A large majority of people were shocked this week to discover that a Canadian government agency had described Christmas as discriminatory. I’m part of it. The National Assembly even felt the need to vote on a motion in defense of Christmas.
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From a values perspective, we are rightly shocked. This holiday is part of our heritage, far beyond religion, and no one should feel guilty about celebrating it. Above all, the way to celebrate Christmas in 2023 does not exclude anyone. Regardless of religious affiliation, all citizens are invited to celebrate, but not obliged to do so.
We as taxpayers could also be shocked. What do we do with our taxes? How many civil servants earning $100,000 or more a year worked on this pointless document? For how many weeks? Months?
Speaking of money, I’ll give you some information. The Canadian Human Rights Commission had 200 employees when Justin Trudeau was elected. This number remained fairly stable. Riddle: How many are there after the eight Trudeau years? 300. That’s 50% more!
Systemic discrimination?
Canada (like Quebec) is not a country plagued by racism. Discrimination is not systemic there. There are numerous accommodations for all minorities. The proof is the millions of people of all backgrounds who are knocking on the door to immigrate here.
Canada’s Roxham Road Airport is struggling to cope with the influx of asylum seekers. Not to mention the immigration office is overwhelmed with requests.
Attention! The mistake today would be to view the Commission’s statement as a slip-up. The mistake would be to view it as a foul ball, the result of the initiative of a handful of wandering Free Electron employees.
A strong ideology
This document is deeply rooted in the ideology that has been reshaping Canada for 40 years. With his extreme vision of multiculturalism and his version of the Charter of Freedoms, Pierre Elliott Trudeau set Canada on a new path. He changed this country so profoundly that his doctrine still shapes the functioning of many organizations and the rulings of the Supreme Court.
Multiculturalism eliminated the idea of integrating newcomers into the host society. It is the country’s institutions that have to adapt. One thing leads to another: we have come to multiply the precautions, including including a religious precaution regarding hate speech in the criminal code.
Then the idea was born that the country’s heritage and traditions should gradually disappear. The new Canada must be built with newcomers, starting with a blank page. Then we had to remove or rearrange parts of our story.
In the passport, harmless squirrels and snowflakes have taken the place of historical or military symbols.
If you follow the argument, you will judge Christmas as discriminatory.