In today’s society, people seem to get upset, angry, and offended at many things. The most common of these is with language, either spoken or written. We have all heard the expression “cancel culture” and the act of boycotting. These are things that people can do when they don’t like something someone has said out loud, put on a sign, or in a post to try to force the person to stop or undo what it is that they said. While this is a legitimate option to show displeasure, it goes to a whole other level when these people try going to higher authorities to have them force the person to stop saying certain things when those things are well within the law.

In Canada, we all have the “right” (see my other post about why this is in quotations) to freedom of expression. This means that as long as it’s not a call to violence, people can say pretty much anything they want to. Someone could put up a billboard saying they hate black people if they wanted to. I may not agree with the statement but I support everyone’s right to say what they want and I will do what I can to uphold it.

If we don’t allow it, then those who police our language will continue to do so until there’s nothing that anyone can say that isn’t approved by the government. As it is right now, we are already heading down that path. For example, the slogan, Black Lives Matter, was a movement in the US that spread like wildfire across North America. The people who say this and believe this, think that saying that all lives matter or white lives matter is racist. This is because they were told to believe in the racism narrative and to try to shut down opposing viewpoints. This creates even more division and hatred among the people, even though the ones trying to silence the others say they aren’t racist and believe in inclusion. This puts the lie to those words. If black lives matter isn’t racist, then neither is white lives matter. Equality matters.

If we don’t like something, we can say to the other person that we don’t and don’t want them to say those that thing anymore. This is how everyone should act because how would people feel if the roles were reversed?

All in all, there is a difference between hate speech (which doesn’t have a proper definition) and speech you hate. I’m all for free speech, not just free expression, as long as it doesn’t try to bring about any violence or criminal activity. We all need to be adults and not lash out like entitled children.

            Canada is a sovereign nation and needs to stay as such. We must rule ourselves and not allow any foreign interference from anywhere outside of our borders. This means that we should not listen to the UN, WEF, or any other NGO or government if those suggestions do not benefit the people of our country. The WEF specifically, needs to not have a voice within Canada because they do not care about Canadians at all and want to make our lives harder because it makes their lives better. Their greed and want of power and control means that we should not be taking their calls let alone attending any of their meetings.

            Already, we have seen how detrimental to society they can be with the Paris Climate Accord, Agenda 2030, etc. These and others like these need to be ignored completely because they do not benefit Canadians and create more difficult times with the higher taxes, regulations, laws, etc. that the governments impose on us.

I believe that Canada is in need of election reform and that was one of the Liberal promises a number of years ago. However, why change something that works in your favour, especially when you’re the ones in power?
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Most people know that it is extremely difficult for things to change when it comes to elections because outside of the major cities, votes don’t really count for much. The Golden Horseshoe and a few of the other major cities in Canada make up half of the MPs in Parliament. This is wrong and everyone knows it. There must be a better balance in place so that the urban areas can’t dictate to the rest of the country. I know this would take a lot of consideration and thought to come to the best balance. Having Ontario and Quebec being able to decide everything isn’t fair.

What also needs to change is how the leaders are voted in. I believe that the people should be able to vote for who they want as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, along with local MPs. This would be similar to how the US does their voting. How this would look would be having all MP options on the ballot as it is now but also a section for who you want to vote to be in those positions, as well as a blank area for another name to be written down.

     Canadians pay a lot in taxes and we know it. We are taxed on the money we make, we get taxed on the items that we buy with the income that was already taxed, we get taxed on the property continually that we paid for with the same taxed income, we get taxed on that same house when we sell it for any difference in price, and we get taxed in so many more areas with many more taxes. This combined with the wasting of our money has lead to us having to deal with a high living cost.
 
   The government needs to stop giving our money away to those who don’t deserve it or don’t give us an equal value of something in return. No money for other countries or foreign wars, no money for bailouts, etc. They also need to reduce many of the tax rates and eliminate a lot of them entirely. I believe we need to reduce income tax, eliminate GST, eliminate the carbon tax, eliminate capital gains tax for individuals, and the list goes on. By eliminating the wasteful spending that both the Liberals and Conservatives do, there is no need to have so many and such high taxes.
 
   Why the government wants to eliminate the middle class and put them into poverty doesn’t make any sense to the average person. This is what they’re doing while at the same time telling us that they’re trying to help lift people out of poverty. They are the ones who created the problem and are now selling us the solution. We can’t stand by and allow this to happen.