{"id":3084,"date":"2019-07-27T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2019-07-27T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T12:24:15","slug":"terrible-decision-by-conservatives-to-remove-salim-mansur-creates-new-opening-for-bernier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Terrible Decision By Conservatives To Remove Salim Mansur Creates New Opening For Bernier"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Terrible Decision By Conservatives To Remove Salim Mansur Creates New Opening For Bernier<\/strong><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-140\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-box-3_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-box-3_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-box-3_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"v\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-cate\"><a class=\"entry-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/category\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/author\/spencerfernando\/\">SpencerFernando<\/a><\/span><span class=\"entry-date\"><time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2019-06-12T13:32:50-05:00\">June 12, 2019<\/time><\/span><span class=\"comments-link\"><i class=\"genericon genericon-comment\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/2019\/06\/12\/terrible-decision-by-conservatives-to-remove-salim-mansur-creates-new-opening-for-bernier\/#comments\">23<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><a title=\"Terrible Decision By Conservatives To Remove Salim Mansur Creates New Opening For Bernier\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/2019\/06\/12\/terrible-decision-by-conservatives-to-remove-salim-mansur-creates-new-opening-for-bernier\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-boston-pro-list-medium size-boston-pro-list-medium wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Salim-Mansur.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Salim-Mansur.png 640w, https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Salim-Mansur-300x161.png 300w\" alt=\"Salim Mansur\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/aside>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"at-above-post addthis_tool\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.spencerfernando.com\/2019\/06\/12\/terrible-decision-by-conservatives-to-remove-salim-mansur-creates-new-opening-for-bernier\/\"><\/div>\n<h2>Surrendering to pressure from the Liberal elites will only encourage more pressure. They can never be appeased.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-141\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-medrectangle-3_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-medrectangle-3_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-medrectangle-3_0\" width=\"580\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"w\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Salim Mansur is a devout Canadian Muslim who has courageously spoke out against radical Islamism.<\/p>\n<p>Mansur is a highly-respected professor, and has even been invited by Conservatives to testify on Parliament Hill about the threat of radical Islamism.<\/p>\n<p>Mansur won the nomination to be the Conservative candidate in the riding of London North-Centre.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Conservative Party has since disqualified him from running \u2013 without even letting party members in the area decide.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-157\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-spencerfernando_com-box-4-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad ezfound\" data-google-query-id=\"CKe3iO_B1OMCFUe6Twod-HgI2w\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-box-4_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-box-4_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-box-4_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"1p\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed with CPC disallowing my candidacy, yet hopeful conservatives will persevere. I\u2019ll have more to say about this &amp; my role in 2019 election. Thanks to all for love &amp; support. This setback won\u2019t derail me to help rescue our Canada from Islamism &amp; Globalism.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He was told in an email that his candidacy was \u2018disallowed.\u2019<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-158\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/2019\/06\/10\/award-winning-professor-salim-mansur-disqualified-from-seeking-conservative-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> by Andrew Lawton for the True North Centre, <em>\u201cNo reason was provided in the email, but Mansur told me in a brief interview that Conservative leader Andrew Scheer\u2019s campaign manager, Hamish Marshall, advised him last week of the party\u2019s concerns with Mansur\u2019s past writing and public speaking on Islamism and the politics of radical Muslims, which Marshall said will likely be portrayed by Liberals and others as Islamophobic, and become disruptive to the party\u2019s national campaign.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If that is the reason, it\u2019s a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>The whole point of being a leader is having the ability to persuade people and push back against falsehoods. So, if the Liberals call Mansur \u2018Islamophobic\u2019 (which is obviously absurd considering that Mansur is himself Muslim), then Scheer should simply push back and say \u201cMansur is a proud Canadian-Muslim who is fighting against extremism and terrorism.\u201d<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-149\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-spencerfernando_com-banner-1-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad ezfound\" data-google-query-id=\"CL322LDC1OMCFUesaQodBo0JSg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-banner-1_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-banner-1_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/spencerfernando_com-banner-1_0\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"1v\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Then, Scheer should put Trudeau on the defensive by saying <em>\u201cJustin Trudeau must answer for his association with people like Joshua Boyle, Trudeau must answer for his plan to let ISIS terrorists back into our country, and Trudeau must explain why the Liberals are attacking a courageous Canadian Muslim instead of fighting against the anti-LGBT, anti-women agenda of radical Islamists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It would be so easy to put the Liberals on the defensive and stand up for Mansur.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, the Conservatives simply booted him.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s weakness, and that weakness will only encourage more attacks from the Liberals.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As Cosmin Dzsurdzsa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepostmillennial.com\/the-conservatives-made-a-big-mistake-by-disqualifying-salim-mansur-as-a-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote in the Post Millennial<\/a>, <em>\u201cThe Conservatives will be accused of Islamophobia either way. There really is no way around it. In fact, the Liberals will likely pull out their full arsenal of phobias to fling at Conservatives. This decision won\u2019t mitigate the persistence or the frequency of such smears. It should be clear from the recent elections in Alberta and before that in Ontario, that the left will invent reasons to accuse their opponents of all sorts of vile things if they can\u2019t find any readily available. For the CPC to think that this might save them a headache is just naivete or self-delusion.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This move sends a dangerous message to brave Canadian Muslims who are speaking out against extremism. If even Canada\u2019s top Conservative party won\u2019t stand up for them, then who will?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s demoralizing for the Conservative Base, and it\u2019s a massive mistake.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-154\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It also creates an opening for People\u2019s Party Leader Maxime Bernier.<\/p>\n<p>While Bernier has been struggling in the polls as his party gets off the ground, the Conservatives\u2019 rejection of Mansur plays exactly into what he\u2019s been saying about some Conservatives being far too willing to bow down to Liberal-style political correctness.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Bernier said on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Tories have rejected the candidacy of highly respected Prof. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-13gxpu9 r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalimMansurLNC\" data-focusable=\"true\">@SalimMansurLNC<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">, a critic of islamism, for fear of being called islamophobic by Liberals. Can you trust Andrew Scheer to defend Canadian values? Is he willing to do *anything* to gain power?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There will certainly be some justifiably-angry Conservatives who will consider the People\u2019s Party more now because of the brutal error of getting rid of Mansur.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservatives under Scheer have gotten many things right, particularly their willingness to confront Communist China, build up our military, and reverse Trudeau\u2019s destructive and unity-destroying economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>That said, their lack of toughness and fear of attacks led them to meekly surrender to the Liberals and remove Mansur and that mistake could cost them votes at Election time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Canada needs people like Salim Mansur in our political leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the decision must be reversed, and the Conservatives need to adopt the attitude of simply focusing all their attacks and attention on Trudeau\u2019s pathetic and dangerous failures, rather than surrendering to the sickness of political correctness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Spencer Fernando<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrible Decision By Conservatives To Remove Salim Mansur Creates New Opening For Bernier NewsSpencerFernandoJune 12, 201923 Surrendering to pressure from the Liberal elites will only encourage more pressure. They can never be appeased. 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