and identity
politics ... I expressed concerns regarding the BC government doing an about
face of the Community Stands Act which requires reporting by all members of the
public including professionals ... and we had three in the Top 10 the week from
Winnipeg commentator John Feldsted.
Let’s get things
underway ... here we go with ... #10
OLSEN -- You are
likely to hear confusing messages about “free,
prior and informed consent” being a “veto” handed to Indigenous people; I
hope to inoculate you from this virus
(September 18th)
... the status
quo approach is simply not good enough. Indigenous people and communities
continue to be marginalized, their rights are the same as they have always been
and, until the upcoming fall session, the province’s approach has been to
either outright ignore those rights or force Indigenous people and communities
to fight and prove they exist ...
#9 ... FELDSTED -- They are distracting from issues of
primary concern to electors with a version of a side show – “Look
what we uncovered”. The stench of hypocrisy is overpowering (September 16th)
... our
political class, led by the Liberals, appear determined to prove beyond doubt
that they have lost their collective minds. Few of us sort out our friends and
acquaintances based on their political leanings. We can have a great neighbour,
or friend, even if we differ strongly on politics ...
#8 ... FELDSTED -- Depending
on the venue, we see the feminist, champion of the downtrodden, ardent
environmentalist, champion of the middle class, protector of private sector
jobs; the list goes on (September 21st)
... Trudeau lacks a moral
compass and thus fails to differentiate between right and wrong. He does not
recognize personal responsibility which makes his claims of being ashamed and
embarrassed by his racism ring hollow. While he claims to accept responsibility
for his various missteps, he does not follow through with action to ensure
missteps will not be repeated ...
#7 ... O’FEE -- What
Every Compassionate Conservative Needs to Do (September 17th)
... we should all accept
that Andrew Scheer is a person of strong Catholic faith and that his or
anyone’s right to express their faith should be respected. However, our civil society functions best
when members of various faith communities do not impose their faith upon
society at large. For example, some faith groups mandate a certain head
covering such as a yarmulke, turban or hijab ...
#6 ... FELDSTED -- We
should be protected by journalistic integrity, but it has left the building
... and there is no way to police the internet (September 18th)
.... “Breaking news” is always suspect, no matter what the source. It
is first impressions news, unchecked and unverified. Within hours, breaking
news stories are updated to correct obvious errors. If you are reading news
on-line, check the story date and you will often see an initial date followed
by an updated date ...
#5 ... FORSETH
-- How
can those mandated to ensure the safety and well being of children is indeed the
paramount consideration, when they are forced to get consent from parent(s)
before sharing information? (September 16th)
... today, sections
of the Child and Community Service Act (current as of September 11th)
were thrown right out the window by our provincial NDP government. This leads
me to ask ... Is Katrine Conroy, the Minister of Child and Family Development,
now actually in
breach of the Act. I ask this due in part to the section pertaining to When
Protection is Needed (Section 13*)
...
#4 ... FORSETH -- ALBERTA’S GETTING IT RIGHT
… residents
in troubled BC neighbourhoods should demand the same protections, sooner,
rather than later (September 21st)
...
a
check with the BC Attorney Generals ministry,
headed up by David Eby, regarding Alberta’s process at handling this issue was
not at all helpful. When I asked, his
ministry about Alberta’s SCAN program, and if something
similar is being looked at for BC, I was told: “The government is aware of
legislation in other provinces and is currently working on something for BC”
...
#3 ... BIRCH -- Of course,
discrimination laws apply to everyone already, but identifying
specific groups gives the ability to further divide society (September 17th)
... identity
politics is a way of dividing a nation into ever smaller interest groups and
then turning them against each other. We call them ‘communities’ to give
legitimacy to the new identity. It builds fear, distrust and even hatred
between the groups. These can be based on gender, race, sexual orientation or
anything else that can be imagined ...
#2
... Michelle Rempel -- ‘By
any metric, this man, is a terrible divisive leader and for somebody to put
their name on a ballot, after that?’ – Calgary Nose Hill Conservative MP (September
19th)
... “I think
Canadians really do have the responsibility to understand that this election is
about ensuring that someone who has lost the moral authority to govern this
country, by any metric, does not continue pulling our country away from some of
the foundational principles that our democracy is founded on ... like the independence of the judiciary”
...
And at last we come to the
#1 commentary of the week with comes from Ezra Levant, posted on September
16th ...
... it’s become
standard practice for the Liberal government to refuse to accredit me or other
reporters from my company, Rebel News, at press conferences. Other
right-leaning reporters are banned, too. But, at a recent press conference at
Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, there I was, smiling at Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia
Freeland from the front row ...
It's been quite a week ... and I expect this coming one will be as much
so and more.
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