Canadians Have Been Fooled

If polls can be believed, 82% of Canadians support Bill C-51. What’s more, 36% of those polled claimed that the legislation doesn’t go far enough! So, the Harper government’s fear mongering has worked. The vast majority of Canadians are living in such fear, and with such hatred of Muslims and non-like-minded people, that they are eager to throw away their rights.

This is what happens when people are not engaged. This lack of engagement in Canada has given us almost a decade of Stephen Harper and his troupe of clapping seals. They have worked diligently for the oil companies during this time. They have shown time and again that they care nothing for us, and yet they have the nerve to accuse anyone who dares to stand up against them, like leader of the opposition Thomas Mulcair, of not standing with, and for, Canadians.

And what terrorists do we have to fear? No doubt, there are people who espouse dangerous ideologies, but how many of these people have launched attacks on civilians in Canada? Contrary to what the media and our beloved Prime Minister have told us, the murders that were committed by two mentally disturbed individuals in October 2014 were just that—murders. One man running over another man with his car, or one man shooting one unarmed soldier standing on ceremonial guard, does not a terrorist attack make. Conveniently, these murderers were both converts to Islam, giving the mainstream media and the government an opening to politicize these crimes.

Does the average Canadian know what we are doing in Iraq right now, besides giving Harper a second chance to get in on the action for which he yearned back in 2003? Yet our PM loves to invoke ISIS every chance he gets. He has Canadians so convinced that I have spoken to more than one person who fears that these men in black are heading to small Ontario towns to behead them in their beds at night. Oh yes, the fear mongering works! It’s about the only trick the Conservatives have to weasel their way back into power in this year’s federal election. Now that the Liberals have made a comeback, they know it won’t be so easy to rely on vote splitting to sneak their way into another majority.