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Title: Canada’s socially progressive values now stretch from coast to coast
Post by: Felix on April 30, 2012, 12:29:13 AM
Post by: Felix on April 30, 2012, 12:29:13 AM
Ottawa Citizen
Michael Den Tandt
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Tandt+Canada+socially+progressive+values+stretch+from+coast+coast/6537774/story.html (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Tandt+Canada+socially+progressive+values+stretch+from+coast+coast/6537774/story.html)
Discrimination based on race and gender and sexual orientation are history, too, for the most part. There are still racists, homophobes and gender-haters in Canada, of course. And there are aberrations (Afro-centric schools in Toronto, for example). But the shared expectation of equality under the law for all, is now so firmly embedded as to be foundational. This is something interesting, unique — and new.
We actually, finally may be living in a just society, as various past prime ministers dreamt we one day would. Not only that, but we live in a society in which the shared idea of equal rights spans the political spectrum, and also our country's vast geography.
Too Pollyannaish by half? It sounds it. But consider the facts on the ground.
Michael Den Tandt
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Tandt+Canada+socially+progressive+values+stretch+from+coast+coast/6537774/story.html (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Tandt+Canada+socially+progressive+values+stretch+from+coast+coast/6537774/story.html)
Discrimination based on race and gender and sexual orientation are history, too, for the most part. There are still racists, homophobes and gender-haters in Canada, of course. And there are aberrations (Afro-centric schools in Toronto, for example). But the shared expectation of equality under the law for all, is now so firmly embedded as to be foundational. This is something interesting, unique — and new.
We actually, finally may be living in a just society, as various past prime ministers dreamt we one day would. Not only that, but we live in a society in which the shared idea of equal rights spans the political spectrum, and also our country's vast geography.
Too Pollyannaish by half? It sounds it. But consider the facts on the ground.
Title: Re: Canada’s socially progressive values now stretch from coast to coast
Post by: justmeinoz on April 30, 2012, 04:38:56 AM
Post by: justmeinoz on April 30, 2012, 04:38:56 AM
Looks like the sister Dominion has beaten us again. :laugh:
Despite the comments on the link, it is very hard to get any sort of social legislation repealed, so it is just a matter of waiting for the haters to die off.
Despite the comments on the link, it is very hard to get any sort of social legislation repealed, so it is just a matter of waiting for the haters to die off.