Juno News - Jamil Jivani launches Task Force to End Liberal Racism

00:00:00.000 okay is it really such a bad thing to honor particular groups like black groups or pride

00:00:06.640 groups what's wrong with that well the federal government has this perpetual habit of creating

00:00:13.840 more and more of these heritage months or commemorative days and all it really does

00:00:18.560 is sort of divide us up into separate groups based on our identity or where our parents come from

00:00:25.440 what i think a lot of canadians are concerned about is this is happening at the cost of a united

00:00:30.720 canadian identity and an understanding of what canadian culture or citizenship means so when

00:00:37.280 you know some of the some citizens approached me about sponsoring this petition i thought it was a

00:00:42.080 perspective that people need to take seriously because we are an increasingly diverse society

00:00:47.440 where i don't know how clear we are on what we actually share with each other and that's

00:00:51.440 actually what makes us canadian yeah in fact the prime minister though he believes that we're a

00:00:57.040 mosaic not a melting pot he said as much i believe when he was in ireland how does that align with

00:01:05.520 the view that we should be honoring all these different groups i think your petition mentioned

00:01:09.760 something like 20 of them yeah that's 20 that the federal government currently recognizes and i'm

00:01:15.680 telling you they're adding more all the time there's more coming down so this is only going

00:01:20.080 going to get a longer list. And I think it's time that we sort of pause and say, you know, whether

00:01:24.120 Mark Carney wants to talk about melting pots or mosaics, to me, I think we all can recognize we

00:01:30.400 need assimilation. You know, people come from all over the world to this country, including my

00:01:34.520 father, my grandparents, and they want to be part of Canada. It is our responsibility as the federal

00:01:40.160 government to provide an understanding of what being part of Canada looks like. And I think that

00:01:45.240 means honoring what makes us Canadian, our common bonds, our common heritage, our common

00:01:50.260 history. These months and these days get us away from that. And I think that's the point

00:01:55.300 that people need to take seriously. If we want a strong nation, we have to have a strong

00:01:59.660 sense of who we are.

Juno News - June 18, 2026