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M R's avatar

PP is a maple magat and he would sell Canada out to Traitor Trump the first chance he got.

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Arjun Basu's avatar

Because DEI is only about colour. As the administration in the US proves. They are, essentially, the most DEI admin in recent history, except they are all about elevating white Christian males.

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Emily Taylor's avatar

Nope! It’s about sex too

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Arjun Basu's avatar

It is!

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Jim Goodchild's avatar

Add dairy farmers to the list. Because supply-management is nothing if not “woke-ideology” applied to otherwise free markets.

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Jason Paris's avatar

Poilievre’s ‘DEI for Francophones’ pledge goes so deep that soon only French speakers will get to enjoy a public broadcaster. If you’re English—even in Quebec—you’re out of luck. Your ‘equity-deserving’ status doesn’t count.

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Michele Carroll's avatar

Why not just put everyone “on the list”?

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Fourn's avatar

"So, someone needs to ask Mr. Poilievre (and perhaps, Quebecers, who Poilievre apparently believes will strongly support his opposition to DEI), why is ‘woke ideology’ okay as it applies to francophones but not okay when applied to things like race or gender identity?"

Last time someone suggested that French Canadians are among the most important minority groups in Canada and that the status of the French language has served as the major flashpoint for conflict over minority rights, current Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia famously replied that this "makes her wanna puke". Advocating for a DEI approach for some minorities while denying it for others isn’t by any means a bug in Poilievre’s program (although it would be hilarious to watch him scramble while attempting to answer the question above); it is a feature that runs accross the political spectrum in Canada.

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Inez Kosinski's avatar

I'd like hear PP answer these questions.

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Patrick's avatar

You may enjoy the recent episode of Canada Re-Imagined After Trump, where the case is made for constitutional renovation and Quebec sovereignty./

https://canada_re-imagined.buzzsprout.com

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