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Originally Posted by akboss
As usual, you state a good, well argued point, and I would have to agree with you - if there is enough support to change something, that is the freedom of democracy, and it should be changed.
The flag, well...let's take it to vote! 
I enjoyed your comments on how Canada went through a tumultuous period after becoming a sovereign nation, very interesting!
Cheers,
A. |
Thank you for your kind words.
But, I fear this issue is not going away anytime soon. Take a look at the webpage for Senator Nancy Ruth, who has championed this cause.
http://sen.parl.gc.ca/nruth/EN/welcome.html
She is obviously focused on her interpretation of "women's issues" to the exclusion of everything else. The problem here is that such social activists end up having to stir-up controversy in order to keep themselves relevant, as this lady is now.
As women achieve greater equality and access to society's opportunities at all levels, feminists become increasingly irrelevant, because they have achieved many of their goals. Therefore, they must either fade into obscurity or create new, often-fake, alleged injustices requiring our attention.
Senator Ruth seems to be using public money to do the latter. If the anthem change was the result of a grass-roots campaign, I would be sympathetic.
But since it is obviously the product of one irrelevant old biddy with access to public money to fund her pet project, I have little sympathy or support for this change.
Actions like this remind me why the senate should be abolished or elected. Unlike elected politicians or civil servants, senators are accountable to no one it seems, which imo is wrong.
BTW if you look at her official CV, I have NO idea why she was qualified to be a senator.Her CV is laughably inappropriate and her qualifications are embarrassingly shoddy. Apparently, they will appoint anyone who happens to be a Party member.
http://sen.parl.gc.ca/nruth/EN/About.html