And the Rest of It

There are also funds for wearing blackface.

Justin calls them taxes:

Universities should mandate anti-Black racism training and fund an “Award for Black Excellence,” says a federal report. “A wider range of topics may be explored to understand the implications of Blackness,” wrote advisors to the $1.2 billion Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: “We must be relentless in our pursuit of equity.”

 

The legal system in this country is a lost cause:

Chris Horkins, a Toronto lawyer, campaigned vociferously on social media against FullStop’s attempts to gain seats on the board in what was “probably the most important election in the LSO’s history.”

“It’s a vote of confidence for what most lawyers in this province believe — which is that having a diverse bar, having a profession that everybody has equal access to, and opportunity to thrive in, regardless of who they are, is important,” said Horkins in an interview. “And it’s a rejection of these sorts of extreme, fringe beliefs that FullStop was promoting.”

(Sidebar: but who was prevented from joining your illustrious bar?)

The FullStop group had also raised concerns about the disciplinary action taken against Jordan Peterson by the Ontario College of Psychologists, and warned that lawyers could face mandatory training.

“The new re-education and public narrative super-powers recommended for (the disciplinary committee) could enable the cancel culture mob to label one of your social media posts as an offensive micro-aggression that somehow brings the profession into disrepute,” wrote Joseph Chiummiento, a FullStop candidate, in a February newsletter.

The Good Governance Coalition had been endorsed by a number of groups, including the Criminal Lawyers’ Association.

“We welcome (lawyers’ and paralegals’) choice of diversity over division and look forward to serving the public interest,” wrote the coalition, in a statement on its website.

 

Because it's the current year:

“We need to be careful not to take for granted that if [Maillard] was a religious Father that he would automatically be a person of concern in the school system,” Joanne Dumas, Executive and Artistic Director of the Société francophone de Maillardville, told True North.

“I have never heard in 27 years of working in Maillardville any comments to that. Also I have met three of his former students from France who have said he was a kind and great teacher.”

Maillard was principal of the Sechelt, BC residential school from 1930–1934, and principal of the St. Joseph’s Mission School in northern BC for at least fourteen years prior to that. He spent the rest of his life in France.

“Whereas years ago it was difficult to get the Indians to send their children to the mission, today they are eager to send them and the mission is quite full up,” reads a 1925 newspaper article in The Province about Maillard’s northern BC school, supplied to True North by the Coquitlam Heritage Society. The article described Maillard’s school as clean, modernized, and complete with its own electric light plant, vegetable garden, and dairy farm.

Joanne Dumas of the Société francophone de Maillardville also told True North, “Again I am not religious in any way but do not believe that people of the clergy are all guilty by association of reprehensible actions. Should we have to remove the names of all religious or community workers on buildings or cities we will have major work ahead and no history for future generations.”

“Decisions should be based on facts,” Dumas stated.

Bonita Zarrillo did not reply to True North’s request for comment. 

Last year, Zarrillo suggested that ice hockey arenas should be banned due to the “climate impact of human-made indoor ice.”

 

 

It was never about a virus:

A group of B.C. nurses who lost their jobs for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine had their case against their union dismissed by the Labour Relations Board (LRB) on April 20. The nurses had argued that the union had failed to represent them properly.

In making the decision, LRB Vice-Chair Gurleen Sahota recognized that the nurses who filed the complaints were frustrated because of the length of time their cases are taking. However, Sahota said without a final resolution from the union, judgement can’t be made on their applications.

“Until the Union has made a final decision regarding the Grievances, the Board cannot review the Union’s conduct as a whole,” Sahota wrote.

“While I recognize the Applicants are frustrated about the time it is taking to resolve the Grievances, this is not a situation where the Union has refused to communicate with the Applicants or has indicated or even implied that it will not be proceeding with the Grievances.”

Sahota said once the BC Nurses’ Union (BCNU) concludes the matter, the applicants can resubmit their applications to the LRB for review.