It's Canada Day today. Last year we were told to cancel it and pay homage to Indigenous people.
This year the Liberal government is letting us know that our first flag is a symbol of white supremacy.
Canada's first flag called white supremacist symbol on Trudeau Liberal-funded 'anti-hate' site for kids - Roberto Wakerell-Cruz, The Post Millennial, 30 June 2022
https://thepostmillennial.com/canadas-f ... e-for-kids
Canada's Red Ensign—the flag that Canadians fought under in both World War I and World War II while killing actual Nazis—is described as a white supremacist flag.
The Trudeau Liberals have launched an "anti-hate" toolkit titled "Confronting and Preventing Racism in Canadian Schools" that classifies Canada's first flag as a symbol of hate.
Antihate.ca, funded by a $268,000 federal grant, calls Canada's Red Ensign— the flag that Canadians fought under in both World War I and World War II while killing actual Nazis— a flag that "denotes a desire to return to Canada’s demographics before 1967, when it was predominately white."
"The Canadian Red Ensign is often used by the younger alt-right/Canada First movement but has been seen amongst older hate-promoting groups and individuals. Its usage in modern times is an indicator of hate-promoting beliefs," the booklet says.
Other memes deemed to be hateful include NPCs— from the video game term "non-playable character"— which is used to mock those who thoughtlessly wander through life and generally agree with every consensus, "Chad guy and Trad girl" which they say is used by "incel groups that depict the ideal for cisgender white men and women", Wojaks, and Pepe the Frog.
"Incel groups"? It appears that many members of the Liberal Party of Canada are not just hysterical but viciously insane.
More details:
Federal government effectively declares Red Ensign a hate symbol - Jamie Sarkonak, National Post, 30 June 2022
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie- ... ate-symbol
The federal government shouldn’t be telling K-12 teachers to monitor and discipline students for holding certain political views. But it’s part of a project the Department of Canadian Heritage paid $268,400 to do.
Launched on June 29, an educational toolkit created by the federally supported Canadian Anti-Hate Network, and jointly announced with the government calls for a politically correct culture change in schools across Canada. Its 50-page guidebook is geared toward confronting and preventing hate — which would be fine if it didn’t include political beliefs, critical thinking, and Canada’s previous national flag among the evils to be confronted.
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The guidebook encourages identity-based activism in the classroom, insisting that educators “increase the visibility of symbols of diversity and tolerance” in the classroom — including pride flags, culturally affirming posters and portraits of people from historically marginalized groups. It is a good thing for teachers to foster welcoming environments, but it’s dystopian for the feds to be nudging them to do it a certain way.
Students who don’t go along with this illiberal narrative should have their concerns recorded and dismissed, according the toolkit. “Often, these students have little more than dogma to offer, but some students may have impassioned and intricate stances that have led them to this point,” it says.
The guidebook goes on to list the Red Ensign, the official flag of Canada until 1967 and the one under which we fought fascists in the Second World War, as a symbol of hate promotion. Its use by modern fringe movements shouldn’t override its place in Canada as a symbol of unity, but the guidebook still claims that, “Its usage denotes a desire to return to Canada’s demographics before 1967, when it was predominately white.” If anything, the mainstream should reclaim it.
Happy Canada Day!
