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[–]GConly 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I suspect someone either wrote them a big fat check, or threatened any state funding they had, to get this done.

We need to remember a lot of this political pressure is coming from about half a dozen very rich men routed through a bunch of activist "charities"

[–]Femaleisnthateful 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This is Canada. Bill C-16 amended the Human Rights Code and Criminal Code to incorporate 'gender identity'. I suspect that this is being driven by the 'Diversity, Equality and Inclusion' initiatives being pushed at all levels of government.

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I know a lot of Canadians, including a lot of Canadians who would be Trump supporters if they could - it baffles me that Canadians are allowing this to happen - where is the push back from conservatives? (Sorry - I haven't been paying attention to Canadian politics, although I do read GC twitter accounts)

[–]slushpilot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Canadian Conservatives are weak and ineffectual, same as the US Republican party right now, I think. The same kinds of woke ideological tricks are being used against them to the point that they also have to deny common sense and go along with everything to not be labeled as bigots.

Absolutely zero principles. It probably will take a nutjob like Trump to break through—unfortunately.

The only ones vocally standing up to it within the Conservative party are the more Christian-family-values, more hard-right types like Derek Sloan and fringe parties with other unpalatable views like Maxime Bernier's People's Party that splintered off from the Conservatives. These people are too edgy to be electable and will not make a difference.

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The last time I was in Canada it was Alberta and they seemed pretty conservative to me (it was decades ago though) - the Canadians I met there just didn't seem like the type who would worry about political correctness at all. They reminded me of Americans from the US West, by which I mean the Southwest and states like Nevada, Montana and Idaho, not the coastal West.

So these types of "Don't Tread On Me" Canadians have also been silenced by the threat of cancellation? What a shame.

And I agree that it will probably take a brazen loudmouth like Trump for these Canadians to feel comfortable about speaking up again. Again, a shame.