If anyone cares to watch this 38 minute doc, I would love to know what you think of it. To me, it's the Koch Bros/Steve Bannon/Cambridge Analytica, etc ideology. I wish I had the time and mental faculties to create a coherent rebuttal but all I seem to be able to do is sputter in disgust and horror.
Trudeau has made lots of mistakes, the vaccine mandates being perhaps the biggest and definitely the most damaging in the long term imo, and he should step down to allow new leadreship. But I feel that there is regime change operation underway and that it has international aspects.
Three of my four sibs have joined the side represented by this documentary, two because of the Covid vaccine mandates and one drifting over more recently.
For the record regarding some of the points raised in the documentary, I am in favour of decriminalization of drugs (and of harm reduction models in general) and of medical assistance in dying. I believe there was egregious harm done to children and communities by the residential school system. I believe that children died without their bodies being sent home so they are buried somewhere and it isn't in regular cemeteries.
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"lots of mistakes, the vaccine mandates being perhaps the biggest"
Yes, one could argue that those things are more damaging, along with his unequivocal support of Israel (albeit common to almost all Cdn politicians) and of the Ukraine war. Not calling at all for negotiations re Ukraine.
But the vaccine mandates seriously tore the social fabric, paved the way for right wing influence on other issues, and gave rise to deep long term social division within the country.
Had a look, thanks for posting. I don't trust the Torygraph to provide an unbiased picture but some of the examples are v troubling on their own merits regardless of the rather obvious ideology being pushed in the underlying narrative. Particularly the disabled veteran being informed that she had the right to die when what she really needed was better service provision and the ability to live a dignified life - that struck me as particularly chilling, and an example of where capitalist logic takes us in an era of real (ie: not just artificial) scarcity. And I more or less agree with the gay & child-defending critiques of gender ideology, though generally I think it's being exploited by both left and right as a wedge culture war issue. On the other hand some of the points made about residential schools seemed a-historical bordering on genocide denial, with the racist trope of wanting to 'civilise' the indians through supposedly benevolent attempts at education. From the bits I've read it was the same impulse as in Australia and other colonies where the attempt was to 'breed out the black' and to destroy the culture by interrupting the transmission of culture from the elders at a crucial time in the upbringing. It's got to be willful ignorance & dishonesty at this point to try and claim that this wasn't a deliberate strategy by the 'nice' and 'neighbourly' Canadians. Not that I think people should be fired or criminalised for voicing these opinions, or for simply asking for evidence to be produced about alleged crimes (assuming they're telling the truth about the lack of confirmation for the mass grave they were speaking about).
In short, some interesting information and perspectives, but I don't trust that the producers have told the whole truth or accurately portrayed the opposing arguments.
I've been wondering why a UK journalist would make a 'documentary' like this about Canadian policies. It indicates that these 'anti-woke' warriors are uniting and attempting to impose their beliefs across national boundaries.
I don't doubt the veteran's story about MAID but I wonder if it is based on an ill advised remark by her social worker. It is not easy to be approved for medical assistance in dying (MAID) and that veteran would not meet the criteria as they now stand. Of course, the society has to be aware and on guard against unethical use of MAID.
The stated aim of the Indian residential school system in Canada was to take the Indian out of the Indians - complete assimilation and destruction of the native languages and cultures. Unless they were willingly delivered to the state, children were taken from their homes by force and many never saw their hones or families again. Regarding unmarked graves, it is known that many children died, and their bodies were not returned to their families, so they are buried somewhere and it isn't in regular cemeteries. The whole thing about confronting how indigenous people were treated in Canada is dicey. They have suffered severe multi-generational trauma characterized by family violence, substance abuse, disconnection and all the things that result from severe trauma. They are attempting (with quite a lot of success now) to find their way through that to a better future of their own making. But the past is mostly oral history because there are few written records.
Some people deny or minimize the suffering of First Nations people, and some few believe that the policies and actions of the Canadian government and the Crown were sensible.
'I've been wondering why a UK journalist would make a 'documentary' like this about Canadian policies. It indicates that these 'anti-woke' warriors are uniting and attempting to impose their beliefs across national boundaries.
Well, they would view themselves as the embattled minority fighting against the imposition of woke beliefs on them, ie: an attack on their values, and I think they have a point, esp on free speech and medical coercion as you noted. So I'm not surprised they would seek to make allies in other countries, or learn lessons from what they've been through. Internationalism - a very leftist value, so I thought
'I wonder if it is based on an ill advised remark by her social worker.' - I wondered if that might be the 'innocent' explanation, but if that's something that was being read off a list of things to mention to struggling people - which is what it sounded like to me - then I still find it chilling that care workers can push that option possibly before addressing other quality of life issues. On the other hand I also think it's inhumane for assisted dying to never be an option, and the practice of keeping people alive through untold suffering, sometimes for years and years is also horrendous. Honestly, I'm uncomfortable with the state having any say in the matter, either way.
Thanks for the further info on residential schools. One of the interviewees suggested the children may have died of disease, as if that too wasn't the responsibility of the institutions.Tell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/
Note that in the US, I can say, the experiments only go so far - the wealthy speak out, while in other countries the wealthy are comprador (a major difference). So the biolabs and other dirty work is always done elsewhere.
on October 3, 2023, 1:50 pm