Bambi's Thoughts
“Die Gedanken sind frei
My thoughts freely flower,
My thoughts give me power
No scholar can map them,
No hunter can trap them,
No man can deny:
Die Gedanken sind frei! “
Bambi would like to thank her friend Samer (name changed to protect his privacy) for sharing the following link:
https://www.boyden.ca/canada/opportunities/board-members-18686504/index.html
From Boyden Canada, you can read the job description (shown further below), calling for “Applicants/Nominations to the Inaugural Board of Directors for Black Opportunity Fund.”
From this call, we learn about Black Opportunity Fund (BOF) meant to “combat anti-Black racism in Canada”. Yes, Canada is SO racist and so anti-black that it needs such initiatives now? As Samer wondered in a very candid way: “Is there a white opportunity fund… or are you telling us that all the funds available before were destined for whites only?!!!”
Do you also see the hidden message underlying all these initiatives: If you have a black skin, you are not good enough to compete for the usual funds or usual business opportunities? Don’t you see this as an insult, like Bambi does? Had she been a black (not just a so-called BIPOC) deer wanting to use the services of Boyden Canada, she would have been insulted to see this initiative, despite the good stated intentions. She bets many other business leaders would be asking the same question as Samer. Keep in mind that both him and her are so-called “people of colour”.
Why aren’t we simply valuing the richest capital ever—whom we are as a person in life, that is with all our richness that has been built on the integration of our heritage with our culture/environment, along with our personal choices/decisions in life. Why aren’t rewarding hard work, creativity, and agency?
Plus, how are we going to assess the eligibility of those Applicants/Nominations? Is it by relying on Teams or Zoom platforms’ images (looking for a tanned appearance?). What if they may be Middle Eastern like Samer, but who tans beautifully over the summer? Are we going to administer a skin hue test to them then?
Once again, we are putting ALL so-called blacks together. We are not looking at a Canadian say from Nova Scotia who happens to be of black heritage or a recent immigrant from Nigeria or a Québecker of Haitian descent.
We are also telling Canadians that they are racist in such as systemic and systematic way that we are now creating a two-tier society (or two-tier system of everything). Is this the ideal way to be truly inclusive?
The tragedy according to Bambi is that our governments, big companies, and even charities are talking this talk and/or taking acts in this direction. What will be the end result of all this? Will it truly bring more social justice and more equality?
Not only our federal government is behind with vaccines, compared to other countries, and decent basic living conditions to our first nations (i.e., running water, etc.), it is also dividing us further and further without any vision of unity and development of talents/skills (https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/from-vaccines-to-pipelines-to-clean-water-on-reserves-why-canada-cant-seem-to-get-anything-done). For Bambi, fostering tribalism in a society is VERY worrisome. It is the antidote to progress in a country. It is a dangerous game of playing with fire that can burn us all, just like how Lebanon burned for 15-years during civil war.
To conclude this post, further below you will see the text of Boyden Canada about this job application. Before that, Bambi feels like sharing the following: some of her friends who left Canada to work abroad many years ago do not realize how worrisome our situation is. They think Canada is still where they have left it. It is hard from far away to realize what Bambi is trying to explain in this post and in others. Some kindly still read Bambi’s blog (thank you), even if they do not agree (others sometimes take some self-boycotting breaks from it). Yet many others thank Bambi for the posts or privately share opinions (some generously and even courageously nowadays write comments). Bambi hears sometimes comments about why is she talking like the “far-right” (?), perhaps when she denounces the extremism of the far-left (we all know that the far-right is bad!). Well, Bambi’s answer to all this is the following: If in her own family, one beloved relative known to be to the right, herself historically to the centre-left, and another beloved relative who was a communist in his youth are now all on the same page… Well, this must tell us something about what Bambi and Samer are denouncing. Why don’t our political leaders stop and wonder about how to envision Canada (i.e., what are the implications of their flirt with this or that ideology on our best interests, as a society)?
Whether we are to the left, right, a hardcore federalist (lover of big governments and Trudeauists even), a hardcore socialist or environmentalist, a proud Québecker or Albertan, or maybe simply a Conservative/Libertarian (advocating for small governments like Mr. Maxime Bernier), or if we do not care about directions in life (just about Canada and the future of our children)… let’s pause and then critically use our brains before endorsing this or that policy. Plus, let’s not accuse each other being racists because we are not anti-racists enough, etc.
For an inspiring reading, if you want to take the time, Bambi discovered this thoughtful article over the weekend. Food for thought… https://www.persuasion.community/p/john-mcwhorter-the-neoracists
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Job Description
Call for Applications/Nominations
to the Inaugural Board of Directors for Black Opportunity Fund.
Black Opportunity Fund (BOF) has been established to combat anti-Black racism
in Canada by building a sustainable and long-term pool of capital for the Black
community.
To fulfill its mission to raise and mobilize the world’s largest permanent pool
of capital to serve and empower the Black community, BOF will be established as
a registered charity with three distinct pools of capital: a Philanthropic
Giving Pool that provides support to charitable organizations that meet BOF’s
giving criteria, a Black Business Pool used to provide financing for Black
businesses, and an Investment Pool used to make responsible investments to
generate income for BOF.
BOF is currently governed by a Steering Committee, serving as an interim Board
of Directors. Early in 2021, the Steering Committee will transition fiduciary,
strategic and generative duties to a Board of Directors comprised of 15-20
accomplished individuals who are members of and/or have a demonstrated track
record of commitment to Canada’s Black communities.
Comprised of exemplary individuals from across Canada, the newly formed Board
of Directors will bring a mix of skills in Investments, Accounting/Audit,
Legal, Governance, Communications/Marketing, Strategy, Investment Risk,
Non-profit/Granting, and Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital. The Board will also
include representatives with experience in the areas of Social Justice,
Education, and Health.
To explore this exciting opportunity further, please click Apply to submit your
resume and information.
To nominate someone, email their name and bio to nchambers@boyden.com. Be sure
to write “BOF Board Nomination” in the subject line of your email.
We would like to thank all the applicants but regret that we are only able to
personally contact those individuals whose backgrounds best match the
requirements for the role.”
Bambi’s heart is heavy and she is speechless since this morning…
Kavana (Ms. Wa Kilele) is no longer with us (at least in a physical sense because her memory will be eternal!)… Yes, tragically, Kavana died from an asthma attack.
Kavana is a talented Mount Allison University alumnus (Sackville, NB, Canada). It is hard to find words to describe her kindness, her vivid intelligence and talent, her big heart, and openness to the world.
To Bambi’s knowledge, she lived in at least three countries: in Mozambique where she was born and raised (and where her family still resides), in Kenya where she has more recently moved, and earlier in Canada where she touched so many lives!
Bambi sends her love first and foremost to Kavana’s grieving family, to her relatives, to her friends in Sackville, in Africa and literally around the world (from out of Lebanon where she is now, Gloria’s heart is broken as she appreciates your “amazing soul”, to use her own words. Bambi also sends her condolences to Gloria’s family), former fellow students, the Mount Allison Student Union (MASU), the teachers, staff, and administration of Mount Allison University, the Argosy student newspaper family, the Sackville Refugee Response Coalition, the United Church, the Town of Sackville, the Rotary Club of Sackville, and many more… Please forgive Bambi if you do not read your organization’s name here. Everyone loved/loves Kavana. Everyone adopted her and, most importantly, she also adopted us… like a family.
Just to make you smile Kavana, if you can ever see deer blogs from heaven, Bambi will never ever forget when/where she bumped into you the first time. It was on York Street, a few weeks before she officially met you at social events with our dear newcomers to town and then at Lebanese parties at Goya’s Pizza place. We ate together, we laughed, we danced. As a reader, you may perhaps wonder how can someone recall where she precisely met someone. Well, if it is Kavana, you simply remember. It was during a snowy and windy day where Bambi was walking fast to work. Kavana, you were getting out of a store (was it the Knuckles Truffles Chocolates Chocolate shop?). We were the only two human beings on the street in this crazy weather. As Bambi shared with you later, our human brains can surprise us with their reactions sometimes… Well, Bambi’s brain had a spontaneous thought (funny as it was in French): “Oh une autre femme de couleur comme moi en ville…”, she was surprised by her own thoughts. Yes, Bambi identified with Kavana as another woman of the same colour as herself (keep in mind that Bambi is not much into this language of categorization of people like BIPOC, which means “Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour“) Who knows? Perhaps Bambi simply identified with another member of a (visible) minority? Perhaps she felt some warmth in the cold by bumping to a smiling Kavana? Perhaps Bambi felt a fast connection to your beautiful smile (a mirror to your “awesome soul” to use your friend Gloria’s words)? When our paths crossed again at a public social event in town, Bambi shared this thought with you. She will always recall how we both smiled/laughed at this souvenir and then engaged in a fun and enriching conversation.
Indeed, Kavana was talented in connecting with everyone. What a great listener. She was also a pleasure to listen to, to get to know, and learn from. Thank you Kavana for whom you have been. Thanks to your family for having raised you and for them and life who brought you to us. Our lives would have not been the same without your journey among us… Sackville and our province of New Brunswick are grieving today with all your loved ones worldwide.
Among many of Kavana’s amazing contributions to our campus and town are her articles in Argosy (2016-2017):
https://www.since1872.ca/author/k-wakilele/
As you can see in the link above, she was passionate about social justice and she wrote MANY informative and thoughtful articles on various topics listed below (with links):
For those who checked the box labelled “other”
What’s new in NB? (April 5, 2017)
What’s new in NB? (March 22, 2017)
Focus group on mental health accommodations held on campus
Salt use on slippery Mt. A sidewalks
A day in the life of a snow plower
Indigenous speakers discuss MMIW
Mt. A students upset about Trump win
Student-led mental health groups aim to break down stigma
Sackville Commons opens to community use
Decolonization of academics not happening on campus
Queerphobia in communities of colour teeming with hypocrisy
All-gender bathrooms to be the norm at Mt. A
Changes to racism policy in progress
To conclude this post, it is not easy to say good-bye in any language… Bambi does not know if you or your family speak Makhuwa, Changana, Sena, Nyanja, Ndau, Chwabo, Tswa, or another language, perhaps most likely Portuguese. So, Bambi will choose the latter to say: “Adeus” Dearest Kavana… Thank you, we all love you, rest in peace, may your memory be eternal and inspiring, and may God knows how to comfort your loved ones’ hearts during their grieving journey.
Imagine that you are the parent of a child attending this school and you receive such as survey, what would be your reaction? In all honesty, would one of your reaction be one of the options below?
Now, for those of you who know the Lebanese context, imagine that you receiving a similar survey from your child’s school in Beirut. It is asking you the same, but replacing the absurd concept of “whiteness” with another identity characteristic like you religion affiliation (or at least your parents’) or being tall or being short, etc. Imagine if a school is asking Sunni Muslim parents to do this reflection or Shia Muslim parents or Christians versus Muslims or Druze and Jews. How do would you feel about it if you are that target group of parents?
https://nypost.com/2021/02/16/nyc-public-school-asks-parents-to-reflect-on-their-whiteness/
Why are the Americans (and with them the Canadians… and maybe by extension the whole Western world) doing this to themselves? Why are they accepting and endorsing this non-sense wokeism? See the “8 levels of whiteness” below, if you do not believe Bambi.
Why do we see society’s elite like Hollywood stars, politicians and even governments, companies like Apple, schools/universities or rich people like Bill Gate and Melinda (through their foundation) endorsing the woke ideology and competing to virtue signal, whilst being among the blessed ones with jobs, high salaries, and recognition?
When will all this stop? And how will it end?
According to school authorities in Oregon (USA), maths is racist ?. Thus, from now on, they must teach it in an anti-racist manner in order to “dismantle white supremacy” (https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf):
In their illogical logic, maths teachers should no longer insist on the “right answer” or on the mistakes that need to be fixed. Can you imagine? We are talking about maths here. How can 1+1 not equal 2 and how can a number be racist because it is the (only) right answer?
It would be naive to think that this is only an Oregon story. Do a quick search of the internet or find out what students are being taught. With this regard, you may also wish to read some titles of our funded Canadian grant applications in scientific fields like physics or medicine. You may have also heard about scholars calling to “decolonize” bookshelves, maths, and science degrees, whatever this means.
To conclude this post on a positive and selfish note, when Bambi watches a video like the one below, she is grateful to life, thanking God: Even if she is sad for our civilizational malaise, as a result of three recurrent miscarriages, she does not have children to worry about their education…
Bambi woke up early in the morning to wonderful news from Lebanon. Despite its destroyed capital, power outages, and challenged healthcare system, this country is managing its vaccination campaign from the best of its capacity. Yes, Bambi’s beloved relatives received their vaccine (75+ following healthcare providers). What a relief and what an ironic contrast with us here in Canada where Bambi’s beloved relatives, friends and senior fellow citizens are still waiting… Yes, look at our performance compared to countries like Morocco or even like Serbia or Roumania, and/or others… Yes, the world is truly upside down :(!
Now, the day is about to end in New Brunswick, Canada (in 10 minutes). Well, Bambi just toured the news and read the disappointing news about the “Lebanese judge removed from Beirut blast probe, according to a judicial source” to France 24. Remember this huge explosion of August 4, 2020 that destroyed Beirut, killed over 206 people (including at least two toddlers), injured 6500+, and made over 300/400,000 families homeless? Yes, this one. It was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts of the world (as per L’Orient Today). Well, families of the victims are upset. Many took the streets, despite the coronavirus pandemic:
Bambi will not spend time talking about political interference, mafia-like players/politicians who seem to only care about protecting each other. She does not understand how all this operates. Plus, she did not have faith in this process from day 1. Mind you, she does not even trust international investigations, even if six months ago she joined her voice to all those demanding it.
Did Bambi give up on justice then? No, of course not, despite its imperfections, it remains the wisest, most brilliant, and logical tool human beings have ever created to bring a form of accountability. It is just a shame to see this happening in a capital with a long history of aspirations for justice. For those who do not know it, Beirut hosted the “Law School of Berytus” (= Beirut), teaching Roman law, in the classical antiquity era. When will impunity end in the wounded and traumatized Lebanon? Doesn’t it deserve better than this circus? Don’t Beirut citizens deserve respect by their so-called public servants?
May God give Lebanon’s people patience whilst awaiting to see the light of truth and justice at the end of the tunnel. Even if it seems far away now, one day this light will shine again on you Beirut!
To conclude this post with tenderness, here is a re-posted beautiful artistic gesture, along with Feiruz’s famous “Li Beirut” song. It is a tribute to the surrealistic Beirut port explosion’s victims, those in heaven… and victimized again today.
Yesterday, we heard Mr. Trudeau struggling to pronounce the word “genocide” to refer to the Chinese mistreatment of the Uighurs.
Today, we read about Mr. Biden telling us that the Chinese authorities’ behaviour is due to “cultural differences” or “a cultural norm”. Does that make any sense? Perhaps it does when you seem to have sold your soul to the other side and you want to justify their behaviours to your supporters? With all due respect to Mr. Biden, this is reminding Bambi of some of the Lebanese politicians’ apparent loyalty to foreign countries over their own.
Perhaps more specifically related to cultural relativism, this story is reminding Bambi of an awful one that took place in 1994 and shocked Bambi (as well as her sisters) at the time… it involved a Québec judge, called Ms. Raymonde Verreault (a woman on top of that!), who reduced the sentence of a father who raped his 9-year-old step-daughter from the maximum punishment of 10 years to 23 months only (with 1 year probation). Why? Listen well to this… because he sodomized his young victim, thus preserving her virginity, which is very important in his Muslim religion (the man is of Algerian origins)!! Can you imagine? Her argument was the following: This “seems to be a very important value in their respective religion. So, we can say that in a way, the accused spared his victim …
To conclude this post, Mr. Biden and Mr. Trudeau seem to have the same lover (China). Bambi wonders if Mr. Biden will use the same excuse (cultural norm) to justify his relationship with Iran? Sadly, when the latter is justified and empowered, Lebanon pays the direct price (by strengthening the Hezbollah’s hegemony on it).
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2011/11/26/une-tragedie-evitable
Google translate of the article above from the Journal de Montréal (2011):
Can someone explain to Bambi what our federal government is trying to achieve with this?! Look at what it is doing with our PRIVATE companies using the Statistics Canada agency (mission, channels, platform, infrastructure!)!! The government “wants to know everything” about us indeed, Mr. Martineau is right!
Even the Catholic church of Québec before its “Quiet Revolution” did not resort to this level of interference in people’s private lives. Well, even Lebanon’s Hezbollah with its Iranian-based hegemony, did not think of doing this… to the best of Bambi’s knowledge (Oups, Bambi should not give them ideas now!).
Before translating M. Martineau’s article for you, please keep in mind the following:
“Statistics Canada is the national statistical office. The agency ensures Canadians have the key information on Canada’s economy, society and environment that they require to function effectively as citizens and decision makers” :
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start
This means that Statistics Canada is supposed to serve citizens allowing them access to public information to “function effectively as citizens and decision makers” . It is not supposed to be used, like the mainstream media have being instrumentalized by our government through public funding. It is not supposed to be politicized or religiosized (i.e., the ideology of wokeism). Can our government tell us why they are trying to achieve with our own tax money?!
Keeping this in mind, now is the time for Bambi to shut up (hard to do, as she is upset). Below you an find a quick translation of Mr. Martineau’s informatively shocking article…. but first, here is a link to his original French piece. Thankfully, the Journal de Montréal still publishes independent writers like Mr. Martineau, Dr. Facal, Ms. Durocher, Mr. Bock-Côté, and others:
(https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/02/16/on-veut-tout-savoir
“To find out how Canadian businesses are doing during the pandemic, Statistics Canada sent a long questionnaire to several entrepreneurs across the country.
The large-scale survey, which ran from January 11 to February 11, aims to measure the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Canada.
“By participating in this survey, you bring invaluable perspective to governments, chambers of commerce and business associations by providing them with up-to-date information to design strategies that will support the survival and sustainability of Canadian businesses. “
EACH IN HIS CASE
Here is what you can read at the end of the questionnaire …
“Question 28: What percentage of this business is owned by women?
Question 29: What percentage of this business is owned by First Nations, Métis or Inuit?
Question 30: What percentage of this business is owned by immigrants to Canada?
Question 31: What percentage of this business is owned by people with disabilities?
(Include visible and non-visible disabilities)
Question 32: What percentage of this business is owned by LGBTQ2 individuals?
(The term LGBTQ2 refers to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or two-spirit)
Question 33: What percentage of this business is owned by visible minorities?
(In Canada, a visible minority person is a person, other than an indigenous person, who is not of white race or colour, regardless of his/her place of birth) “
“WITH WHOM ARE YOU SLEEPING?”
I imagine the owner of the company behaving like a good citizen and who wants to fill out his questionnaire correctly…
“Hey, Pedro…
– Yes?
– I have, uh, a question for you.
– Yes what?
– Where are you from?
– What do you mean, where am I from? Because my name is Pedro, I’m not a real Canadian, is that it?
– No, no, I just want to know…
– I was born here and my father was born here, OK? I’m as Canadian as you are!
Okay, Pedro, okay, don’t get upset… Uh, I have another question.
– What?
– Uh… do you have an invisible disability?
– Why ? Do you think I’m doing my job badly?
– No, no, but… Aren’t you dyslexic? Or deaf in one ear?
– No, I’m doing great!!!!
– OK, last question, my Pedro … Uh … Hmm … I don’t know how to ask you that…
– Go ahead, I’m in a hurry!
– Are you gay or bisexual?
– WHAT???? How does that concern you, who do I sleep with?
– Uh, I’m sorry, it’s the government that wants to know, not me…
– It’s none of your business, okay?
– You’re right … But … Are you allosexual, by any chance?
– What is that?
– Do you think I would know that myself?”
WE WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING
There was a time when we didn’t care where you came from, if you were disabled, who you slept with.
Now we are compiling these data. The society is cut into small, thin slices.
What percentage of black blood is in your veins? What are your sexual practices?
We’re there, folks.
And something tells me that this is just the start.“
According to Mr. Trudeau, the term “genocide” is “extremely loaded“, so serious international standards must be met before it can formally be used in describing China’s (mis)treatment of the Uighurs (as per the Gravitas video below).
Of course, he is right, it is heavily loaded and it should not be used lightly. Many of Bambi’s friends lost relatives to genocides during civil war. So, her own definitions or points of reference are like Mr. Romeo Dallaire’s tragic experience in Rwanda. To come back to Mr. Trudeau now, why does he use words like genocide or like systemic racism or white supremacy, etc. lightly? Mind you, he does it only when it is his own country… or our neighbours, but never when it is about China?
Indeed, in contrast, he seems to always walk on eggshells when it comes to China. He does not do it with his own fellow citizens, namely with regard to the tragedy of deaths and disappearances of indigenous women and girls.
Every day and every night, Canadians self-flagellate because they are so bad as a country with our ongoing “genocide” of indigenous people. Yes, there has been a cultural genocide sadly for sure :(…. but ongoing? And we are guilty, but not China? Does that make any sense? Perhaps it does if we call Mr. Trudeau the Governor-in-Chief of China in Canada?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-mmiwg-genocide-1.5161681
The title of this post is about Mr. Gibran Khalil Gibran’s Garden of the Prophet, specifically his wise words about the sadness of countries divided by tribes instead of being unified.
Keeping this in mind, look at the new woke logic of some Canadian intellectuals, like Mr. Allen Alexandre (“a veteran federal Liberal political organizer who has served many Trudeau cabinet ministers in a senior capacity”). In an article published in the Toronto Star, we can read his article (https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/02/16/trudeau-george-floyd-and-the-emergence-of-black-canadian-identity.html), entitled “Trudeau, George Floyd, and the emergence of Black Canadian identity”. Here are some extracts:
“…But squeezed into the French/English language divide, these disparate groups’ integration defaulted along the fault lines of Canada’s two solitudes. And absent a clear common cause or issue to bring them together, their interactions ended up largely mirroring the dynamics of Canadian dualism in the decades that followed.
Until September 2019…”
“… At the social level, a number of influential Black-founded and Black-mandated organizations have burst onto the national stage. They are led by a legion of young, pragmatic, and media savvy torchbearers who are not hampered by the cultural, linguistic, and technological constraints that limited their parents’ capacity to co-operate. Combined with movements, such as Black Lives Matter, these organizations represent a disruptive force that is accelerating the cohesion of 1.2 million Black Canadians at an unforgiving pace.
“… In the end, history likely will regard Justin Trudeau as the most consequential prime minister for Black Canadians. But ultimately, it will be his ability to absorb and embody the nascent Black Canadian collective consciousness that will determine whether, like his father, he secures for his party the loyalty of yet another generation of Black Canadians”.
Look at how the author is insinuating that a skin colour (or so called-black Canadian identity, to use his own words) is more noble and more meaningful than being Canadian or being Québecker.
In other parts of his article, he seems to be telling us how much younger generations know better than their parents’ and grand-parents’ who immigrated to our beautiful country and contributed to building it. For him, the patriotic project around their adoptive county is the meaningless “two solitudes” of Canada. How sad and how out of touch his vision is from an immigrant point of view. Is he telling us that a Haitian has more in common with a Nigerian than a Haitian has in common with another francophone?
Like Bambi and her parents, those parents he is referring to left disrupted or literally destroyed birth countries dreaming of this welcoming Canada, with its imperfections and stories/histories. They love their adoptive country more than he can imagine. Bambi bets that most of them do not want to adhere to radical movements, like wokeism. They want to respect everyone and be respected by everyone. Not because they are from a so called “racialized” (= victimized) group, but because they are actually like everyone else. Of course, like everyone else, they are whom they are uniquely, that is whole individuals who are creative, resilient, and hard-working members of society.
The multiculturalism of Mr Trudeau dad he is referring is of course interesting, but only up to a certain point… precisely, when more than ever, we need to remain united in order not to lose our soul or common points of reference as a nation or a country still in infancy. Not as a “post-national” hotel or tent where tribes live (contrary to what Mr. Trudeau Junior said about Canada being a post-national country). This multiculturalism has no choice but to be reasonable and flexible. Else, it will keep lending itself to radical movements like the wokeism the author is describing. To cite one politician he did not mention in his article, namely Mr. Maxime Bernier, it is perhaps about time to “promote what unites us”.
Ask any immigrant, whether from an African country, from Haiti, or from war-torn Lebanon, he or she will tell you about how much they thrive to work hard, earn a living whilst raising their children in a unified country, that treats them with dignity without using them in empty yet potentially dangerous ideologies. If Mr. Trudeau can sincerely offer or still offer them this vision of Canada to them, they will vote for him. If not, like Bambi did the last time, they will look elsewhere, even after having been a historical liberal voter and remaining a Classical Liberal believing in free thinking, free speech, and free love of one’s country (even when the head of this party does not seem to still believe in all this….).
To conclude this post, this author may be wrong. It is the children or new generation he is talking about who may surprise him by refusing this neo-radicalim empty of substance (a type of neo-marxism) and eventually destructive. The majority of people, younger and more senior (even if it is silent) is not into radicalism, whether the latter comes from the left or the right (nowadays it is the left that seems to have gone crazy)… and even if such radical movements seem to be sanctioned by our state (or our institutions and brains taken over by them).
