Every stripe of politician, party member, or party sympathiser wants to control your life.
Until you acknowledge that, you're just another sucker.
Until you acknowledge that, you're just another sucker.
“Wokeness” in Canada and elsewhere…
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Except Libertarians. And some of them are about as loony as the control freaks.
Jamie Sarkonak: Not even Canada's space program can escape the pull of Liberal DEI — National Post
Identity politics have worked their way into grants, hiring procedures at the Canadian Space Agency
Saw that earlier today. Thank god Canada is doing its part to prevent the evil White patriarchy from monopolizing space exploration. Can't wait til we "Titan Sub" someone in space because some half-wit leftards thought racial/cultural diversity was more important than merit.
Jamie Sarkonak: Not even Canada's space program can escape the pull of Liberal DEI — National Post
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Here’s a new twist on things… or not so new twist. Equity, not equality, is a constitutionally protected right in Canada, argues a new report published by a Calgary-based think tank.
“Canadians have been sold a bill of goods,” Bruce Pardy, the author of the report and a Queen’s University law professor, told National Post by email. “Many of them think that they have a right to equal treatment under the law. They think that discrimination is illegal. But nothing could be further from the truth. In Canada, discrimination is lawful as long as it is committed against the right groups — and in particular against straight white men?
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“This isn’t just the law, but part of the Canadian Constitution. Unequal treatment is embedded as a constitutional standard — and in some situations, a constitutional requirement.”
In Canada, the principle of equity — seeking to achieve identical group outcomes — has made judicial inroads across the country, Pardy argues in a report published this week by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.
“Equal treatment and equity are opposites,” writes Pardy, who is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation. “The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group. Equal treatment and equity are mutually exclusive and cannot co-exist.”
This issue should be particularly concerning to young Canadians who could be “squeezed out of opportunities because of their identity,” Pardy told the Post. Front of mind for him was the recent announcement by Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) new medical school that three-quarters of its seats would be allotted to “equity-deserving groups.”
“This kind of thing has become widespread, with job openings and government programs excluding people who are not the preferred race or gender,” Pardy said.
“Canadians have been sold a bill of goods,” Bruce Pardy, the author of the report and a Queen’s University law professor, told National Post by email. “Many of them think that they have a right to equal treatment under the law. They think that discrimination is illegal. But nothing could be further from the truth. In Canada, discrimination is lawful as long as it is committed against the right groups — and in particular against straight white men?
Canadians have constitutional right to unequal treatment, new report argues — National Post
'The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group,' Bruce Pardy writes
In Canada, the principle of equity — seeking to achieve identical group outcomes — has made judicial inroads across the country, Pardy argues in a report published this week by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.
“Equal treatment and equity are opposites,” writes Pardy, who is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation. “The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group. Equal treatment and equity are mutually exclusive and cannot co-exist.”
This issue should be particularly concerning to young Canadians who could be “squeezed out of opportunities because of their identity,” Pardy told the Post. Front of mind for him was the recent announcement by Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) new medical school that three-quarters of its seats would be allotted to “equity-deserving groups.”
“This kind of thing has become widespread, with job openings and government programs excluding people who are not the preferred race or gender,” Pardy said.
Does that include straight white Québécois males ?Here’s a new twist on things… or not so new twist. Equity, not equality, is a constitutionally protected right in Canada, argues a new report published by a Calgary-based think tank.
“Canadians have been sold a bill of goods,” Bruce Pardy, the author of the report and a Queen’s University law professor, told National Post by email. “Many of them think that they have a right to equal treatment under the law. They think that discrimination is illegal. But nothing could be further from the truth. In Canada, discrimination is lawful as long as it is committed against the right groups — and in particular against straight white men?
“This isn’t just the law, but part of the Canadian Constitution. Unequal treatment is embedded as a constitutional standard — and in some situations, a constitutional requirement.”Canadians have constitutional right to unequal treatment, new report argues — National Post
'The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group,' Bruce Pardy writes
In Canada, the principle of equity — seeking to achieve identical group outcomes — has made judicial inroads across the country, Pardy argues in a report published this week by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.
“Equal treatment and equity are opposites,” writes Pardy, who is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation. “The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group. Equal treatment and equity are mutually exclusive and cannot co-exist.”
This issue should be particularly concerning to young Canadians who could be “squeezed out of opportunities because of their identity,” Pardy told the Post. Front of mind for him was the recent announcement by Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) new medical school that three-quarters of its seats would be allotted to “equity-deserving groups.”
“This kind of thing has become widespread, with job openings and government programs excluding people who are not the preferred race or gender,” Pardy said.
As my buddy from Montreal says "dare are tree kind of peoples in Canada. Westerner, fishermens and fucking artistes".
You know, if we took everyone's phone away and shut down social media and stopped encouraging mental illness as a norm and stopped fucking pandering to this generation of self-entitled nitwits, we would all find something to else bitch about. Still, to each other, but it would be less.
But we need our Apps, and language is violence, and we are entitled to our entitlements.
But we need our Apps, and language is violence, and we are entitled to our entitlements.
“A’s” are gone from British Columbia report cards, but B.C. parents hoping to gauge their child’s performance find the newfangled “descriptive” grading system confusing, according to a new report.
Last year, the B.C. government scrapped the traditional A, B, C grading system for kindergarten to Grade 9 students in favour of a descriptive grading system that saw student progress judged along a scale from “emerging” to “extending.”
“Parents, by and large, do not understand the new descriptors: emerging, developing, proficient, and extending,” said Michael Zwaagstra, a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.
The report, conducted by Leger for the Fraser Institute, asked parents of school-aged children (ages five to 18) enrolled in public and independent schools across Canada to match “extending” to its B.C. government definition.
In B.C. specifically, 43 per cent of parents made the wrong choice, the highest proportion of any province; extending, per the government’s decision, means “The student is meeting the learning standard expectations with increasing depth. This is not perfection.”
While 83 per cent of Canadians said the letter grade “C” is clear and easy to understand, only 36 per cent of B.C. parents could correctly identify what an “emerging” grade means.
Ninety-nine per cent of B.C.’s K-12 parents said they want clear academic assessments for their child’s report cards.
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The new grading system was fully implemented last year after a pilot project, launched in 2016, tested the scale in half of the province’s school districts.
The system was initially launched as part of a plan to modernize the school curriculum. However, the letter grade system remains for Grades 10 to 12.
Dominique Walker, a parent of three from North Vancouver, said she’s no stranger to confusing grading systems.
In the early 1990s, her younger brother, diagnosed with dyslexia, was in Grade 6 when B.C. was testing its controversial Year 2000 education-reform program. The initiative would slowly phase-in changes designed to update the education system, including letter-grade-free report cards for grades four to seven.
“There was no relative grade,” said Walker. “The grade was: You’re doing well for you. You’re doing great for where you’re currently at.”
She recalled her mom “ripping her hair out,” trying to figure out whether her kids needed extra help or not in school.
Walker said she shares her mom’s sentiments. “There should be a clear idea of (grading) benchmarks,” she added.
Zwaagstra echoed this perspective.
“If the point of report cards is to provide feedback to parents, then obviously the feedback should be something that is understandable to the average parent,” he said.
Victor Brar, a University of British Columbia professor with expertise in K-12 education, said the descriptive grading system was met with opposition because the traditional letter system is “ingrained into our psychology.”
“It’s the only system that we’ve ever known, (and) you can’t see an alternative,” said Brar. “I think a lot of parents, given this was a system they grew up in, (are) comfortable with it and don’t understand anything different.”
Brar added he thinks it’s a case of “good policy communicated poorly.”
He recommends schools, in September, “call parents into the gymnasium and have a good old-fashioned ‘here’s the system.’”
Brar said the lack of communication has also left students to pick the “new system up on their own,” and match “extending” with “A’s.” Etc….more at the link.
Last year, the B.C. government scrapped the traditional A, B, C grading system for kindergarten to Grade 9 students in favour of a descriptive grading system that saw student progress judged along a scale from “emerging” to “extending.”
“Parents, by and large, do not understand the new descriptors: emerging, developing, proficient, and extending,” said Michael Zwaagstra, a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.
The report, conducted by Leger for the Fraser Institute, asked parents of school-aged children (ages five to 18) enrolled in public and independent schools across Canada to match “extending” to its B.C. government definition.
In B.C. specifically, 43 per cent of parents made the wrong choice, the highest proportion of any province; extending, per the government’s decision, means “The student is meeting the learning standard expectations with increasing depth. This is not perfection.”
While 83 per cent of Canadians said the letter grade “C” is clear and easy to understand, only 36 per cent of B.C. parents could correctly identify what an “emerging” grade means.
Ninety-nine per cent of B.C.’s K-12 parents said they want clear academic assessments for their child’s report cards.
'Woke nonsense': The debate over B.C.’s controversial new school grades — National Post
Instead of A, B or C, British Columbia now grades kindergarten to Grade 9 students on a scale from 'emerging' to 'extending' — and many parents are confused
The system was initially launched as part of a plan to modernize the school curriculum. However, the letter grade system remains for Grades 10 to 12.
Dominique Walker, a parent of three from North Vancouver, said she’s no stranger to confusing grading systems.
In the early 1990s, her younger brother, diagnosed with dyslexia, was in Grade 6 when B.C. was testing its controversial Year 2000 education-reform program. The initiative would slowly phase-in changes designed to update the education system, including letter-grade-free report cards for grades four to seven.
“There was no relative grade,” said Walker. “The grade was: You’re doing well for you. You’re doing great for where you’re currently at.”
She recalled her mom “ripping her hair out,” trying to figure out whether her kids needed extra help or not in school.
Walker said she shares her mom’s sentiments. “There should be a clear idea of (grading) benchmarks,” she added.
Zwaagstra echoed this perspective.
“If the point of report cards is to provide feedback to parents, then obviously the feedback should be something that is understandable to the average parent,” he said.
Victor Brar, a University of British Columbia professor with expertise in K-12 education, said the descriptive grading system was met with opposition because the traditional letter system is “ingrained into our psychology.”
“It’s the only system that we’ve ever known, (and) you can’t see an alternative,” said Brar. “I think a lot of parents, given this was a system they grew up in, (are) comfortable with it and don’t understand anything different.”
Brar added he thinks it’s a case of “good policy communicated poorly.”
He recommends schools, in September, “call parents into the gymnasium and have a good old-fashioned ‘here’s the system.’”
Brar said the lack of communication has also left students to pick the “new system up on their own,” and match “extending” with “A’s.” Etc….more at the link.
Yeah but the reality is the Federal govt has been doing this kind of shit since the late 1980s. Like when they hired a Sikh dude who hadn't even lived here for a year to work customs at an international airport. Like was there really a shortage of actual Canadians applying for that job?Here’s a new twist on things… or not so new twist. Equity, not equality, is a constitutionally protected right in Canada, argues a new report published by a Calgary-based think tank.
“Canadians have been sold a bill of goods,” Bruce Pardy, the author of the report and a Queen’s University law professor, told National Post by email. “Many of them think that they have a right to equal treatment under the law. They think that discrimination is illegal. But nothing could be further from the truth. In Canada, discrimination is lawful as long as it is committed against the right groups — and in particular against straight white men?
“This isn’t just the law, but part of the Canadian Constitution. Unequal treatment is embedded as a constitutional standard — and in some situations, a constitutional requirement.”Canadians have constitutional right to unequal treatment, new report argues — National Post
'The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group,' Bruce Pardy writes
In Canada, the principle of equity — seeking to achieve identical group outcomes — has made judicial inroads across the country, Pardy argues in a report published this week by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.
“Equal treatment and equity are opposites,” writes Pardy, who is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation. “The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group. Equal treatment and equity are mutually exclusive and cannot co-exist.”
This issue should be particularly concerning to young Canadians who could be “squeezed out of opportunities because of their identity,” Pardy told the Post. Front of mind for him was the recent announcement by Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) new medical school that three-quarters of its seats would be allotted to “equity-deserving groups.”
“This kind of thing has become widespread, with job openings and government programs excluding people who are not the preferred race or gender,” Pardy said.
The real reason for the new report cards is to protect incompetent teachers. Same reason the teachers union doesn't want standardized testing. The tests reveal more about teacher performance than student ability.
Personally? I'd rather see kids be kept back if they need to be. Refuse to advance them if they don't get the grades needed.
But the Entire Educational system needs a complete overhaul anyway, not just in how it's graded, but in what is taught to kids, how it's taught to kids and when it's taught.
But the Entire Educational system needs a complete overhaul anyway, not just in how it's graded, but in what is taught to kids, how it's taught to kids and when it's taught.
EDITORIAL: How others see the new woke Canada — Toronto Sun
A seven-part series in London’s Daily Telegraph recently took a hard look at Canada’s lurch to the left, examining this country’s “progressive legislation on issues such as drugs, free speech, trans rights and assisted dying.” The essays provide a unique perspective on this country — as others...
A new poll by Abacus has found that the Liberals support has plummeted so low that the only support they have left is the Conservative Premiers who get to remain popular while Canadians blame Trudeau for things that are technically their domain.
Poll: Only Canadians still planning to vote for Trudeau are Conservative Premiers who get to blame him for all their failures
OTTAWA: A new poll by Abacus has found that the Liberals support has plummeted so low that the only support they have left is the Conservative Premiers who get to remain popular while Canadians blame Trudeau for things that are technically their domain. “In the last two weeks we’ve seen the...
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Editorial: Five ways to use your huge bazongas as literal weapons in the Woke War, by the National Post
by The National Post You heard it here first, Canadians: the death of wokeness lies in a gorgeous set of organic, locally-sourced bazongas.
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Amy Hamm: Right-thinking British Columbians must rise up against wokeness — National Post
There is no longer any excuse to feel shamed into silence over our opinions