TRUDEAU WANTS TO BUILD A MONUMENT TO QUEER BUREAUCRATS
Because apparently Canada isn't gay enough and we should feel bad about it.
HEY THERE NEVERMORONS!
Boy oh boy have I got something for you today. It’s a scathing expose of a spending scandal that has, until now, attracted little attention.
This scoop is coming to you courtesy of Nevermore’s Rozali Telbis.
Before we get into that, though, I hope you’ll forgive me a little digression.
Recently, I posted a piece called Is Trudeau a Child Molester? and seemed like you guys loved it.
Actually, I think it’s officially the popular thing that I’ve ever written.
THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUDEAU
So, it seems like you guys want to hear about Trudeau. Personally, I don’t think that Justin Trudeau is any kind of political mastermind. I don’t think that knows how to manoeuvre through the snake pit of high-level politics, and I think that he’s simply out of his element.
Trudeau is not highly intelligent, and you have to be highly intelligent to play the game of power at a high level. He is where he is for one reason only: he was born into a dynastic family.
I have previously avoided writing about Trudeau because I think that politicians often divert attention away from what’s really important.
But after giving it some thought, I realized that, actually, it is important to know a thing or two about Trudeau. He may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but he is involved in very high-level political circles.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT TRUDEAU
Trudeau is the nominal head of an administration that has done catastrophic damage to Canada. For one thing, he’s spent more money in the past nine years that any previous Canadian prime ministers have. And guess what? Thanks to Trudeau Senior, Canada has to pay interest on that money to the Bank of International Settlements.
Previously, the Bank of Canada had issued the government interest-free loans. Basically, it was a coup, and it happens under Pierre Trudeau’s watch.
That was under Trudeau Senior. In comes his son, and what does he do?
Pierre Trudeau, by the way, was a graduate of the London School of Economics, leading many to speculate that he was groomed for politics by the Fabian Society, which is based there.
If you really what to understand what the Trudeaus have been up to for the past 50 years, you’ve got to know a thing or two about the Fabian Society.
That’s too big of a topic for today, but if you’re interested I suggest checking out the episode of Unlimited Hangout in which Whitney Webb speaks with Matthew Ehret about the no-so-secret statist “socialist” society.
In any case, there certainly seems to be continuity between the work of Trudeau Senior and Trudeau Junior. Pierre set ‘em up, Justin knocked ‘em down.
In 1974, Canada didn’t owe a cent to the B.I.S.
Fifty years later, it is abundantly clear that Canada’s debt can never be repaid. In other words, the B.I.S. has us right where it wants us. Both father and son are guilty of treason.
So, I’m guessing a lot of you are wondering where the hell all that money is going. Well, a lot of is going to useless bureaucrats. Apparently over a hundred thousand bureaucrats have been added to the public payroll since Trudeau took power. And some of them work for Heritage Canada.
I don’t think that anyone has been remarking on a flourishing of Canadian culture lately. Indeed, a lot of cultural events are getting cancelled due to the current economic reality and the fact that there’s so much red tape.
This is something we’ve written about before, actually.
ROZALI TELBIS HAS WRITTEN A SCATHING EXPOSE OF HERITAGE CANADA
Okay, on to the main event. What I’ve got for you today was written by Rozali Telbis. It was originally published on her blog Growing Up Alienated.
It’s a scathing expose of Heritage Canada, the government department responsible for… preserving Canadian Heritage, supposedly.
Funny, I kinda got the feeling that the Trudeau government was deliberately trying to destroy Canadian culture as rapidly as possible.
But unbeknownst to many people, attracting little attention, is an extremely well-funded government department full of bureaucrats pigging out at the public trough. It’s called Heritage Canada and its budget for 2024-2025 was $1.9 Billion.
Too bad they couldn’t step in to save Just For Laughs, eh?
It really makes you wonder they are spending all that money on, doesn’t it?
Fortunately, Rozali includes a handy-dandy infographic that answers that question:
$250M set aside for “DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION”
Wow! Just a quarter-billion bucks? What a bargain!
WHO IS ROZALI TELBIS?
If you don’t who Rozali Telbis is, by the way, it just so happens I just wrote an introduction to her work.
TRUDEAU’S BIG GAY MONUMENT
Anyway, it turns out that one of the things they want to do is build a big monument called the “Thunderhead”. I am not making this shit up.
Here’s an artist’s rendering:
Hmm. I kind would have thought that a monument to queerness would be more fabulous. But to be fair, this a monument to queer bureaucrats, so I guess it’s got to be both gay and boring. But it just looks like a paladin’s hat to me. Did they get the idea for this from Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail?
Shit, I think maybe I’m onto something. Watch this:
You heard that right. The Trudeau government wants to build a monument to queer bureaucrats. Apparently some bureaucrats got fired for being gay communists in the 1950s or something, so we need to feel bad because Canada’s not gay enough.
(I’m summarizing, here. Read Rozali’s article for the full story.)
IT’S NOT “A BIG GAY MONUMENT”, IT’S “A BIG GAY 2SLGBTQI+ MONUMENT!”
Rozali explains:
It’s unclear how much the monument will cost, but so far it looks to have cost more than $1.5 million (this is a conservative estimate) and construction hasn’t even begun.
The Government of Canada describes the monument as such:
“A thunderhead expands within a huge column, creating an imprint of a cloud clad in mirrored tile: a gleaming space that becomes the monument.
It rises up as our community has risen up to say, “We demand change”.
—Though I’m not quite sure what ‘change’ the community is demanding today given Canada is often referred to as the most LGBT+ friendly country in the world.
A stage extends from the monument’s base for protests and performances, and its interior can host intimate events. Situated in a verdant park, Thunderhead can be approached from a path that traces the history of 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians, or from a healing circle ringed with stones hand-picked by Two-Spirit Elders.”
I have many questions about the Two-Spirit Elders who hand-picked those stones, but I’ll leave it at that.
This seems like a good time to point out that there’s no such thing as “Two-Spirit Elders”, because the whole concept of “Two-Spirit” was invented in 1990 by lifelong NAMBLA supporter Harry Hays, who wasn’t indigenous.
This is a subject that I have written about before, and I would encourage you to check out The Myth of the Queer Savage in you would like to know the truth about the people who invented the concept of Two-Spirit.
If Heritage Canada is promoting the woke myth that homosexuality was commonly practiced amongst Turtle Islanders prior to colonization, they are promoting a mythic version of Canadian heritage. In fact, homosexuality was not common in traditional indigenous societies.
Oh yeah, and also they’re building a new Holocaust Museum in Montreal because that’s totally a piece of Canadian heritage, even though it happened on another continent.
Anyway, I’m going to quit rambling on now and let Rozali’s work speak for itself.
If you’re into Canadian investigative journalism, you’re in for a treat.
Crow Qu’appelle
Canadian Heritage is Killing Canadian Culture
Looking beyond Trudeau and into the wasteful billion dollar departments pushing faux progressivism
by Rozali Telbis - June 24th, 2024
It’s tempting to point the finger at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for all the ills that have befallen Canadian society. I’ve done my fair share of it. But in laser focusing on Trudeau, we are doing ourselves a disservice. Trudeau may be the most visible enemy, but ideology is not disseminated by one person alone; he is simply the mouthpiece that pushes authoritarian policies under the veil of progressivism.
While there are many actors involved in what can only be described as the most exhaustive assault on Canadian culture and freedoms that we are seeing today, I want to highlight one notable one: the Canadian Heritage department.
As described on the government of Canada’s website: “Canadian Heritage and its portfolio organizations play a vital role in the cultural, civic and economic life of Canadians.”
The department’s scope is alarmingly broad and overreaching.
For one, Canadian Heritage has been responsible for the recent slew of censorship bills threatening the fundamental freedoms of Canadians. I wrote about the latest draconian online harms bill here. At this point, the government is already well on its way towards creating a censored, regulated, and sanitized digital information highway under the guise of safety.
Canadian Heritage is also responsible for funding culture, arts, and other programs.
The below figure shows the breadth of funding across 5 key areas with a combined budget of $1.9 billion for 2024-25 alone.
Creativity, arts and culture
Heritage and celebration
Sport
Diversity & Inclusion
Official languages
When looking a little deeper, a more disconcerting picture emerges.
While the department’s scope appears to be far-reaching, its priorities remain the same. From monuments to diversity experts, our government continues to spend millions of dollars on frivolous items that have proven to make no redeemable difference in the lives of ordinary Canadians who are foremost concerned with paying the bills.
Let’s take a look at just a few of the things the Canadian government wants to spend our money on in the alleged pursuit of preserving culture.
LGBT+ Monument
Prior to this writing, I had never heard of this initiative, but it appears that Trudeau’s government plans to erect a LGBT+ monument by 2025, which they call ‘Thunderhead’ to memorialize 2SLGBTQI+ (their acronym, not mine) people who faced discrimination, including those who were impacted by what they call ‘The Purge’ (not to be mistaken with the wildly entertaining Purge movies set in a dystopian United States where all criminal activity is allowed for 12 hours a year).
‘The Purge’ was a period of time, from the 1950s to the 1990s (as is claimed), when gay Canadians were discriminated against and expelled from a number of government positions. This period also coincided with the Red Scare, in which leftists were persecuted for spreading communist ideals, so it’s not exactly clear where the gay expulsion begins and communist discrimination ends, but at this rate it wouldn’t surprise me if communists got their own monument, too. I can already envision a statue of a purple haired womxn with a septum piercing holding the latest iteration of the rainbow flag in one hand, and a hammer and sickle flag in the other.
It should be noted that in 2017 the Canadian government already issued an apology and a generous $145 million compensation package for individual compensation for people impacted by ‘The Purge.’ I suppose that wasn’t enough and it was somehow determined that a monument is really what was needed to provide a ‘safe space.’
It’s unclear how much the monument will cost, but so far it looks to have cost more than $1.5 million (this is a conservative estimate) and construction hasn’t even begun.
The Government of Canada describes the monument as such:
“A thunderhead expands within a huge column, creating an imprint of a cloud clad in mirrored tile: a gleaming space that becomes the monument.
It rises up as our community has risen up to say, “We demand change”.
—Though I’m not quite sure what ‘change’ the community is demanding today given Canada is often referred to as the most LGBT+ friendly country in the world.
A stage extends from the monument’s base for protests and performances, and its interior can host intimate events. Situated in a verdant park, Thunderhead can be approached from a path that traces the history of 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians, or from a healing circle ringed with stones hand-picked by Two-Spirit Elders.”
I have many questions about the Two-Spirit Elders who hand-picked those stones, but I’ll leave it at that.
Anti-Racism Strategy and Action Plan on Hate
The Anti-Racism Strategy and Action Plan on Hate is perhaps one of the most egregious examples of irresponsible spending on completely ineffective initiatives I’ve seen.
Canadian Heritage is providing $85 million over four years, starting in 2022-23 to support “community projects that ensure that Indigenous, Black, racialized/religious Canadians have access to resources that support their full participation in the Canadian economy, while also raising awareness of issues related to hate, racial and religious discrimination in Canada.”
Some of the initiatives included in this action plan are:
Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism
In 2022, Canadian Heritage committed $5.6 million over five years, with $1.2 million ongoing to support the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
That same year, the department also provided $20 million to support the construction of the new Holocaust Museum in Montréal, and an investment of $2.5 million for the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre.
Additional support was also provided to the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver. The exact amount isn’t disclosed (though it might be available in the organization’s financial statements).
Combined, that’s about $30 million towards ‘raising awareness’ and combating antisemitism. The details on how to combat it remain unclear, though we know that thanks to recent legislation, the government continues to be heavily influenced by Zionist groups who are quick to silence anyone they deem antisemitic.
Antisemitism is incredibly difficult to define, making it ripe for misuse. As it stands, its meaning is constantly shifting depending on who is applying it and to what end. In many cases, antisemitism has been co-opted to silence anti-Israel speech. This brings up important questions of how some organizations might feel justified in censoring those with dissident views, especially when certain interest groups are protected and financed by the government.
Funding Black Communities and ‘Inclusiveness’
In 2022-23, Canadian Heritage decided $50 million over the next couple years would be an appropriate amount to “continue empowering Black-led and Black-serving community organizations and the work they do to promote inclusiveness.”
Questions abound.
What exactly are these community organizations doing? What does their work entail? How does one determine the efficacy of such an organization’s work? What does the promotion of ‘inclusiveness’ look like?
These are important questions, but it seems the answers aren’t of any concern to Canadian Heritage. I should know as I’ve been involved in the application writing process for Canadian Heritage proposals and I can say this much: If you make sure to use the faux progressive buzzwords du jour, you application is more likely to be approved—outcome metrics be damned.
The reality is, it’s impossible to determine how effective these organizations are when their goals are purposely vague in nature—“empowerment”, “raising awareness,” “inclusion” are just a few of the buzzwords used that will boost one’s application favourably. In turn, more funding is given to the organizations with the most ambiguous purpose, and the cycle continues.
It should also be noted that Black people encompass 4.3% of the total population of the entire country. There’s some 144,980 Black-owned businesses, representing 2.4% of the total businesses in Canada.
In contrast, Indigenous people make up some 5% of the total population, but only some 50,000 Indigenous businesses are in operation. Given Canada’s colonial history—a continued sore spot for the country—you would think the government would invest more in resources and strategies to ‘empower’ Indigenous people, but these initiatives are nothing more than faux progressive lip service, so sincere efforts to enact tangible change are nothing but a pipe dream.
Providing a “Safe Space” Online
As mentioned above, Canadian Heritage has been responsible for the recent slew of digital legislation that would give more power to the government to act as content gatekeepers.
The department describes these digital initiatives as such:
“The Department will continue advancing legislation and regulation to safeguard Canada’s creative content and stay current with industry trends in copyright, broadcasting, online news, and foreign investment. The Department will also work toward modernizing the audiovisual sector policy framework to ensure that its policies, institutions and funding tools are responsive to contemporary issues and needs.”
Canadian Heritage also seeks to fight against what the government deems is “disinformation” and will create an entirely new program—The Digital Citizenship Contribution Program—to bring a “renewed dual focus on the creation and dissemination of research materials for public use.”
This is how Canadian Heritage describes the Digital Citizenship Contribution Program:
“The Program aims to support democracy and social inclusion in Canada by enhancing and/or supporting efforts to counter online disinformation and other online harms and threats.”
There’s a pattern emerging here—more buzzwords followed by more government control.
Similar to antisemitism, using vague, hard-to-define terms like ‘disinformation’ and ‘harm’ are highly advantageous to whoever is defining them. These terms are already being used in legislation like the aforementioned Online Harms legislation which will criminalize speech. Doesn’t quite bode well for a supposed democracy.
In other words, this purported ‘safe space’ the government seeks to provide necessarily requires more censorship, more regulation, and more legislation.
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity & Inclusion is considered a core spending area, but it’s unclear as to how funds are actually allocated. This core spending area accounts for $250,734,482 of total department spending, but the department website doesn’t exactly provide an itemized list of how all of this money is actually being spent and what ‘diversity and inclusion’ initiatives are carried out that required this much money.
Canadian Heritage’s description states:
“Canadian Heritage will continue to advance the many facets of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) department-wide through its IDEA Office, continuing efforts to make the Department a more accessible and inclusive employer and service provider, and promoting leadership accountability for inclusivity and to foster a healthy and inclusive work environment.”
Again, there’s a whole bunch of buzzwords packed into this statement: accessibility, inclusivity, equity, diversity, but no substance to be seen anywhere. It’s par for the course for DEI programs.
While the popularity of DEI programs continues apace, many institutions are now speaking up against DEI initiatives citing their ineffectiveness despite being so costly. In addition, many are sounding the alarm on the unintended consequences of such programs, which they found actually increase discrimination and exacerbate existing divides. Several years ago I also cautioned against such programs but little did I know how enduring and popular DEI would get before it finally peaked and perhaps one day free fall into irrelevance.
“There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada”
The above examples are merely a sampling of the priorities of the Canadian Heritage department. While seemingly disparate, they all resemble one another in terms of their purpose, which is not to serve any purpose at all.
When you consider Trudeau’s priorities, it makes sense why the government would focus on spending in these areas. In 2015, Trudeau said, “There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada” to the chagrin of many.
Other public figures before him shared similar sentiments. In 1963, Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian media theorist best known for coining the phrase ‘the medium is the message’ once said, “Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.”
Both statements were presented in a positive light, but I beg to differ.
With no identity, it is easier to view Canada as what Trudeau calls “the first post-national state.” Canada’s seeming lack of identity is nothing to celebrate. It’s more important than ever to find commonalities amongst ourselves, whether it be in our values, belief systems, or traditions.
But that’s not what Canadian Heritage is doing. The department isn’t actually working to preserve any sort of culture, its function is to do the exact opposite.
Today we are seeing firsthand the downward consequences of what it looks like to live in a country that is ruled by entities that don’t believe in the concept of sharing universal commonalities. In fact, the very fabric of Canadian society is being torn apart by these aforementioned initiatives that serve to divide, not unite. If there’s no discernible identity, no loyalty, and no sense of belonging, it makes it easier to act out of fear and anger. It also makes room for Trudeau to justify passing legislation that further undermines Canadians’ fundamental rights.
Meanwhile, the cost of living continues to soar leaving Canadians in even more debt than ever. We don’t care about meaningless million dollar monuments or ‘diversity’ practitioners. Just like anyone else, all we want is enough money to comfortably pay our bills and provide for our families. It’s really that simple.
I think I'll call that strike two.
You must be kidding me?