A Canadian Dhimmi and his Canadian Contribution
(By the way, the "T" of "Shift" is deliberately designed to bleed off the book cover.
This is a cleaver way of "shifting" the text, and its meaning along. Out of the picture?)
* The second part of this post's title comes from Ontario's national anthem:
Give us a place to stand-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And a place to grow
And call this land Ontario.
A place to live
For you and me
With hopes as high
As the tallest tree.
Give us a land of lakes
and a land of snow
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontario!
From western hills,
To northern shores.
To Niagara Falls,
Where the waters roar.
Give us a land of peace,
Where the free winds blow.
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontario!
John Ibbitson at the 4.58 point of the interview on Television Ontario
"I'm an optimist"
John Ibbitson, of the New Canadian Conservative (my label), is being interviewed by the astute and intelligent Steve Paiken of Television Ontario (TVO) - video of the full interview here). He has just written a book called The Big Shift: The Seismic Change In Canadian Politics, Business, And Culture And What It Means For Our (Darrett Bicker and John Ibbitson, 2013).
The cover of the book is worth noting. It has the Canadian flag, but instead of the red and white, it is blue and white. I cannot find any explanation for this, other than Ibbitson's underhanded way of saying that Canada is turning away from Liberal Red to Tory Blue.
This Toronto Star writer concurs:
Anyone who has been paying attention to the so-called “visuals” of governance from Ottawa these past few years cannot help but notice the efforts to change the colour of Canada from Liberal red to Tory blue.Here is the definition of the Blue Tories:
Blue Tories, also known as small 'c' conservatives, are, in Canadian politics, members of the former federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, current Conservative Party of Canada and provincial Progressive Conservative parties who are more economically right wing. Prior to the 1960s, these Conservatives were most identified with the Montreal and Toronto commercial elite who took positions of influence within the Progressive Conservative Party. Since the mid-1970s, they have been heavily influenced by the neo-liberal movement. Blue Tories tend to favour neo-liberal policies such as devolution of federal power to the provincial governments, a reduced role for government in the economy, reduction of taxation and similar mainstream neoconservative ideals. The term Blue Tory does not refer to social conservatism.[Source: Wikipedia]And of the Red Tories:
A Red Tory is an adherent of a particular political philosophy, tradition, and disposition in Canada somewhat similar to the High Tory tradition in the United Kingdom.[Source: Wikipedia]And
High Toryism is a term used in Britain, Canada, Australia and elsewhere to refer to a traditionalist conservatism which is in line with the Toryism originating in the 17th century. High Tories and their worldview are sometimes at odds with the more liberal and cosmopolitan elements of the Conservative Party in these countries at present.[Source: Wikipedia]This Globe and Mail journalist, who has lived his whole career moving further away from his people and his country, is revealed conclusively to be a willing apologist for the formidable non-white population that is now ready to take over and replace him and his country. He's doing so without a fight and not even a whimper, but with a dhimmitized acquiescence. He is willing and ready to shift.
And the new, replacement population is formidable. It wants nothing less than replacement of whites by non-whites from China, India, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The most vocal, prominent and so-far successful groups are those from China (and their offspring) and India (and their offspring).
Still, Ibbitson is a sorry example for whites. His unkempt hair, his lop-sided tie, his haggard features, and above all, his soft but panicked eyes show us that he is petrified of what will happen. But his multicultural ideology, his belief in "equality," and his probable gastronomical indulgence in ethnic foods which these immigrants bring right to his doorway, doesn't let him realize the utter danger he is in. He ends up writing a book which he titles The Big Shift which exposes every corner of his mushy brain for the fallacies it holds.
Below are excerpts from the TVO interview which pertain to immigrants, immigration and multiculturalism.
Ibbitson says:
The Lauratian elites [those governing elites in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and other cities along the St. Lawrence River or its watershed] doesn't [sic] realize that Canada no longer belongs to them. A country that was once part of the Atlantic world is becoming part of the Pacific world. The provinces that mattered most don't matter as much any more. The country's center has shifted west, and the power has shifted with it. In fact, power is now shared by two groups: Westerners, and Ontario's suburban middle class, especially the immigrant suburban middle class. In terms of power and priorities, nothing else and no-one else is as important.The astute interviewer of The Agenda, Steve Paiken, who hosts the show, asks Ibbitson:
Do you feel bad about that?Ibbitson replies:
No. It's not that I don't like the Canada that the Laurentian elites created. In fact I love the Canada that the Laurentian elites created.And here's the zinger:
I love especially the multiculturalism that they created. The fact that we did open our doors, as no other country on earth has opened its doors, to so many people, from so many places. But they're [current immigrants] not the people who came here, for example, after the Second World War. They're not the people like my ancestors who came here after the First World War. They have different priorities, different interests. Some of them are different from mine. What I love is the fact that they are seizing the country. And they are seizing the agenda. And they are driving us forward. And I do believe it is forward. I love the idea that the west is no longer a region; it is the new center. I love the idea that Canada is becoming a Pacific nation rather than an Atlantic nation. There are things that I regret. But I'm essentially an optimist. I'm an optimist especially about the fact that new immigrant Canadians are embracing the country and driving a kind of nationalism, a patriotism even, that our generation was embarrassed ever to embrace. So on the whole I think it is a good thing.And later:
One of the things the Laurentian elites always believed was that Canada was fragile. It could break up at any moment. Ungovernable. It was like a humming bird. Theoretically it can't fly and yet it does. So, yes, there is a shift in power. Yes, one region that used to be peripheral is becoming central. But that doesn't make the country any less governable. It's going to make changes, absolutely. One of the things we talk about in the book is the "Ottawa River Curtain" where everything east of the Ottawa River - Quebec and Atlantic Canada - they're not bringing in immigrants. They're not even trying very hard, frankly, to bring in immigrants. Their population in consequence are aging and declining. Their economies are aging and declining. And the assumption that the Laurentianites have maintained, which is that there would be inter-regional transfers of wealth from the richer parts of the country to the poorer parts of the country, I don't think that these immigrant Canadians themselves embrace. They want to know why. Why is money going to these people? Why is seasonal industry considered so important? Why must the equalization program be what it is? So there are going to be challenges, there are going to be tensions, there are going to be stresses. But we've never been farther away on a Quebec referendum on separation than we are right now, even with a PQ government in Quebec. And I think it cannot weaken the country to have the west now not only in, but running the place. A region that was considered itself to be on the periphery at one time.Paiken asks:
I want to ask about that coalition. How do South Asian immigrants living in Toronto's suburbs have anything in common with white rural voters, or westerners? Because that's the coalition I gather, right?Ibbitson:
I guess the alternative coalition is what you want to oppose as an opposite...Those suburban immigrant voters in the (905) [telephone area code] are from China, are from India are from Philippines, are from Pacific nations. They are themselves here, succeeding, and wanting to succeed more. Those values are far more in alignment with the values in Calgary, and even Vancouver, and even Winnipeg...than they are with the notions of redistribution of incomes, protection of declining and diminishing populations and economies in the west. I don't see how you get (905) immigrant voters to make common cause with Quebec and Atlantic voters. I see every reason why they would make common cause with western voters. In fact, I see every reason why Ontario, because of immigration, is becoming what we call a Pacific and not Atlantic province.Further on:
The demographic fundamentals favor the conservatives. And the issues favor the conservatives. Actually not the issues, there's just one, there's the economy. And because of the recession, and because immigrant Canadians are rightly, focused on improving the quality of their own lives, improving their incomes, improving the chances for their own children, the economy is the one that trumps all the other issues.Ibbitson finally talks about the "deep patriotism" these "new immigrants" have for Canada. Of course they will defend all the gains that they enjoy: good schools, jobs, clean air, safe highways, friendly Ibbitson-types, groceries and stores full of (good) goods, and T.V. with 100+ stations. What's not to love? If these are gone, then their whole enterprise has failed.
But, there is also another "patriotism" that comes from these immigrants, and it is based on anti-Americanism. The hostility towards America that many Canadians have is doubly manifested in these immigrants. They come hating America, and have found the ideal location, a country almost like America, where they can grow their clinging roots, and realize their mostly materialistic opportunities.
So, I expect anti-Americanism, and its corollary, anti-Westernism, which also includes anti-Canadianism, which ultimately means anti-whitism, to grow even more with the coming generations as these new immigrants multiply into several generations.
And at some point, both immigrants and whites are going to realize that there are other identifiable issues like culture, language, religion that will start to take-over materialistic ones. I agree that immigrants come here to "make a better life." Ibbitson's ancestors also came over after WWI probably for the same reason. But they came to live within the constraints of the new country they arrived in. They didn't plan to, or want to, change it. And they in fact improved it.
Now immigrants, while with one hand reaping the wealth of the country, are giving it nothing back either economically or culturally. It is a fallacy that these current immigrants are making Canada wealthier, and it is a fallacy that their cultures are improving what we have. In fact there is a net loss on all counts.
So, ultimately, current immigrants are like parasites, Taking away, feeding off the blood, but giving nothing substantial back. But their agenda is bigger. It is a re-establishment of those cultures they left behind on the ready-made, wealthy and abundant Canadian soil. But in doing so, they are also destroying those very Canadian qualities that urged them to pack their bags and fly (no-one takes ships anymore) over.
Poor Ibbitson. Poor Canada. Oh Chanada!
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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