{"id":4174,"date":"2020-07-10T00:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T04:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2020-07-10T00:14:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T04:14:36","slug":"derek-slan-says-no-to-cancel-culture-no-to-affirmative-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4174","title":{"rendered":"Derek Slan Says NO to \u201ccancel culture\u201d & NO to \u201caffirmative action\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Frederick,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a story in The Globe and Mail yesterday (\u201cOntario\n\nLiberals to change rules, lower fees to ensure more female\n\ncandidates\u201d), the Ontario Liberal Party has set a goal to become \u201cthe\n\nmost open and equitable party in Canada\u201d, and they have a plan to\n\nachieve that end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their plan is to increase the percentage of female candidates they\n\nfield in the next Ontario provincial election to at least 50% of the\n\nparty total by launching an aggressive search campaign, lowering\n\nregistration fees for women only, and\u2014if necessary\u2014having only women\n\nrun in the nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe there\u2019s a lesson in this for the Conservative\n\nParty of Canada: this is NOT how to do things.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merit, and merit alone<\/strong>, should be the primary\n\ncriteria when considering someone for a job, including the job of\n\nrunning for political office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should judge people on the quality of their talents and\n\non the soundness of their ideas, not on their sex, colour, age,\n\nreligion, or anything else.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And who should evaluate the merit? The local party members,\n\nin a democratic vote! <\/strong>Not the bureaucrats at CPC HQ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ontario Liberal Kate Graham has said that having more women in\n\nelected politics \u201cleads to better decisions\u201d. She\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electing better decision-makers will lead to better decisions, and\n\nwe can\u2019t assume someone\u2019s ability to make decisions is based on their\n\nsex or race or religion, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letting identity politics trump actual ideas will lead to a\n\nstagnant culture and stifling lack of innovation. Eventually, it will\n\ndestroy our democratic institutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to this, I was disappointed to hear Leslyn Lewis speak of a\n\ndesire for \u201cequality of outcomes\u201d during the leadership debate.\n\nThis sounds like Leslyn Lewis might actually support\n\naffirmative action, which I hope is not the case. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea that we can ensure equality of outcomes necessarily\n\ninvolves rigging the game\u2014like the Ontario Liberal Party is doing\u2014and\n\nletting merit take a back seat. At its heart, the very idea of\n\n\u201cequality of outcome\u201d is a socialist concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why, in the debate, I corrected Dr. Lewis in asserting the\n\nnon-socialist idea we must pursue, which is to provide equality of\n\nopportunity for all. Is Leslyn Lewis for any form of\n\naffirmative action either in government or in CPC candidate\n\nrecruitment?<\/strong> You should ask her\u2014and Peter MacKay and Erin\n\nO\u2019Toole as well, for that matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is more to it than simply banning the practice of\n\n\u201caffirmative action\u201d. We also need to \u201ccancel\u201d the \u201ccancel culture\u201d in\n\nour party. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CPC has, in the recent past, \u201ccancelled\u201d the\n\nnominations of candidates because of their ideas. In this leadership\n\ncontest, for example, Richard D\u00e9carie and Jim Karahalios were both\n\ndisqualified from the current leadership race because of positions\n\nthey expressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are numerous other examples of conservative-minded and other\n\nfreedom-loving party members being denied the opportunity to\n\nseek local CPC nominations in the 2019 Federal election.<\/strong> No\n\nwonder thousands of CPC members have already defected to Maxime\n\nBernier\u2019s PPC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In allowing the \u201ccancel culture\u201d to spread, our Party has\n\nnot acted any better than the Ontario Liberal Party is planning to\n\nact<\/strong> by enforcing a candidate quota based on sex. The\n\nConservative Party of Canada, if the name means anything, should set a\n\nperfect example in promoting free expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiversity\u201d doesn\u2019t consist of people of different sexes,\n\nreligions, and races bound to express one narrow set of acceptable\n\nbeliefs. True diversity entails a real variety of ideas expressed and\n\ndebated in political parties and in the public square.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Leader of the CPC, I will promote true diversity of\n\nideas, both in Canadian society and in our Party. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principled conservatives will no longer be \u201ccancelled\u201d at any level\n\nof the CPC, even if their ideas fall outside of the increasingly\n\nnarrow scope of those tolerated by the \u201cRed Tory\u201d faction of our\n\nParty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The triumph of identity politics has no place in the truly\n\ndiverse CPC and Canada that we should all strive to promote. Under my\n\nleadership, there will be no \u201caffirmative action\u201d for local\n\nnominations, and no \u201ccancel culture\u201d either.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you support merit over identity politics, please donate\n\ntoday to help our campaign continue to advance truly conservative\n\nideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Derek<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\n\nDerek Sloan\n\nMember of Parliament\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.dereksloan.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS: I\u2019m running for leadership of the CPC to stand up, without\n\napology, for true freedom of sp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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