Some debates sometimes become toxic.
Roxham Road is a good example.
We feel caught between two equally simple discourses – which are mutually beneficial.
On the one hand, some are caught up in verbal swelling.
The Bloc Québécois ad comparing Roxham to an “all-inclusive” represents that swelling fairly well, although they’ve done a good job on the issue for months. The will of the Parti Québéco is to send the Sûreté du Québec, to found an enclave and also to distribute leaflets.
To mark the blow to the Quebec government’s failure to control its borders, we fall into a discrediting excess that feeds certain undesirable, xenophobic rhetoric.
Conversely, it’s not much better. Justin Trudeau’s angelic vision is unworthy of a prime minister who cares least about Quebec. A display of good feelings and moral superiority, but without action, without clarity, without focus. We’ll make the situation worse. Fog as a unique policy.
The influx is increasing every year, encouraged by the American authorities without lifting a finger. Without anything being said or denounced.
The provincial liberals and the solidarity groups also participate in this irresponsible discourse, equating any intervention by the PQ with mock Trumpism or the desire for a wall.
Would you like to point the finger at the Trudeau government’s responsibility for the Roxham Road cause? They, too, use Roxham for political ends.
Real and complex
We are therefore in a false dilemma. We are prompted to choose. Are you for or against Roxham Road? Are you open or closed? For or against the nation of Quebec? heart or heartless?
Roxham Road has become a real problem. We have to acknowledge it. And realize that a solution is urgently needed.
The disorganization of our immigration system is destroying part of our society. Increases the tension.
It rarely ends well for a society embroiled in border disputes. Talk to Americans.
