Rex Murphy: The second part of McKenna’s tweet — “We need to acknowledge that racism and discrimination are a part of our reality here in Canada and around the world and we all need to call it out” — was more troubling to me, because it was yet another example of a Liberal leveraging a situation happening somewhere else to create an opportunity to lecture Canadians.
In dissecting her statement, it would be helpful to have some more details. How much are racism and discrimination actually “a part of Canadian reality”? Are they overwhelmingly present? Are they, in McKenna’s view, a central part of Canadian life? Where do they manifest themselves? Are some provinces more racist and discriminatory than others? If any of the answers to these questions is “yes,” then we have far bigger problems than COVID-19.
Another question: is it only those in the higher echelons of the Liberal party who have a clear view of all this racism and discrimination? Indeed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken in much the same terms.
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