The Passive Perversity of Canadian Elites

The Passive Perversity of Canadian Elites - Elizabeth Nickson

• The real Canada, the spirit of Canada lies in the truckers, the descendants of the actual founders of the country. - This piece first appeared in Michael Walsh’s Pipeline earlier this month...
• Canada’s only readable political scientist, Barry Cooper, made a nice distinction a few years back. “America’s boomers,” he said, “innovated. Canada’s built a vast sclerotic bureaucracy that has shut down the future.”

"...This vision of Canada's role in the world was led by the distinctly pacifist prime minister Lester Pearson, who managed to rebrand Canada as a peace broker...managed to shut down any spirit of entrepreneurial energy or indeed vigour in the country. 

Henceforward, we were to be the patsies of the known universe. 

Got a problem? 

We’ll turn up, hand out blankets, and pose for photos. 

• One of our Generals, Romeo D’Allaire was stationed in Rwanda during the massacre, without the direction or resources to stop the killing of one million people.

No one seemed to notice the absurdity...