Canada's so-called "new" government has made a number of budget cuts to non-mainstream (read: vote insignificant) sectors, reinforcing my doubts as to their intentions. Below are some of their latest victims and the potential impact:
- Court Challenges Program. Makes it harder for non-mainstream Canadians to fight for language and equality rights.
- Pine Beetle Program. Population is out of control because the winters are warmer due to global warming. First goes the Kyoto commitment, then the efforts to deal with the mess. What`s next?
- Adult literacy and work skill development programs. Right, since when is an educated workforce good for the economy? Rather than helping them, they'll be squeezed onto the Welfare list and have to work under the table for peanuts. But at least they won't appear on the unemployment stats! I suspect this may also be a covert attempt at reintroducing slavery...
- Youth employment program. Right, why give these kids hope and skills for the future when we could be locking them away in a tougher stance on crime!
- Status of Women Canada. Ok, this has been around for a long time and has probably achieved its goals (well, at least by Tory standards who seem to be willing to settle for the 70% solution...)
- 12 fewer cabinet ministers. Right, who needs all this bickering around the table? why should the workload be spread across that many MPs and leave them time to deal with the bothersome needs of their constituents? Besides, too many people involved makes it harder to control any leaks.
- Public Safety also takes a $75M loss - uhm, what about that whole thing about making Canada a safer place to live?
All I see in these announcements and their actions are discrete but effective attempts to erode the social structures that make this country the peaceful, orderly place that it is, while replacing it with a more direct, confrontational and exclusive/divisive attitude typical of the United States. This budget is a well-calculated Trojan Horse that will very likely influence mainstream voters to vote in a majority conservative government so they can unleash the next round of borg-like assimilation.
Which conveniently brings me back to my subject line: In a world that is increasingly polarized, should we be fighting against all odds to preserve the progress (rights and priviledges) that we (and our forefathers) have fought for and earned, acting as a beacon of resistance and hope for future generations and others around the world, or should we give it all up and head full speed down the drain to stake out our place and welcome the rest of the world, since that's where we're all headed anyway?
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