{"id":37696,"date":"2019-10-05T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T23:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=37696"},"modified":"2019-10-07T22:31:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T04:31:10","slug":"canadian-cowards-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/canadian-cowards-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Cowards – Part II","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE\u00a0<\/b>silence of Canadians, coupled with false expectations of their government leaders, is leading to a totalitarian state. Here’s why that’s not an exaggeration…\u00a0<\/p>\n

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BOWING TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS<\/p>\n

Earlier this week,\u00a0Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will be spending $1.4 billion annually, starting in 2023, on programs supporting the “health” of women and girls around the world. Under the plan, $700 million of that amount will be dedicated to \u201csexual and reproductive health rights.” Of course, that is United Nations’ speak for the right to\u00a0“contraception and abortion.” At the same time, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer announced cuts to foreign aid. However, regarding that $700 million to fund abortion overseas?<\/p>\n

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“Those types of groups will not be affected by this announcement,\u201d Scheer said, referring to organizations funded by Canadian dollars offering abortion care around the world.<\/strong> \u2014Global News<\/a>,<\/em> October 1st, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So not only will Scheer actively fight to shut down any\u00a0debate of abortion in Parliament (see Part I<\/a>), he will continue funding the killing of unborn children overseas. And what is the response in this country? Silence<\/em>. Silence from the Church. Silence from politicians. Silence from voters, save for a few. Indeed, Trudeau has been paying for abortion overseas for a few years now with virtually no resistance.<\/p>\n

Now, I get it. Any politician who dare not bow to the God of Status Quo or the Goddess of Political Correctness will be shredded in the public square. Unlike the United States \"\"where politicians openly take positions and debate moral issues, in Canada, it is a political mortal sin. The state-funded CBC will turn them into mincemeat. Social media and leftwing publications will fly into a rage. Politicians will be harassed and conservatives accused of holding a “hidden agenda.” We’ve seen this play out for decades now like reruns of a bad sitcom. So, say some of my readers, the Conservatives need to play it smart. Once they are in power, then<\/em> abortion can be debated and progress made on this tragic issue.<\/p>\n

Wrong. You see,\u00a0before Justin Trudeau was elected, the Conservative Party was\u00a0<\/em>in power, and with a majority at that. Loaded with pro-\"\"life MP’s from across the country, they had a chance to at least bring this holocaust into a debate. And what did then Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper say?<\/p>\n

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As long as I\u2019m Prime Minister, we are not reopening the abortion debate. The government will not bring forward any such legislation, and any such legislation that is brought forward will be defeated. This is not the priority of the Canadian people, or of this government. The priority is the economy. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to focus on.<\/strong> \u2014National Post<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>April 1st, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Money, not babies. Dollar bills, not blood. Scheer’s position is basically a carbon-copy of Harper’s. So, it’s not I who am naive about politics here (as some reader’s suggested) but those who are expecting a “conservative” government to defend, not only the unborn, but freedom of speech and religion; to defend those who reject gender ideology, the redefinition of marriage, and the overturning of the natural law that, up until this\u00a0\"\"generation, was held in consensus for thousands of years by nearly every culture.<\/p>\n

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Only if there is such a consensus on the essentials can constitutions and law function. This fundamental consensus derived from the Christian heritage is at risk\u2026 In reality, this makes reason blind to what is essential. To resist this eclipse of reason and to preserve its capacity for seeing the essential, for seeing God and man, for seeing what is good and what is true, is the common interest that must unite all people of good will. The very future of the world is at stake.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Address to the Roman Curia, December 20th, 2010\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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WHERE IT’S ALL GOING, AND FAST<\/p>\n

Benedict’s warning has gone unheeded as the West continues the descent into totalitarianism.<\/p>\n

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This is what is happening also at the level of politics and government: the original and inalienable right to life is questioned or denied on the basis of a parliamentary vote or the will of one part of the people-even if it is the majority. This is the sinister result of a relativism which reigns unopposed: the “right” ceases to be such, because it is no longer firmly founded on the inviolable dignity of the person, but is made subject to the will of the stronger part. In this way democracy, contradicting its own principles, effectively moves towards a form of totalitarianism.<\/strong> \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0Evangelium Vitae, \u201cThe Gospel of Life\u201d<\/em>, n. 20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In fact, the State’s imposition of its own moral constructs, the virtue-signalling of its devotees, and the subsequent “re-education” of the young suggests, not the rejection of traditional religion, but a replacement<\/em> of it:<\/p>\n

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\u2026an abstract, negative religion is being made into a tyrannical standard that everyone must follow.<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI,\u00a0Light of the World<\/em>, A Conversation with Peter Seewald, p. 52<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Case in point (in a move that stunned many for its sheer audacity), Trudeau’s government made it mandatory that anyone receiving summer job government grants must sign an “attestation” that they do not oppose abortion or transgenderism:<\/p>\n

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As a result, many programs, notably even secular festivals and summer events, did not proceed because organizers refused to deny their conscience and sign Justin’s new “creed” (no, not everyone is a coward here). And yet, Trudeau remains strong in the polls\u2014proof that the Goddess of Political Correctness is more seductive than people realize. In case anyone thinks this is as bad as it’s going to get, they’re sadly mistaken.<\/p>\n

In the UK, a seasoned doctor was fired from his job because he believes that “gender is determined biologically and genetically… If somebody has male XY \"\"chromosomes and male genitalia, I cannot in good conscience call them a woman.”[1]<\/sup><\/a>nypost.com<\/a>, July 17th, 2018<\/span><\/span>