Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Conservatives Called Out For 'Inflammatory' Campaign Tactics

Hundreds of academics across Canada are condemning the campaign tactics of the Conservative Party.

In an open letter published Friday on the public affairs blog In Due Course, the group says it's concerned about "the ugly and dangerous turn we have recently witnessed in the election campaign."

"Increasingly, the Conservatives seem to have been opting for a particularly nasty form of 'wedge politics,'" the letter states.

"However, by injecting the inflammatory rhetoric of 'barbaric cultural practices' into the current campaign, the Conservative Party has flagrantly crossed the line."

The letter is signed by 587 Canadian academics.

Daniel Weinstock, a law professor at McGill University, was one of its authors and lead signatories.

"We think there's something very sinister in making those kinds of divisions between Canadians," he told CBC Montreal's Daybreak on Friday.

The Conservatives have made identity politics a key component of their campaign, especially in Quebec, where there is widespread support for a ban on niqabs during the citizenship ceremony.

Last week, the party also pledged that if re-elected, a Conservative government would establish a tip line for reporting "barbaric cultural practices" to the RCMP.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: cbc

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