Trudeau vs Trudeau on racial segregation

Pierre Trudeau despised ethnic nationalism. He was contemptuous of its expression in Quebec’s separatist movement. And when the indigenous political leaders of his time demanded racially-segregated self-government, as prime minister he told them Canada would not let them have it without a serious – and perhaps bloody – fight. His son, current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, holds very different views. His government is promising “nation-to-nation” negotiations to formalize race-based “First Nations” self-government, in most cases with tiny communities lacking lacking anything close to economic self reliance.

Political sovereignty combined with economic dependency is as good a definition as any of neo-colonialism.

On this issue, one you can read below the paywall, distinguished journalist and editorial writer Robert MacBain writes that the apple has fallen a long way from the tree.

Though the following piece was originally published by a leading journal in 2017, it rings even truer today than it did then.