The Rise of Fascism in Canada

Two recent events resulted in myself having an epiphany. Before I get into more detail, a little about myself. I am a geologist, one who uses science, primarily chemistry and physics, to study the earth and earth forming processes. I have specialised in mineral exploration involving observation, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation. I have been fortunate to have been on the leading edge of the integration of computers and related software in those activities. An integral part of the analysis portion is asking questions; being skeptical and not making assumptions.

I have applied these tools to many other aspects of my life including evaluation of politics. About a quarter century ago I observed that the Liberal Party of Canada, then under the leadership of Jean Chrétien, had in effect adopted a policy that I describe as “democratic dictatorship”. By that I mean that unlike the Parliamentary System of Great Britain that our system was modeled on no longer did the caucus (the elected representatives) select from amongst themselves a “leader” who, if the party had enough members to form a government would then have the title of “Prime Minister”. Instead general party members voted (the “democratic” part) for who would be leader and only when that person was willing to resign from that post could they be removed (the “dictatorship” part). That troubled me but like everyone else I did nothing about it other than name it for what it is.

Then, about 20 years ago I observed a change in our media in that for some reason they picked sides in that they applied one set of rules of reporting when dealing with conservative parties and another for all others. I don’t like hypocrisy and while this raised flags, I did nothing about it other than no longer paying attention to news sources that displayed openly this hypocrisy.

In more recent years there has been a dramatic increase in attacks on Free Speech with the most violent proponents calling themselves “Antifa”. It was at this time I started to pay more attention, especially since this “Antifa” movement was exhibiting characteristics of the very ideology they supposedly were fighting; fascism. So, I began researching the origin of fascism and quickly discovered that they indeed were exhibiting traits common with the Brown shirts of the National Socialist Party of Germany, also known by the moniker “Nazi’s”. While “fascism” is typically described as being “alt-right” or “extreme right” that makes no sense as the right is characterised by more personal freedom and less government and neither of those terms describe fascism. But “socialism” does share the same basic characteristics of less personal freedom, more government and, most importantly, much less freedom of speech and of the press. So, the reality is that “Fascism” is a variant of Socialism but with the support of industry.

Let us not forget that past fascist regimes were aided and abetted by industry which appears to be a strange bedfellow to socialism. Or is it? Right now, we have a handful of multi-billionaires who are working hard to suppress free speech. A free market does not condone monopolies whereas socialism does. The advantage of having a monopoly is that you no longer must work hard to maintain your wealth and thus people like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and, here in Canada, the Irving family, as just a few examples, support actively any political party that ensures they are able to maintain their wealth with minimal effort.

Now back to those two recent incidents. The first was a reminder of how Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna said, on video, that “If you repeat it, if you say it louder, if that’s your talking point, people will totally believe it!”. And that in turn reminded me of the quote from the infamous Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels: “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it”. This begs the question, why are two people so distant in time sharing the same view? What else do they share?

The second event was the announcement that the Canada Leaders Debate Commission, created by the Liberals in 2018 to regulate election debates, has decided to appeal a court ruling that allowed the Rebel Media to report on the only debates sanctioned by said commission. With a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that states quite clearly that “Everyone has the following fundamental” … “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication” how can we have a commission try and to take that freedom away? It was bad enough that this same Liberal Government enacted Bill 16, an act to amend the Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to compel citizens of this country to use only certain pronouns in certain situations. Why are they trying to regulate speech and the freedom of the press, something that is a basic right?

It has bothered me for some time that most of our media have abandoned the search for truth and the upholding of justice. Instead they pander to one party. And that one party has rewarded them with a bribe of $600 million of our tax dollars. On top of that the leader of the pack is our dear CBC, funded by us, the taxpayer, many of whom are not of the “Liberal” persuasion, or at least the current version. Soon after the debate one of the moderators, who works for the CBC, and her employer attempted to sue the Conservative Party of Canada over their use of some video clips that cast the Liberals, and specifically Trudeau, in a bad light. Something that clearly falls under the Fair Use doctrine of Copyright. Yet other parties in their political advertisements did the same yet were not subjected to the same interpretation of the rules. What is this country coming to where most of the parties gets a free pass yet the others, especially the Conservatives and the Peoples Party of Canada, are smeared and vilified?

Then the realisation hit me; we are seeing the rise of Fascism in Canada and at its forefront is the Liberal Party of Canada. I cannot accuse Trudeau of being the mastermind as it has become too obvious that beyond a pretty face and the actor’s ability to memorise lines, he is incapable of serious thought. 

Unlike Communism, Fascism relies on an elite class in government who control everything, including ensuring there is no dissent through the removal of basic freedoms such as Speech. And that is exactly what we are seeing; an erosion of our fundamental freedoms. But what good is Free Speech if there is no avenue to express that speech and thus why Freedom of the Press is also so important.

Another characteristic of Fascism is that they historically have been opportunists in that they use fear of something that encompasses much of the population, and thus attributed to “populism”. Back in the dirty thirties’ unemployment was rampant as was inflation. People were afraid of what the future held for them. Along came Mussolini and Hitler who both capitalised on that fear. They succeeded with the support of many in the bureaucracy who typically are isolated from reality and feel they are smarter than the rest of the population. 

I had been wondering for some time how the people of Germany allowed the rise of Fascism and the promotion of discrimination that culminated in the holocaust. Now I see what is currently going on and better understand how that travesty of justice came about. The fear that currently is being fanned in order to convince us, the people that we are in a crisis situation is “Climate Change”. And upon the back of that fear the Liberals are trying to put in place a Fascist regime supported by the current bureaucracy that are willing and able to restrict, if not curtail, our basic rights so they can take us down what they consider the correct path. 

What too is obvious is that neither our political elites not the bureaucracy that supports them believe we have a crisis. How can we tell? Look at how they ignore the remedies they say are required. We had over 300 people in the Canadian delegation to the Paris Climate summit in 2017. Do as I say and not as I do. Review the dire warnings in Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” and how many of the predictions came true? None. The movie should have been titled “Convenient Lies”.

Based on pure logic, Proportional Representation is not a good means of democracy, yet it is a good means of protecting the abuse of democracy. Note how three countries that have the closest connection to fascism and the atrocities of the Second World War, specifically the Holocaust; Germany, Italy and Israel, all have Proportional Representation or a close variant there of. Note too that due to that general system it is extremely difficult for one party to have a strangle hold on the control of the country. They have made a major sacrifice to prevent a repeat of the past horrors.

Now I don’t hold much faith that some form of Proportional Representation will arise here in Canada as two things need to happen. First, the rising Fascist Liberal party needs to be defeated. And second, any successor must recognise, like I have, that while not perfect, if we wish to preserve our freedom, such a system is necessary. If you don’t believe me remember how fast the Liberals walked away from that party platform position of “electoral reform” of 2015 once they realised, they were now in the drivers seat and their Fascist dream was now much closer to being a reality, and still is. Mark my words, the worst is yet to come if we let this continue.