Québec's Charter of Values exposing hypocrisy of TROC

The debate over the proposed Charter of Québec Values is generating lots of heat both within and without la Belle Province. The latest public opinion polls put support for the Charter inside Québec at anywhere from 66% to 85% in TROQ -- The Rest Of Québec, c'est à dire outside of Montréal.

In what was once Canada's most important city, the percentages would be about the same, against the Charter. When you think about why this might be, consider the composition of the once-greatest professional hockey team, the Montréal Canadiens. The sad fact is that today's Glorieux have almost no players who could be called pure laine canadiens. Flying Frenchmen, please call home! But where is home?

The point is that the majority of francophone Canadians support the charter. The majority of anglophones and "allophones" are opposed. At least, that's what the lamestream Canuck media tell us. And the chatterers who prate on the CBC and scribble in the Moan and Wail are having great fun excoriating "the French" for being xenophobic, anti-Muslim, racist, and generally failing to celebrate diversity and multiculturalism.

There are those, however, who are asking publicly whether TROC -- The Rest of Canada -- isn't being more than a little hypocritical. One such is André Schutten, General Legal Counsel and Ontario Director for ARPA Canada -- a political action committee of the Christian Reformed churches.

In a recent article in the Ottawa Citizen, Mr. Schutten points out that provincial governments across Canada have been telling public employees to leave their religion at the door for years, just as the Parti Québecois is doing now. As proof, he cites the Alberta government telling doctors that they must perform abortions regardless of their religious beliefs.

In Saskatchewan, he says, a marriage commissioner is not allowed to refuse to officiate at a "gay marriage" for reasons of conscience. And in Ontario former education minister, Laurel Rotten ["Broten", shurely! Ed.] recently said Christian schools can't teach that abortion is wrong. (Ontario is now governed by North America's first openly lesbian premier, which tells you all you need to know.)

Writes Mr. Schutten, "These are shocking statements to make. We’re not talking about wearing a certain piece of religious garb here. These are fundamental moral teachings. I hope that the rest of Canada can do some introspection."

"Are we guilty," he continues, "of hypocritically trying to take the speck out of Québec’s eye when we’re blind to the plank in our own?... The only real difference between Québec and the rest of Canada, on this issue, is that Québec is being bold and forthright about its intentions."

Len would add that the provincial and federal politicians -- hello Jason Kenney, hello Justin Trudeau -- who have been falling all over each other to condemn the Québec Charter even before it becomes law give a listen to the voices of their own constituents, as expressed on speak-your-mouth programmes like CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup a few hours ago. Several callers expressed support for the ideas of the Charter, and opined that minorities should accommodate themselves to the values of the majority, not the other way around.

Walt adds that at least the Québec government has the gonads to talk about the elephant in the room. Dear Canuck readers, the first few drops of the shitstorm have fallen! The Charter of Québec Values is the first shot in what promises to be a war over enforced multiculturalism. Don't be afraid to tell your "leaders" where you stand!