🧵 The Liberal Strategy of Race Wars - a winning strategy in Canada right now. Think I am wrong? Take a good hard look around right now, and you tell me that the Liberals haven't found a way to turn this disgusting policy of race baiting, and race wars into a solid strategy. 1/
🧵 Think about it - the unity and solidarity of the Freedom Convoy is being systematically stripped away with every single new policy decision by the Liberal-NDP federal coalition. When I read JWR's first book, I realized that race baiting and tokenization of minorities was the #1 policy weapon of choice. Why? Because it works. Most of us are too naive to understand that we are being played. 2/
🧵 What brought it home for me? It was actually a thread by @ronmortgageguy on Halal mortgages that solidified this feeling in the back of my head. Our Gov does not actually believe diversity is our strength, or that any minority in Canada is in need of support. It is a tactic. During Covid, it was Gov official attendance at BLM and LGBTQ rallies that set people off. But religious gatherings of Christians were attacked. 3/
Any legal challenge by religious groups against the mandates, and tickets in general was suppressed. We know that the shadow of partisan appointments exists within the judiciary - it becomes more and more apparent every day. Look at the cases taken up... and which ones are denied outright.
Why?
Here is another one - mortgages, housing for BIPOC Canadians to the exclusion of Indigenous Canadians.. 4/
The foreign student visa debacle, and over the top introduction of mass migration to Canada? It has pitted generational Canadians against new arrivals. This has been focused on the highly educated and skilled trades coming from India. This has an entire dark side to dip into, but our Gov, as policy exploited it.
Certain new arrivals are lifted up, promoted, at the expense of others. Right from the start, the Gov is fomenting an undercurrent of resentment.
Generational Canadians are having their futures stripped from them, 1st and 2nd generation immigrants who came to Canada to build businesses and a new life are being exploited and robbed.
And yet, our Gov manages to make policy announcements that pit these groups against one another. 5/
Halal Mortgages - @ronmortgageguy nailed it. They are not interest free, they are premium loan products which uses fee structure rather than "interest". But, our Gov announced it in a way that had no context. They portrayed that one group of Canadians was being lifted above the rest of Canadians. Why?
Well, we know why. 6/
Is our Gov incompetent - yes, I believe they are. Incredibly so, but make no mistake, they are NOT stupid. In terms of protests, raising some protests above others was another conscious choice. A choice to divide.
All protests should be allowed in Canada, but they must remain peaceful. When some protests are allowed to cross the line of peaceful protest - it needs to be addressed. Consequences. Disruption is normal in protest - but targeting specific groups is not. We need to be better than this.
But - as a matter of POLICY - our Gov chose which protests could be allowed to spiral out of control and which would be crushed. The policy choice inflamed the population on both sides. 7/
By dividing Canadians, and employing the winning strategy of race baiting (and identity politics in general) - this Gov is successfully breaking down the bridges that were built during the Freedom Convoy and similar protests.
Two months ago, all that I saw on Twitter and across social media was the garbage surrounding Hindu faith, and statues. Then, it was the incomplete picture of Sikh Canadians. Today, it is Muslims of any origin that are taking heat.
And, it is not just in Canada. Why? Because "progressive" governments know that the strategy works. The unvaxxed vs vaxxed was a great example of how well. 8/
@PierrePoilievre People need to wake up, and look at who benefits when people are pitted against one another as a matter of a Gov policy choice. When I look back to 2015, I realized that EVERY single policy choice that our Gov has made was based on this strategy. Indigenous Canadians were pitted against other Canadians as a matter of policy disinformation.
Right now, our Gov, as a matter of policy is pitting Jewish Canadians against Palestinian (and more generally Muslim) Canadians. This Gov waffles in how it supports one group over another. This isn't just government hypocrisy, it is a strategic policy decision. 9/
If Canadians want to overcome this strategy of race bating and identity politics - we need to focus on priorities and that is our economy. Every single conversation we have needs to be focused on economic revitalization, resource development, stabilizing our banking sector and currency, and infrastructure before it is too late.
Law and order needs to be stabilized, and restructured to be non-partisan. That means bail reform, alternative justice streams, equality before the law, Charter Rights, the enshrining of property rights etc.
But #1 - stop letting the Gov and their influencers manipulate the conversation with identity politics. We are all unique, and there is nothing wrong with that. But I will not allow myself to be used as a pawn in the influence game. None of us should allow it.
Injustice needs to be addressed, inequalities addressed. But we can't do it the way our Gov has been doing it since 2015.
In the past, we always knew this was a strategy, but in 2015, it became the primary strategy. 10/
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The T&R was about a few things 1) Document the individual experiences and allow individual healing to start 2) To bring about changes in how our GOV operates to implement reconciliation. 2/
But what our Gov, it's institutions, media, academia have done is SLIDE the sins they have done onto the CDN people. Why? To create division, to sow more policy seeds that discriminate.
Through all of this, it was institutions that drove the policies that created harm 3/
There are days when I hate some of the work I do. Today is one of them. I have been deep into another First Nation project, a water treatment plant - that has been a complete fuck up from start to finish. I'm angry because there is no excuse for this mess.
I'm building the "Claim timeline" - it is a list of all the things that went sideways, the actions taken to resolve (or not), by all parties, and the delay or impact it caused on the subs, and/or First Nation. It is a literal wall of shame.
Each section of this document is supported with email chains, pictures, and video. As I go through each step of the project, from start to finish - I see a year of delays for nothing, and technical problems that are absolutely absurd.
I keep wondering, am I the only one seeing it
Today, I reflect on the utter hypocrisy of gov departments that shout that they are working towards efficiency, "green" building techniques, and pollution reduction.
My on the ground experience? False. 100%
And this ties right back to the infrastructure issues on FNs.
Gov departments, and their engineers /consultants have no fucking idea how to assess newer, proven technology in terms of water or sewer treatment.
My email chains over the last week have that fully on display. It would make people choke.
In terms of environmental approvals - why are compliance officers unable to do basic research and keep abreast of newer technologies being certified for use by each Province (including the ones they work for......)? Is this a difficult task? Take too much time out of the day?
@MarcMillerVM@BowhunterJonny@sunlorrie As I see the constant chatter about progress with FN infrastructure, I can no longer sit back and let this continue without a concise, and detailed explanation of what we see in regard to both FN Infrastructure, and other infrastructure/1
We have a serious problem with the construction of water treatment plants, sewage treatment and the distribution of both.
For the life of me, I cannot wrap my head around why we cannot fix this. The Lib government says they have a plan..... /2
There is no way that anyone in Ottawa has a workable plan - and that is because they either do not understand the scope of the problem, or that they are "delaying, and distracting" in regard to a solution 3/
@PierrePoilievre@AlexpiersonAMP Now, I am going to talk about how poor, and lazy engineering is running our infrastructure projects into the ground. We have put eng firms on a pedestal, when in fact, poor engineering is destroying the industry, and costing taxpayer $$$$
Just sent to me - an email thread once again detailing how P. Eng's do not understand the process they are supposed oversee on behalf of clients, and have become lazy in how they carry out their jobs. We are going to discuss Issued for Construction drawings - and its importance.
For some reason, eng firms have put profit over client liability and the public safety. And, this translates into the world of infrastructure, and a project being derailed in a big way. Prior to about 7 years ago - every major contract had 2 parts - Tender drawings, and IFC dwg
@222Minutes Ok, here goes: on FN's, there is what we call a FNIB done every year. This is the infrastructure budget required. A budget (based on Indian Act formula) also is prepared for healthcare, housing, childcare. Sewer, water, housing builds all under infrastructure. Schools separate.
@222Minutes The budgets run yearly - April 1 to March 31, with budgets paid out normally in quarterly installment. There is a set formula, set $$ for everything and you can't move $ from housing to maintenance if you run short. Or vice versa. But the formula allows almost nothing on ops.
@222Minutes All infrastructure like water treatment plants, roads on reserves, schools come from federal $$. Environment covered by Environmental Canada, not provincial legislation. Healthcare by Health Canada, not provincial. Services used are billed back to the feds. No health cards!!!