Quebec and Canada’s woke have fostered the cause of Western independence more effectively than any Western independence party or group has managed to in decades..Frustrated Westerners continually spawn new movements and parties that often flare up and fizzle out with limited success. I did just that with the Alberta Independence Party in 2001. It is hard to maintain an organization based on anger and secessionism. By its very nature, it is going to be populated with prickly people who don’t work well with others..Maybe it’s time to try a new tactic. Proponents of Western independence should consider kicking back and letting Canadas woke politics guided by a the cowardly Laurentian elites do the work for them..Led by Trudeau, there has been a movement to undercut Canadian pride happening for years. Institutions and landmarks named after national historic figures have been renamed while statues of the nation’s founders have been toppled with nary a peep from federal leaders. Canadian history is being erased before our eye and with it, an sense of national identity..In 2021, Trudeau arbitrarily lowered the Canadian flag for nearly six months over the discovery of possible unmarked graves at the sites of some former residential schools. A flag is a unifying symbol of national pride and for half a year the federal government refused to display it proudly. The flag was only raised when public pressure from veterans groups became too much as Remembrance Day approached. It was raised grudgingly. While Trudeau can never admit fault of his own, but he revels in acts of contrition in response to national actions from generations ago..Protesters against COVID-19 restrictions embraced the Canadian flag as part of their movement. In response, Canada’s woke establishment began characterizing the display of the flag as a mark of extremism. Some politicians and media figures stated on social media that they felt triggered and upset when they saw a vehicle displaying the flag..This attitude continues today as we hear of some workers being fired from establishments due to customer complaints over the display of Canadian flags on their vehicles..What better way to neuter national unity and pride could there be than to turn the flag into a negative symbol?.Canada Day itself is under threat now too..Last year we were told to keep it muted and to use it as a time of reflection on how evil the history of the nation was. I had even heard of restaurant servers being instructed not to wear red that day in case they may offend a snowflake..In Winnipeg, Canada Day has been cancelled. It will be called “New Day” where participants are presumably expected to hang their heads in shame over being part of such an abhorrent nation..Meanwhile in Quebec, the culture of Canada has been rejected for decades and the provincial government is only becoming bolder in their nationalistic bigotry..Quebec’s legislation banning the wearing of turbans or hijabs by civil servants is one of the most overtly racist policies in the developed world..That’s not enough for Quebec’s leadership though. Premier Legault just went on a tirade calling non-Quebec cultures inferior. He has outright rejected the concept of multiculturalism and wants to pursue policies of forced integration upon any immigrants..This sort of intolerant arrogance on the part of Quebec’s leadership isn’t unexpected. It’s built into their very nature as one of the most culturally insecure populations on the planet..The issue is with how the Laurentian federal leadership refuses to intervene when it comes to Quebec’s intolerant policies. They have maintained a policy of appeasement and groveling when it comes to Quebec’s bleating for special status for decades. Quebec is the spoiled child of confederation. While Ottawa continues to bleed the rest of the country to feed Quebec, Quebec just continues to demand more. It is not quelling secessionism in Quebec. It is feeding it..With Canadian leadership working on eliminating any sense of national pride or identity, the nation is on the path to dissolution..The case for Western independence has always been easy to make on a fiscal and political level. Sentimental ties to the nation are what has kept the movements from taking off. Those ties are disappearing..Independence advocates don’t need to try and break citizens free from the notion of Canada. The federal government is already doing that for them.
Quebec and Canada’s woke have fostered the cause of Western independence more effectively than any Western independence party or group has managed to in decades..Frustrated Westerners continually spawn new movements and parties that often flare up and fizzle out with limited success. I did just that with the Alberta Independence Party in 2001. It is hard to maintain an organization based on anger and secessionism. By its very nature, it is going to be populated with prickly people who don’t work well with others..Maybe it’s time to try a new tactic. Proponents of Western independence should consider kicking back and letting Canadas woke politics guided by a the cowardly Laurentian elites do the work for them..Led by Trudeau, there has been a movement to undercut Canadian pride happening for years. Institutions and landmarks named after national historic figures have been renamed while statues of the nation’s founders have been toppled with nary a peep from federal leaders. Canadian history is being erased before our eye and with it, an sense of national identity..In 2021, Trudeau arbitrarily lowered the Canadian flag for nearly six months over the discovery of possible unmarked graves at the sites of some former residential schools. A flag is a unifying symbol of national pride and for half a year the federal government refused to display it proudly. The flag was only raised when public pressure from veterans groups became too much as Remembrance Day approached. It was raised grudgingly. While Trudeau can never admit fault of his own, but he revels in acts of contrition in response to national actions from generations ago..Protesters against COVID-19 restrictions embraced the Canadian flag as part of their movement. In response, Canada’s woke establishment began characterizing the display of the flag as a mark of extremism. Some politicians and media figures stated on social media that they felt triggered and upset when they saw a vehicle displaying the flag..This attitude continues today as we hear of some workers being fired from establishments due to customer complaints over the display of Canadian flags on their vehicles..What better way to neuter national unity and pride could there be than to turn the flag into a negative symbol?.Canada Day itself is under threat now too..Last year we were told to keep it muted and to use it as a time of reflection on how evil the history of the nation was. I had even heard of restaurant servers being instructed not to wear red that day in case they may offend a snowflake..In Winnipeg, Canada Day has been cancelled. It will be called “New Day” where participants are presumably expected to hang their heads in shame over being part of such an abhorrent nation..Meanwhile in Quebec, the culture of Canada has been rejected for decades and the provincial government is only becoming bolder in their nationalistic bigotry..Quebec’s legislation banning the wearing of turbans or hijabs by civil servants is one of the most overtly racist policies in the developed world..That’s not enough for Quebec’s leadership though. Premier Legault just went on a tirade calling non-Quebec cultures inferior. He has outright rejected the concept of multiculturalism and wants to pursue policies of forced integration upon any immigrants..This sort of intolerant arrogance on the part of Quebec’s leadership isn’t unexpected. It’s built into their very nature as one of the most culturally insecure populations on the planet..The issue is with how the Laurentian federal leadership refuses to intervene when it comes to Quebec’s intolerant policies. They have maintained a policy of appeasement and groveling when it comes to Quebec’s bleating for special status for decades. Quebec is the spoiled child of confederation. While Ottawa continues to bleed the rest of the country to feed Quebec, Quebec just continues to demand more. It is not quelling secessionism in Quebec. It is feeding it..With Canadian leadership working on eliminating any sense of national pride or identity, the nation is on the path to dissolution..The case for Western independence has always been easy to make on a fiscal and political level. Sentimental ties to the nation are what has kept the movements from taking off. Those ties are disappearing..Independence advocates don’t need to try and break citizens free from the notion of Canada. The federal government is already doing that for them.
