Canada is waking up, finally!

We, the various groups fighting the Official Languages Act, are finally being vindicated by the articles that have been printed over the last few days on the 10th anniversary of P. E. Trudeau’s demise.

October 1, 2010

Lorne Gunter has no qualms about pointing out that Trudeau’s legacy is what has created such a divided country out of the fairly harmonious country of Canada. He referred to all the features of Canadian life that have resulted in great unhappiness across the land – the OLA, Multiculturalism, his Charter of Rights that has led to activist judges and groups, a huge increase in our national debt and a national propensity towards socialism that has destroyed the innate independent nature of Canadians.

What I find most encouraging is the fact that mainstream media is finally coming to the conclusion that Trudeau and his attempts to elevate the position of Quebec & the French fact above the rest of the country is the real reason for the disunity within Canada. It has led to the pandering of ONE province and the vote buying that has resulted in huge sums of money being thrown at that province because they control 75 seats, most held by a homogenous culture of French-speakers whose primary concern is the preservation of the French language & culture. The imbalance thus created, politically, economically, culturally, historically and emotionally explains why there is a general malaise in this country where the English-speaking majority have resigned themselves to a culture of defeat.

However, we are not defeated yet – not while we have people who continue to pay attention, to speak up & protest and, with the help of an awakening media, spread the word!!!

I have included the links to the other columnists on this topic – if you have the time to read their opinions (some for & some against), please do so. There was a very interesting discussion on CFRA this morning between John Robson (History professor at the U. of Ottawa) and Steve Madely about the legacy of Britain (the Magna Carta) and how this has laid the foundation for our concept of Freedom. If you have the time to listen, I’ll include the link at the bottom.

Kim