[NEWS] Five politics links: Canada, Maxine Bernier, Golden Dawn

[rfmcdonald]

• National Observer argued, before Bernier broke, that his stances on immigration and multiculturalism bode ill for Canada, here.


• If a Canada that needs immigration to sustain its workforce turns against immigration, that would be the real crisis. Global News reports.


• The Golden Dawn movement of Greece, this essay argues, set precedents for alt-right movements across the developed world with its engagement with locals. The Conversation has it.


• Canada, despite everything, is still one of the most socially mobile countries in the world. MacLean's reports.


• Andrew Coyne wonders why Maxime Bernier chose to break from the Conservatives now, over at the National Post.

Comments

[jsburbidge]

Interesting contrast: Bernier (economically libertarian, culturally "Conservative" (remember the Clark "community of communities" vs. Pearson/Trudeau multiculturalism?)) is different from the Conservative delegates who seem to have avoided that point but have voted to try to get rid of birthright citizenship. Bernier's position would be at least compatible with a strong support of the latter, because children born and educated here in the public school system would be more likely than not to share the sorts of core values he talks about.

Both positions have problematic implications in a context where significant immigration is needed, but it's not clear that the now adopted PC position is any better than Bernier's.

[dewline]

Both the Conservatives and the Bernierites seem determined to have the public ignore the facts on the immigration file, of course.