1/ Derek, with everything else going on in my community that I need to fight for, I can't believe I have to use my platform explain to you why what you said at precisely at the 0:40 mark of your video is so profoundly wrong, but here we go. Thanks, buddy. Thread.
2/ "Does she work for China or for Canada". That's what you said. Not, "I have concerns about the advice she's been providing to Canadians" or "the response of the WHO needs to be severely scrutinized". Why did you use the former phrasing as opposed to the latter?
3/ I can't believe I have to say this (and profuse apologies to her to have to be part of a public object lesson to an MP), but Dr. Tam is of Asian heritage. So when you say, "does she work for China or for Canada" many people will think you're suggesting she has dual loyalties.
4/ The dual loyalty canard has long been an antisemetic trope, or used to perpetuate racist stereotypes. Google it. Now before you send off a fundraising email that says REMPEL ACCUSES ME OF RACISM IM SO BRAVE, think about this.
5/ If you truely wanted to help us make better policy decisions related to COVID-19, why didn't you just talk about policy failures and how you would fix them? Why did you make it personal, and ask if a woman of Asian descent worked for China?
6/ You either a) did it on purpose or b) didn't think through the unacceptable damage it would do both to your arguement and to the subject of your statement. Neither of these options are what people are looking for in a Prime Minister.
7/ If you want to do something useful, help me fight for the jobs of the people in my community. Get it together. Do better.
