Greetings all. As usual Justin, a great overview of the whole darned thing and I might also add a very entertaining read ( not to trivialize or make light of the events that unfolded across our nation one year ago).
I’d like to comment just a tad on something I heard from Gary Mason on CBC’s special edition of, “ At Issue” that aired Frid…
Greetings all. As usual Justin, a great overview of the whole darned thing and I might also add a very entertaining read ( not to trivialize or make light of the events that unfolded across our nation one year ago).
I’d like to comment just a tad on something I heard from Gary Mason on CBC’s special edition of, “ At Issue” that aired Friday February 17. He made reference and took slight exception to Rouleau’s comment in the report that stated how the PM’s words, “ a small fringe minority” incited more rage and anger by many in the protest. I agree with Gary when he stated that the alienation and palpable anger towards
Justin Trudeau long predates this latest national crisis at least in western provinces, specifically Alberta. This anger requires no stoking whatsoever. Having lived in Edmonton since 1979 after leaving Toronto I can honestly say that “ F*** Trudeau” virtriol and accompanying visuals have long been a part of the physical and vernacular landscape. The bad blood and history of PET is very much alive in this province.
Initially I was beyond shocked and though not accepting of it all, I have come to realize that it is deep and exists. This is generational anger that is cultivated in family dinner hours and popular coffee hangouts . At times I’m very discouraged. How to personally navigate the when and how to have meaningful respectful dialogue when such anger dominates the narrative?
And as an aside, I’ve worked in education with the most marginalized adult learners in our systems and although the understanding of their obstacles and needs was a mix of pedagogy and compassion, these fellow citizens of this great country present us with an even much greater challenge.
There's no doubt that anger and frustration predates our current Trudeau. I grew up on the other side of the country, in Cape Breton: We've got a particular strain of frustration and alienation back home, too. But that's why it requires politicians to keep that frustration and alienation in their heads at all times, so they don't — unwittingly or intentionally — inflame that sentiment. (See: Harper, "culture of defeat.")
I think people have a really easy time getting angry at a guy behind a podium on TV. I think they have a harder time getting genuinely mad at someone who shows up on their doorstep, or who walks into Timmy's. Maybe it's optimism, but I think the solution to that frustration is still inter-personal. (And, well, a lot of other stuff, too.)
Greetings all. As usual Justin, a great overview of the whole darned thing and I might also add a very entertaining read ( not to trivialize or make light of the events that unfolded across our nation one year ago).
I’d like to comment just a tad on something I heard from Gary Mason on CBC’s special edition of, “ At Issue” that aired Friday February 17. He made reference and took slight exception to Rouleau’s comment in the report that stated how the PM’s words, “ a small fringe minority” incited more rage and anger by many in the protest. I agree with Gary when he stated that the alienation and palpable anger towards
Justin Trudeau long predates this latest national crisis at least in western provinces, specifically Alberta. This anger requires no stoking whatsoever. Having lived in Edmonton since 1979 after leaving Toronto I can honestly say that “ F*** Trudeau” virtriol and accompanying visuals have long been a part of the physical and vernacular landscape. The bad blood and history of PET is very much alive in this province.
Initially I was beyond shocked and though not accepting of it all, I have come to realize that it is deep and exists. This is generational anger that is cultivated in family dinner hours and popular coffee hangouts . At times I’m very discouraged. How to personally navigate the when and how to have meaningful respectful dialogue when such anger dominates the narrative?
And as an aside, I’ve worked in education with the most marginalized adult learners in our systems and although the understanding of their obstacles and needs was a mix of pedagogy and compassion, these fellow citizens of this great country present us with an even much greater challenge.
There's no doubt that anger and frustration predates our current Trudeau. I grew up on the other side of the country, in Cape Breton: We've got a particular strain of frustration and alienation back home, too. But that's why it requires politicians to keep that frustration and alienation in their heads at all times, so they don't — unwittingly or intentionally — inflame that sentiment. (See: Harper, "culture of defeat.")
I think people have a really easy time getting angry at a guy behind a podium on TV. I think they have a harder time getting genuinely mad at someone who shows up on their doorstep, or who walks into Timmy's. Maybe it's optimism, but I think the solution to that frustration is still inter-personal. (And, well, a lot of other stuff, too.)