Greg Wycliffe - April 27, 2026


🇨🇦 History Vilified

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Greg Wycliffe
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John A. Macdonald Francis Whittowson Egerton Ryerson Queen Victoria Bill C9
Frances Widdowson LIVE Interview 🔴 University of Lethbridge aftermath Poilievre is a Loser

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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

174.69

Word count

231

Sentence count

12

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Summary

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Bill C-9 allows hate on people with unpopular political opinions, even if they are a member of an identifiable group, like academic Frances Whittowson, who holds an unpopular political opinion. And yet, because political opinion doesn't fall under the criminal code, well, you can hate on someone like her as much as you'd like, and face no criminal consequences whatsoever.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 And it was not just burning churches. There was an ongoing campaign after this to cancel Canada Day,
00:00:05.700 to decolonize Canada. We saw the destruction and vandalism of countless Sir John A. Macdonald
00:00:10.680 statues. Also, the Sir Egerton Ryerson statue got torn down. A Queen Victoria statue got ripped
00:00:16.080 down. It's not an exaggeration to say that this was a mainstream vilification of Canadian history
00:00:22.660 as a whole. All of these individuals and statues are part of an identifiable group, by the way.
00:00:28.720 people who are white or of European descent. I interviewed academic Frances Whittowson,
00:00:34.160 who could be considered an expert on Indigenous issues in Canada, and she's gone to countless
00:00:38.320 campuses in Canada to talk about this issue of residential schools, and she's ultimately been
00:00:43.740 met with hatred, and in some cases for her supporters, assault and violence on university
00:00:49.160 campuses. And for Frances, she may hold an unpopular political opinion, but because political 0.75
00:00:55.100 opinion doesn't make you part of an identifiable group in the criminal code well you can hate on
00:01:00.460 someone like francis as much as you'd like and face no criminal consequences whatsoever under
00:01:05.740 bill c9 and do we want a country where some forms of hatred are policed and criminalized
00:01:11.260 and then hating on people with unpopular political opinions well
00:01:14.540 That's totally allowed. This is the Canada we get when we pass Bill C9.