{"id":7948,"date":"2020-11-28T17:06:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T21:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=7948"},"modified":"2020-11-28T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T22:25:32","slug":"the-problem-with-dr-zaidi-is-that-his-task-force-criticizing-quebecs-bill-21-is-out-of-the-wrong-province-the-problem-of-the-cbc-is-that-it-spreads-misinformation-about-this-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/11\/28\/the-problem-with-dr-zaidi-is-that-his-task-force-criticizing-quebecs-bill-21-is-out-of-the-wrong-province-the-problem-of-the-cbc-is-that-it-spreads-misinformation-about-this-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"The problem with Dr. Zaidi is that his task force criticizing Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s bill 21 is out of the wrong province. The problem of the CBC is that it spreads misinformation about this bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First, why is a $21,000-funded Calgary-based task force in Alberta<\/span> pretending that Bill 21 in Qu\u00e9bec<\/span> \u201chas impacted religious minorities across Canada since it came into law in 2019<\/em>\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/bill21-alberta-calgary-anti-racism-task-force-1.5814987<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, and perhaps more alarmingly, why is the CBC mischaracterizing Bill\n21 once again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CBC article falsely informs us that \u201cthe secularism law bans\nreligious symbols, like hijabs and turbans, prohibiting public teachers,\nlawyers, police officers and civil servants from wearing religious symbols\nat work, effectively preventing them from working in their chosen fields<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, here is the truth about Bill 21 (this blog has\nmany posts on the topic):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is about the representatives of authority ONLY. Not\nall employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill 21 has a \u201cgrandfather\u201d clause meant to allow existing public servants in\nposition of authority to keep serving (protecting their jobs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether we like this bill or not, it is made in Qu\u00e9bec,\nby Qu\u00e9bec, and for Qu\u00e9bec. It came after 10 years of a public debate on reasonable\nand unreasonable accommodations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When are we going to finally respect the specificity\nof Qu\u00e9bec?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, this CBC<\/em> article is no longer about\njournalism. This is mere propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we truly want to address racism in our country, let\u2019s\nstart by respecting Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s democratic choices, including this bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Mr. Legault\u2019s government, Bambi applauds his courage in wisely refusing the political trap of endorsing an absurd label of \u201csystemic<\/span> racism<\/em>\u201d and bravo for continuing to work to address racism against first nations (https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2020\/11\/27\/quebec-promises-to-end-racism-against-first-nations-while-denying-its-systemic\/<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To those who do not know Qu\u00e9bec well, it is one of the\nmost welcoming places in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qu\u00e9bec is far from being perfect. Indeed, no place is\nperfect. Same for any system or society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like anywhere else, there is racism in Qu\u00e9bec (e.g., Bambi keeps thinking of Ms. Joyce Echaquan\u2019s widower and their children. She lost her life in a cruel way ironically at a hospital \u2639). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, to say that Qu\u00e9bec makes its citizens suffer from systemic racism, just because it has a majority that still openly respects itself (in our collective insane times), would be unfair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be even racist to once again (\u201csystemically\u201d?)\nrefuse to accept others\u2019 culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of Qu\u00e9bec who may be too triggered by Bill\n21 are free to move to Calgary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows? They may wish to even become Dr. Zaidi\u2019s\npatients, if they wish (he has a family practice: https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/zaidi-shandro-safety-1.5515564<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who are vocal about Bill 21 whilst living miles\naway from Qu\u00e9bec are respectfully invited to educate themselves about this bill\nand about Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, the advice above is meant for both Dr. Zaidi\nand the Town Council of Calgary (https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/calgary-quebec-bill-21-1.5303676<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, why is a $21,000-funded Calgary-based task force in Alberta pretending that Bill 21 in Qu\u00e9bec \u201chas impacted religious minorities across Canada since it came into law in 2019\u201d? https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/bill21-alberta-calgary-anti-racism-task-force-1.5814987 Second, and perhaps more alarmingly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7952,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948\/revisions\/7952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}