Pierre Poilievre SLAMS radical NDP leader Avi Lewis and woke convention antics
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Last weekend at the NDP convention, we saw the use of equity cards to determine speaking order based on skin colour, and a frequent breakdown in debate over misgendering and pronouns. Who is more oppressed in Canada: a Black person or a Trans person?
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We've all heard the saying that this isn't your grandfather's NDP anymore.
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And for Abby Lewis, that's probably a good thing because his grandfather, the former leader,
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David Lewis, wouldn't recognize the party that his grandson now leads.
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I'll again thank delegates not to call me Madam Chair or Madam La Presidence. I'm a
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non-binary person. My pronouns are they, them, and their. Chair is sufficient.
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Yes, hello. I was standing here with my gender equity card before you called on the previous
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speaker that's my point of privilege i would like to yesterday this card was used in an inappropriate
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matter i want everyone to be mindful that these cards for individuals like myself who identify
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as a black woman have no value outside of this space early on the mic i it's hard as a racialized
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and transgender delegate to sometimes use this card and and speak up speak to somebody in front
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of me in line. I was able to ask Pierre Polyev to weigh in on the utter madness that we saw from
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the NDP convention this past weekend, and I'll play his comments for you shortly.
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There was more substantive debate and discussion over pronouns and speaking order. Who is more
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oppressed in canada and therefore gets to speak first a black person or a trans person you might
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think that at a time when the ndp doesn't have official party status and is polling in the
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single digits electability would be top of the agenda but honestly if you thought that you
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this video subscribe to the juno news youtube channel and the common question for the episode
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is this will avi lewis be a more successful ndp leader than jagmeet singh let me know in the
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comments below and let's get into it well pierre poliev has weighed in on the use of equity cards
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or literal race cards to determine speaking order in the frequent debates and disagreement over
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misgendering and pronoun use at the ndp convention take a listen last weekend at the ndp convention
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we saw the use of equity cards to determine speaking order based on skin color,
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the flying of the Palestinian and Venezuelan flags on stage,
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and frequent breakdown in debate over misgendering and pronouns.
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What's your reaction, sir, to the NDP becoming the subject of international mockery?
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Well, this has been the approach of the Liberals and the NDP for the last 10 years.
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Both Liberals and NDP have taken on this approach
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that is completely out of line with everyday Canadians.
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The Canadian people want us to focus on their common sense priorities,
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Here, the non-binary chair of the convention
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between a white LGBTQ woman and a brown LGBTQ woman.
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Canada cannot and will not be part of the legacy of blood
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that was built in Iraq, in Palestine, and now in Iran.
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I'll again thank delegates not to call me Madam Chair
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Here, a black woman wearing a mask complains
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that the literal race card that she is holding
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doesn't have any value outside of the room.
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Yesterday, this card was used in an inappropriate matter.
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And while I understand in Ontario, we know this as equity,
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who identify as a black woman, have no value outside of this space.
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You have an Asian transgender individual complaining that his equity card
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didn't prevent a cisgender woman from speaking in front of him,
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despite the fact that she was in line in front of him.
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I'm sorry, just real quick, point of personal privilege.
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I understand there's very little time for delegates to speak,
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but early on the mic, it's hard as a racialized and transgender delegate
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to sometimes use this card and speak up, speak to somebody in front of me in line
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and ask, hey, this pertains to multiple intersecting parts of my lived experience.
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And it's frustrating when these are my rights being directly under attack right now in Alberta
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Yes, by the way, the cards that these people were holding in their hands,
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equity cards, are like the use of literal race cards.
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You know, when people pull the race card on you in a conversation or in a debate,
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And it's supposed to allow equity-seeking individuals
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an opportunity to speak in front of cisgender white men, I guess.
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Now, over three days of this performative race and color-coded privilege debate, one
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of the most pressing and consequential questions was left unanswered by the delegates of the
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Who is more oppressed, non-whites or trans people?
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If a black woman is standing in line with a pink card in her hand and a trans person
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is standing in a different line with a green card in their hand, who gets to speak first?
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Forget about questions regarding health care and unions and workers' rights.
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These are the serious questions facing the delegates of the NDP.
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It's ironic, of course, that the NDP have elected
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the scion of an elite Toronto political family to be their next leader.
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Abbey Lewis's father was the former leader of the Ontario NDP
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and Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations.
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His grandfather was the former leader of the federal NDP.
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The left in our country may snarl at Canada's colonial past and view elites as filthy settlers,
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but when it comes to politics, they certainly have no issue with dipping back into the well
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to pick from the established crop. In a way, it's a very Canadian thing to do. It's just funny to
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see it from the party of mask-wearing, race-card-waving social justice warriors. Now, in the leadership
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race of the NDP, it turns out that this guy, Rob Ashton, finished in a distant fourth place.
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And we're done with the ruling class eating us alive. It's time we take our seats at the table
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and eat the damn rich. By the way, when it was announced that Avi Lewis was elected as the next
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leader of the federal NDP, take a look at this video here and watch closely to see if you can
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spot something that is missing from this video. You might not have to look very hard.
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You didn't see any Canadian flags, but you did probably notice the giant Palestinian flag
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waving on stage, and maybe you even caught the much smaller but still very visible Venezuelan
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flag. Two great ally countries to Canada, of course. Contrast that clip you just watched
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with this clip from 2011 on election night, when NDP leader Jack Layton led his party
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to official opposition status, the high watermark of the NDP in this century.
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You can't miss, of course, the hundreds of Canadian flag-waving supporters of Jack Layton
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on that day. There was no confusion over the election that Jack Layton ran and the country
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in which he ran it. Whereas with this new NDP, you might be mistaken. Abby Lewis, the
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new leader of the NDP, he's not shy about his political positions. He wants to abolish the oil
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and gas industry in Canada. Things have gotten so bad, by the way, with his positions on energy
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that immediately upon Abby Lewis winning the leadership of the NDP, Alberta NDP leader Nahid
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Nenshi immediately criticized him on social media and then took questions from the press in which
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he was asked quite bluntly if he would be considering changing the name of the Alberta NDP
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so as not to confuse Alberta voters that he might have anything to do with Avi Lewis.
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Off to a great start. Are you still open to changing the party's name? I believe you were
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at one time. Does this make you more likely to do that? You know, I suppose the next step would be
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to change the name if people wanted to, but I think the example we've seen from BC United is
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that shockingly most people don't follow politics we had a focus group recently where we asked people
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do you prefer new democrat or ndp and a number of you know engaged thoughtful people had never
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stopped to think about that ndp stands for new democrat party uh so given that i think albertans
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are smart enough to understand that we are different look it's no secret the ndp is not
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the party of tom mulcare a man who goes on ctv and openly praises pierre polyev for example
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it's certainly not the party of jack layton it isn't the party of avi lewis's grandfather and
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it's certainly not the party of tommy douglas once voted the greatest canadian that debate and
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that result can be argued about in a separate video tommy douglas in comparison by the way would
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be considered today so conservative that he would be kicked out of the conservative party for some
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some of his views. It is a well known fact, for example, that Mr. Douglas was a proponent of
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eugenics. He wrote his thesis on it. But have you heard this guy's take on homosexuality? Take a
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look at this and imagine what Tommy Douglas would be thinking if he were around to witness
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his party's convention this past weekend. If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new
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attitude to homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a crime and driving
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it underground. We ought to recognize it for what it is. It's a, it's a mental illness.
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It's a psychiatric condition, which ought to be treated sympathetically, which ought
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to be treated by psychiatrists and social workers, the era of prairie populism and genuine
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left-wing patriotism from the NDP. It seems to be well and truly over the NDP is an important
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political institution in Canada. Tommy Douglas and the CCF, they've left a serious imprint
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on Canada. And there was a real strain, a genuine political ideology that was rooted
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in Tommy Douglas's politics. One that was pro Canada and pro worker, not my politics,
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but one that I could genuinely respect. Today's NDP is just not the same. The idea that the
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NDP is genuinely patriotic, for example, doesn't seem to be the case. Tommy Douglas was a proud
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monarchist for example he believed in canada's institutions and our history he wouldn't be
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cheering on the toppling of canadian statues he wouldn't be supporting the erasure of canadian
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history does anyone get the sense of genuine patriotism from the ndp of avie lewis now
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electorally let's just take a look at the politics behind this you don't need to be a political
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science expert to recognize that a radical, unpopular and extremely left-wing NDP benefits
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Mark Carney. This is probably the best thing for Mark Carney. If you have an extremely
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woke, unpopular and radical NDP, well, that party is not a threat to split the left-wing
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vote in Canada. That party is not going to make serious inroads in Toronto and the GTA.
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On the flip side, what conservatives want is a somewhat popular and serious NDP, a party
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that can actually take votes away from the liberals, actually challenge liberals in some
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of these swing ridings and split that left wing vote.
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It's no surprise that in 2011, when Stephen Harper claimed his majority government, the
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NDP had their high watermark led by Jack Layton, a broadly popular and electable NDP.
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NDP leader. I never supported or agreed with Jack Layton's politics. I was mostly too young
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too anyways. But looking back on it, I would never question Jack Layton's motives or intentions,
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let alone his patriotism and love for Canada. Isn't it pretty obvious at this point that
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this extremely hyper woke race card waving nonsense is unpopular now? That might have
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played a few years ago but the time for this is obviously over the ndp is clearly lost in this
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the ndp today seems to be the party for university students young radicals who haven't experienced
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the real world yet how this party is genuinely a working class party how this party is going
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to appeal to blue collar working class union members is beyond me i don't think it will
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I asked Pierre Pauliev that exact question. Is the NDP still a blue-collar working-class party?
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Because it's no secret that Pierre Pauliev himself has spent quite a long time positioning his party
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to appeal to union members and workers. Here's what he had to say on that.
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You think the NDP is still a party for blue-collar working Canadians?
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No. The NDP, just like the Liberals, wants to block resource projects, ban hunting rifles,
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tax fuel stop people from driving pickup trucks they have an anti the liberals and NDP have an
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anti-rural anti-working class agenda over the last 10 years of NDP liberal policies
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we've seen the working class completely screwed over unable to buy homes unable to afford fuel
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and food, confiscated of their legitimate hunting rifles and their way of life. Only
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Conservatives will stand up for the hardworking people who build this country. We will ensure
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you have, you can drive your pickup truck, you can put fuel in it, you can afford food
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for your family, that you're safe on your streets, that you have the right to defend
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yourself on your property, and that the good, solid, traditional Canadian values that built
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My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Ratio.