Heritage Canada, that federal government department that increasingly has little to do with heritage but everything to do with censorship and woke politics, is at it again. This time, they have changed the name of an annual Yuletide program called “Christmas Lights Across Canada” to — you guessed it — “Winter Lights Across Canada.”
“The Christmas Lights Across Canada program, now called Winter Lights Across Canada, brings together Canadians in their communities so everyone can participate and join in the spirit of the season,” reads a disclosure statement from Canadian Heritage.
Does that mean that everyone could not participate when it was about Christmas?
I’m sure that some of you are saying, “Should we care about another name change? I mean does it really matter, especially since this program is only focused on Ottawa and Gatineau?”
Resoundingly, yes: we should care. It is another example of how this Trudeau government thinks it can continue to kick Christians in the ass, by belittling their holy days.
Christmas is a holiday sacred to Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelical Christians. And people who are none of these things don’t really care if Dec. 25 is referred to as Christmas.The real irony here is that Heritage Canada is again ignoring Canadian heritage because Christmas is integral to that heritage. Canada was founded by a Scots Presbyterian named Sir John A. Macdonald and a French-Canadian Roman Catholic named George Etienne Cartier.
Now that’s national unity. They even named an airport after them.Neither could have imagined a day when the Canada they built would be purging Christmas from its national identity and foundation.
Oddly, just as the Trudeau regime continues to attack Christmas and Christians, the argument has gone the other way around in the United States. Former President Donald Trump made a point of telling Americans tosay“Merry Christmas,” at this time of year and eschew the secularized “Happy Holidays.” For years, salespeople were afraid to utter the formerphraseto customers, lest the woke Inquisition take them away for reprogramming.
Of coursethe federal government actively promotes the celebrations of other faiths, including the Jewish Hannukah, the Muslim Ramadan and the Hindu Diwali. Few people fret over this, so why should Christmas betargeted?I guess Justin doesn’t believe that Christians belong in his “Diversity is our strength” mantra. Trudeau decides what constitutes diversity, much like he decides what constitutes “hate speech” and how “misinformation” is defined.
Well, Justin Trudeau has a history of mocking Christians, especially evangelical Christians, as former Opposition Leader Candice Bergen (CPC-Portage-Lisgar)has noted. He has alsoreportedly calledevangelical Christians “the worst part of society” while claiming they had no role in the founding of Canada. That of course is monumental B.S.Of course,Trudeau is out of synch with the Roman Catholic faith he claims to embrace. He’s at best what I call a smorgasbord Roman Catholic, one who picks and chooses from the church’s dogma according to his own personal prejudices.Trudeau’s government is actively pursuing an assisted-suicide program that is increasingly committed tooutright euthanasiaand his unrestricted abortion-on-demand policy is anathema to his church and Christians everywhere. Even atheists think there should be limits placed on abortion. But Trudeau’s government promotes this bestial practice as a “reproductive right” that should be celebrated.
Sowhat else would this life-hating, suicide-promoting government want to do but smother the Divine truth of Christmas under a secular blanket of commercialism? Christmas is about God’s plan of salvation for the world; about a good life here on earth and an eternal life in Heaven through the incarnation of the Son of God.
David Krayden is the Senior Parliament Hill Columnist for the Western Standard based in the Ottawa Bureau. He has been a reporter and columnist for the Ottawa Sun, several major US publications, and the original Western Standard.
I believe that we are rapidly approaching our last chance to vote, boot, these liberal cultist scum out of office. We will be worse than China in a vet short time and yes they will build camps for people with a low credit score.
it is almost reverse discrimination. We celebrate the important days of other faiths as mentioned in the article. in fact many Christians celebrate with them. But Christians are left out of the celebration of their faith's holiday - again many other faiths gather together at Christans and celebrate our important days as we do theirs. such a shame
Regarding "a good life here on earth", when our country returns to its Judeo-Christian foundations, putting God first and loving our neighbour, then our best practices will lead to peace and prosperity. Let's lead the way. Merry Christmas.
I concur with your definition of Christmas. That it is God's plan for our Salvation by sending Jesus Christ to save us. However that plan is not to guarantee a "good life ". Jesus said that in this world you will have tribulations, but do not fear, for I have overcome the world "
I recently read a statistic that 1 in 4 people in Canada are immigrants now. It’s not up to us to change our ways and values to suit anyone coming to this country. It’s up to those people to accept our ways, or stay where you are! You’re not welcome if you want to bring your problems here. Leave your past life and come here expecting to adopt Canada and Canadian values. For the woke cancel culture here, those people need a good swift kick in the you know what! People are starting to wake up to the “woke”, and it’s about time, but we need everyone to stand up and speak up! Quit being scared little people, write your MP’s and voice your opinion, or the sheeple will continue to be the problem in this country!
Trudeau cannot be described as a Smorgasbord Catholic. He is not Catholic at all. He may have been baptized out of Pierre's tradition and while it looked good as a political formality to do so but unlike others who have lapsed and unknowledgeable of the faith he is not just unknowledgeable but hostile and seeks to attack and marginalize at every opportunity. Associating him with Catholicism is not much different then those who say that Adolf Hitler is part Jewish.
I do appreciate it the article. It shows the open hostility and hatred by the Liberal/NDP towards Christians. From my experience it is only these radicals that have this hostility. I have colleagues who are new Canadians with a non-Christian religion and they have no problem with Christmas and celebrate it themselves.
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I believe that we are rapidly approaching our last chance to vote, boot, these liberal cultist scum out of office. We will be worse than China in a vet short time and yes they will build camps for people with a low credit score.
it is almost reverse discrimination. We celebrate the important days of other faiths as mentioned in the article. in fact many Christians celebrate with them. But Christians are left out of the celebration of their faith's holiday - again many other faiths gather together at Christans and celebrate our important days as we do theirs. such a shame
Regarding "a good life here on earth", when our country returns to its Judeo-Christian foundations, putting God first and loving our neighbour, then our best practices will lead to peace and prosperity. Let's lead the way. Merry Christmas.
Oh how i wish the truckers convoy would have stayed put and put that vile criminal liberal cabinet out to pasture.
I concur with your definition of Christmas. That it is God's plan for our Salvation by sending Jesus Christ to save us. However that plan is not to guarantee a "good life ". Jesus said that in this world you will have tribulations, but do not fear, for I have overcome the world "
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
Make a point of wishing everyone a Merry Christmas this year!
I recently read a statistic that 1 in 4 people in Canada are immigrants now. It’s not up to us to change our ways and values to suit anyone coming to this country. It’s up to those people to accept our ways, or stay where you are! You’re not welcome if you want to bring your problems here. Leave your past life and come here expecting to adopt Canada and Canadian values. For the woke cancel culture here, those people need a good swift kick in the you know what! People are starting to wake up to the “woke”, and it’s about time, but we need everyone to stand up and speak up! Quit being scared little people, write your MP’s and voice your opinion, or the sheeple will continue to be the problem in this country!
Trudeau is a satanic terrorist
Trudeau cannot be described as a Smorgasbord Catholic. He is not Catholic at all. He may have been baptized out of Pierre's tradition and while it looked good as a political formality to do so but unlike others who have lapsed and unknowledgeable of the faith he is not just unknowledgeable but hostile and seeks to attack and marginalize at every opportunity. Associating him with Catholicism is not much different then those who say that Adolf Hitler is part Jewish.
I do appreciate it the article. It shows the open hostility and hatred by the Liberal/NDP towards Christians. From my experience it is only these radicals that have this hostility. I have colleagues who are new Canadians with a non-Christian religion and they have no problem with Christmas and celebrate it themselves.
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