The real fight is not with Canadians; it is with the people in power who have created a system whereby they can exploit our country at the expense of those who live here and claim the moral high ground because the law is supposedly on their side.
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What’s love got to do with it?
Love is one of the most important and powerful tools in the toolkit of a social disruptor.
The futility of modern political protest
The problem with modern political protest is that it, on its own, plays according to the existing rules of our political system and has little, if any, impact on policy or political action. Come see what political action requires to be successful.
Ignoring the issues
For those of us who are under-60, non-business-owning citizens, we are not very high on the priority list of any political strategist. But if you want us to inherit this mess, then let us start to fix it before it’s beyond repair.
Exclusionary politics and power
The problem isn’t that millennials, women, and people of colour don’t want to be involved in politics and governance; the problem is that social barriers have been specifically constructed to keep us on the periphery.
Political posturing and deteriorating debate
Political debate has become nothing short of a tragic display of showmanship for an audience of one’s peers that has little if any effect on policy. Debate is integral to the function of our democracy, and as long as it is broken, our democracy will suffer.
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Climate change debates
We will never be able to address climate change as a whole society until we humble ourselves enough to accept and discuss different perspectives and engage on the topic rather than shut down debate because of close-mindedness.
Fear-Mongering 101
Fear is how xenophobia and protectionism can win a presidential election. The problem is that fear-based politics is more pervasive than we think.
Idiocy of ideology
Ideologies are trying to tell us how to think, and in a political climate where it is becoming impossible to differentiate between what is true and what is not, what we need more than ever is a generation of people who can think for themselves.
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Refocusing on common values
By refocusing on what unites us, we can reshape politics to be a unifying force in democracy rather than the divisive force that it is today.