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Well done, @kshahrooz. https://twitter.com/MLInstitute/status/1403102170677858304
"Allow me to submit, as a person born into the Islamic tradition and culture (but who does not practice) that there are perfectly rational, non-bigoted, and lower-case liberal reasons to have rejected #M103," writes @kshahrooz. #cdnpoli https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/conservatives-much-answer-voting-m-103-not-list-kaveh-shahrooz-line/
Highly recommended. A great account of why Orwell’s plea for clarity of thought and precision of language have never been more relevant. The woke are trying to seize control of the very language we use to debate politics. @MLInstitute
Our Politics And The English Language
What would Orwell say about our debased discourse?
andrewsullivan.substack.com
If this doesn’t bring a tear to your eye you have a heart of stone!
A boy sold his Pokémon cards to pay his sick dog’s vet bill. Then the donations started.
“Bruce got sick and needed my help,” said Bryson Kliemann, 8. “I was super sad. I didn’t want to lose my best friend.”
apple.news
Melissa Mbarki: Cancelling John A. Macdonald will do little to help Indigenous people
Melissa Mbarki: Cancelling John A. Macdonald will do little to help Indigenous people
The history of residential schools could have taken a turn for the better if Pierre Elliot Trudeau did the right thing and closed them
nationalpost.com
“Don’t take down memorials, necessarily, but think about putting up other ones that actually remind us of the negative consequences of history, that remind us of the other people who fought back or made other efforts to make the world right.” @kenscoates
Removing memorials 'an unending process', says Canadian historian
A Canadian historian who has long studied aboriginal rights is not on board with the idea of taking down statues and removing names.
montreal.citynews.ca
In the popular telling, Canada faces a stark choice: #Indigenous rights or economic development.
The reality, of course, is much more nuanced. #cdnpoli #cdnecon
Read the latest from @ExnerPirot:
It's not a stark choice between Indigenous rights and economic development. We can have both: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Financial Post | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
We are witnessing an impressive resurgence of Indigenous economic development as 39 First Nations produced oil and gas on their own reserves in 2019.
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