I think it is important Canadians not be smug, as there is a need to recognize Canada is following the same playbook and ideologies as the USA. It is also not a “Republican” or a “Conservative” issue, as the same centralization of control is inherent in all the parties that have gained seats in recent Canadian parliaments.
I note the episode of Red-Tory you link to is the one that included a short mention of the White (Supremacist) Paper of 1969 which demonstrated that the Dominion of Canada government (as it was still more honestly called at that time) had learned nothing from what led to the Genocide Convention of 1948.
There was a reason for that policy direction to be shelved, but the fact that Constitution Express (leaving up to Canada Act 1982/etc), RCAP, TRC, MMIWG hasn’t advanced settler-colonial thinking or institutions much since should be a source of embarrassment to those who incorporate being Canadian into their identity.
I think it is important Canadians not be smug, as there is a need to recognize Canada is following the same playbook and ideologies as the USA. It is also not a “Republican” or a “Conservative” issue, as the same centralization of control is inherent in all the parties that have gained seats in recent Canadian parliaments.
https://r.flora.ca/p/lets-work-to-fix-parliamentary-flaws
I note the episode of Red-Tory you link to is the one that included a short mention of the White (Supremacist) Paper of 1969 which demonstrated that the Dominion of Canada government (as it was still more honestly called at that time) had learned nothing from what led to the Genocide Convention of 1948.
There was a reason for that policy direction to be shelved, but the fact that Constitution Express (leaving up to Canada Act 1982/etc), RCAP, TRC, MMIWG hasn’t advanced settler-colonial thinking or institutions much since should be a source of embarrassment to those who incorporate being Canadian into their identity.