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it was only two months ago that canada saw large, disproportionately immigrant-led demonstrations calling for the expulsion of “gender ideology” from public school curricula. as enns said, there is a social conservatism among immigrant communities that isn’t always sympatico with canada’s various progressive frontiers.
while frequently described as “pro-palestinian” demonstrations, the protests have been almost entirely organized by groups such as samidoun, the palestinian youth movement and toronto4palestine — all of which are on record as endorsing the oct. 7 massacres, and calling for the total destruction of israel.
they’ve also featured no shortage of official speakers espousing extremist and even pro-terror rhetoric. this has included a speaker in toronto calling for hamas to retain its civilian hostages until concessions can be obtained from israel. and an imam in montreal leading a street full of demonstrators in prayer to “kill” the “zionist aggressors.”
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the leger-postmedia poll also found a majority of canadians rejecting the basic tenets of “antiracism” — an ideology that is now official federal policy. through agencies such as the canadian humans rights commission, and the newly founded federal anti-racism secretariat, the federal government has openly pursued the notion that the country’s institutions are “systemically racist” and can only be redeemed via “deliberate systems and supports” favouring select “equity-seeking groups.
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the survey was an online poll of 1,531 canadians over the age of 18, with results weighted by age, gender, mother tongue, region, education and presence of children in the household. traditional margins of error do not apply to online surveys, but, f or comparison purposes, a probability sample of this size yields a margin of error no greater than plus or minus 2.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20.