Daniel Bordman on Rejecting Woke Remembrance Day
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Summary
The problem with Canada is not our politicians. The problem is our political class. I'm here outside the Cenotaph in Toronto, right after the Remembrance Day ceremony, and this is what I'm seeing: Canada's political class is a problem.
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I'm here outside the Cenotaph in Toronto, right after the Remembrance Day ceremony,
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which it was beautiful to see a bunch of people showing up, and this is about half a bit left.
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But Canada, we have a problem, and the problem is with the political class.
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The whole thing starts off with fine, a land acknowledgement,
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but the person who's controlling the ceremony, the master of ceremony,
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describes herself as a second-generation settler, not a Canadian citizen,
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and then goes on to push lies about the transatlantic slave trade.
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In 1792, Ontario and Toronto was formed under John Graves Simcoe.
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And then we go on to talk about the wars, which is great, and the sacrifice and the dangers of soldiers,
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Nothing about freedom, nothing about fighting the Nazis in World War II,
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nothing about fighting the communists in Korea and what we did to save South Korea from becoming North Korea,
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and nothing about fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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The only thing that's described is the United Nations mission.
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and every time the government had a chance to talk about Canadian values,