Posted on 03/03/2022 12:22:40 PM PST by billorites
Among the many myths about Canada that have been shattered is the old chestnut that, unlike the U.S., with its cutthroat Darwinian ethos, Canada is a largely egalitarian and compassionate society—the kind of place where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” rule. The Freedom Convoy and the government’s heavy-handed response (“Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Tyranny,” Review & Outlook, Feb. 23), invoking the Emergencies Act to subdue peaceful civil disobedience, has cast into sharp relief class divisions bubbling under the superficially egalitarian surface of the Canadian self-image.
The class dimension becomes evident from the demeaning and charged language used by politicians and journalists in referring to the protesters. Despised by members of the Canadian elite who are often blissfully unaware of their own privilege, the protesters were considered blue-collar outcasts from the hinterland, presumptively racist and small-minded.
The class disdain comes from elites who ostensibly have an ideology from the left. In theory, they should show solidarity with the working class. In the U.K., for instance, former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has opposed vaccine mandates, as they hurt and discriminate against the working class the most.
By contrast, Canada’s Jagmeet Singh, leader of the left-wing New Democratic Party, egged on Mr. Trudeau’s emergency even before it was declared. Canadian labor unions, some of which initially opposed vaccine mandates, quickly fell in line and even marched in counterprotest. The hypocrisy and detachment from reality of Canada’s left-wing establishment stand fully exposed.
Rupa Subramanya
Ottawa
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The Political Class says — Truckers are a bunch of soarry deplorables, eh?
The peasants are revolting
Why aren’t US truckers protesting the cost of diesel? The US is sending millions to Russia instead of Canada.
Gross misrepresentation of the facts.
The Left DOES have enormous solidarity with the working class.
It's just thta their definition of "working class" = "People who have never worked a day in their lives in the dreaded private sector".
Rally in Ottawa Saturday.
“You said it. They stink on ice!”
Elite Leftists love the idea of the working class. They HATE actual working class people whenever they encounter them and go to great lengths to make that known.
Worst of all is working class marrying into their families.
Bkmk
Bkmk
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