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Multiculturalism is being manipulated to harm Canada
Tarek Fatah
Published: September 4, 2019
Updated: September 4, 2019 3:06 PM EDT
One would have to be politically blind and deaf if they haven’t noticed the increasing role of foreign countries and ideologies playing out a divisive role in Canadian politics.
The recent expulsion of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists from the Montreal Pride Parade by organizers afraid of negative reaction by pro-China communists is a tiny example of how urban Canada is being divided into rival tribes based on racial identities or ideologies aided by petty politicians unaware of the long-term damage being done to the Canadian fabric and family.
Political division and even divisive debate over competing policies aimed at strengthening Canada and Canadians are absolutely necessary for any secular liberal democracy.
Whether it was the Liberal ‘Rat Pack ‘of the 1990s or this week’s cacophony in the British House of Commons, forceful and confrontational debate on policy matters like Brexit of NAFTA lead to divergent opinions on how to accomplish the best for a nation.
Unfortunately, when multiculturalism becomes the foundation of politics, the very essence of debate gets relegated from the common good of the country to the medieval instinct of the tribe.
If the power of Communist China on Montreal streets worries you, the influence of Pakistan-backed Khalistani Sikhs on the Liberal government should be alarming.
It was revealed in the National Post that a Liberal Party backbencher has accused his own government of ‘pandering’ to Sikh extremists who back the movement for a separate religious state for Sikhs carved out of the Indian state of Punjab.
Liberal MP Ramesh Sangha, who represents Ontario’s Brampton Centre riding, dropped the bombshell during a recent Punjabi-language television interview where he was quoted as saying: “There cannot be two opinions that the Liberal party is pandering (to) Khalistan supporters.”
The interviewer asked Sangha – himself a Sikh – if he thought the party had a “soft corner” for Khalistanis and Sangha replied that “it does.”
The Brampton Centre MP, an elder in the Sikh community suggested that, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was clear on India’s unity, his fellow Sikhs inside Trudeau’s cabinet were pushing the anti-India agenda.
A more dangerous aspect of overseas influence damaging Canadian interests and society was demonstrated when a rally shouting “Allah O Akbar” outside the Indian consulate – in the same building as Postmedia’s head office – in Toronto was joined by Khalistani Sikhs waving Pakistani flags and voicing support for Kashmir.
Elsewhere at the Mississauga Civic Centre, an event called MuslimFest was taking place this past weekend, which “celebrates the best in Muslim arts and entertainment.”
Mainstream politicians could not resist the chance to attend and glad-hand Muslim male voters (Muslim women typically do not shake hands).
One of them was New Democrat MPP Gurratan Singh who, when asked by a provocative bystander what he thought of Sharia law, responded with the suggestion the white man was a racist. Was he?
Many of us Muslims have been fighting sharia law in Canada for decades. Are we Muslims “racist”, Gurratan Singh? Creating ethnic ghettos to secure election victories is racist, not fighting for the separation of religion and state.
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