MP and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Calls Bloc Québécois MP a Racist, Fair or Foul?

[Evilroddy]

Yesterday NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a racist after Therrien denied unanimous consent to a bill to tackle alleged systemic racism in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Mr. Therrien dismissed Mr. Singh's motion with a dismissive wave of the hand, prompting Mr. Singh to make the "racist" accusation. After refusing to withdraw the comment and to apologise to Mr. Therrien, Mr. Singh was ejected form the House of Commons by the Speaker of the House for the balance of yesterday.

Today, the leader of the Bloc Québécois is demanding that Mr. Singh face serious repercussions for his comment and refusal to withdraw it and for his unwillingness to apologise to the House and to Mr. Therrien.

Since the Bloc Québécois MP gave no reason for his refusal to grant unanimous consent, we don't know what his motive was. Given that uncertainty, was Mr. Singh's accusation of racism a fair or foul comment and should the House let it go or should it sanction Mr. Singh?

Here is some background:

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh booted from Commons for calling Bloc MP a racist | CBC News

Blanchet demands Singh apologize for calling one of his MPs a racist | CBC News

Fair or foul? Debate and give your position on this issue.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy

 

[Rexedgar]

Yesterday NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a racist after Therrien denied unanimous consent to a bill to tackle alleged systemic racism in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Mr. Therrien dismissed Mr. Singh's motion with a dismissive wave of the hand, prompting Mr. Singh to make the "racist" comment. After refusing to withdraw the comment and to apologise to Mr. Therrien, Mr. Singh was ejected form the House of Commons by the Speaker of the House for the balance of yesterday.

Today, the leader of the Bloc Québécois is demanding that Mr. Singh face serious repercussions for his comment and refusal to withdraw it and for his unwillingness to apologise to the House and to Mr. Therrien.

Since the Bloc Québécois MP gave no reason for his refusal to grant unanimous consent, we don't know what his motive was. Given that uncertainty, was Mr. Singh's accusation of racism a fair or foul comment and should the House let it go or should it sanction Mr. Singh?

Here is some background:

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh booted from Commons for calling Bloc MP a racist | CBC News

Fair or foul? Debate and give your position on this issue.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy

Evilroddy, we lot are busy down here, at the present time..........

 

[Evilroddy]

Evilroddy, we lot are busy down here, at the present time..........

Rexedgar:

Oh, yes! We know. How could we not? However up here we are dealing with too many First Nations deaths and unnecessary assaults by police which predate the dreadful George Floyd homicide by Minneapolis Police, to name but one. So Mr. Singh's bill was an attempt to get the ball rolling by using the bow wave of American and global disgust with police abuse of force and systemic racism to begin sorting things out up here. We in Canada need to get our own house in order (pun intended).

Cheers and don't be distracted by your northern neighbours debating decorum in Parliament. But up here, "Good Manners Matter"!
Oh, and be well too.
Evilroddy.

 

[Surrealistik]

Yesterday NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a racist after Therrien denied unanimous consent to a bill to tackle alleged systemic racism in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Mr. Therrien dismissed Mr. Singh's motion with a dismissive wave of the hand, prompting Mr. Singh to make the "racist" comment. After refusing to withdraw the comment and to apologise to Mr. Therrien, Mr. Singh was ejected form the House of Commons by the Speaker of the House for the balance of yesterday.

Today, the leader of the Bloc Québécois is demanding that Mr. Singh face serious repercussions for his comment and refusal to withdraw it and for his unwillingness to apologise to the House and to Mr. Therrien.

Since the Bloc Québécois MP gave no reason for his refusal to grant unanimous consent, we don't know what his motive was. Given that uncertainty, was Mr. Singh's accusation of racism a fair or foul comment and should the House let it go or should it sanction Mr. Singh?

Here is some background:

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh booted from Commons for calling Bloc MP a racist | CBC News

Fair or foul? Debate and give your position on this issue.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy

Jagmeet is probably right, given the Bloc's rather unflattering and consistent history in terms of how it deals with/opines on minorities, but there's enough plausible deniability to preclude properly skewering Alain as being racist (though again, my estimation is that he is, and that sort flourishes within the xenophobe Bloc).

What I do know is that Trudeau is probably ecstatic over this as I can see it backfiring for Jagmeet politically in the Kingmaker Province and thus perhaps help diminish the NDP as a threat to Liberal power from the left (though TBH, public opinion on Justin's handling of COVID, whether warranted or not, is itself likely to ensure the Liberals' reign).

 

[Forwel]

I think it would help with Singh's traditional stance on systemic racism, and make him look come out looking better than Trudeau on the issue.

 

[Mika-El]

No one knows or cares aboit Jagmeet Singh other than his family. There is a committee "long into" whether the RCMP has systemic racism which was thet yet another pandering political exercise by Trudeau as part of his repeat whatever anyone wants to hear in the moment management of the country. Its all about me too in the moment politics for Trudeau. PANDERING. Or as my generation said, oral sex on anyone that breaths.

Now Jag wanted in on the act. So he asks the government before it even started its investigation to conclude there is already systemic racism meaning the question they were asking was not needed. Why bother to investigate, Jag already knows and if you disagree you are a racist. To top off the pandering the token woman police chief thrown in based on her gender not abilities since they had no visible minority they could thrown in as the head, also announced there is systemic racism.

The word is thrown out so loosely it has trivialized the issue and made it meaningless. Everything today has the bull sheeyat descriptor systemic placed before it and an ISM placed at the end of it.

It was a raction to the Floyd shooting and Trudeau et al in Canada jumping on the me too moment just as they did gun control and every other issue they think can get them brownie points from righteous puffing and posturing.

They can all go phack themselves as far as I am concerned. Nothing will come out of their investigation or pronouncements. This is just another kneel down, shed some tears for aboriginals, join a gay pride parade, apology moment for Trudeau. He has cried and apologized so often he has made a stinking mockery of any issue he discusses.

When he does discuss issues he is the epitome of what an agent of tokenism is-someone who pushes for meaningless symbols with no substance or awareness of the issues. Trudeau is a sheltered rich boy who wants everyone to love him and have people believe he cares. Its a snively, snot faced, spineless, silver spoon, elitist, compltely removed from reality method of management. Its all about focusing on Trudeau's feelings. Every damn issue is attached to Trudeau's personna.

Like I said he can take his righteousness and stuff it and Jag can join him if he is so desperate for attention this is the best he can do.

The damn country is bankrupt and these baboons posture. You think Jagmeister and Lord Justin Powder Puff have a clue how to run a budget or what a deficit is?

Power puff socialist twits.

 

[Evilroddy]

No one knows or cares aboit Jagmeet Singh other than his family. There is a committee "long into" whether the RCMP has systemic racism which was thet yet another pandering political exercise by Trudeau as part of his repeat whatever anyone wants to hear in the moment management of the country. Its all about me too in the moment politics for Trudeau. PANDERING. Or as my generation said, oral sex on anyone that breaths.

Now Jag wanted in on the act. So he asks the government before it even started its investigation to conclude there is already systemic racism meaning the question they were asking was not needed. Why bother to investigate, Jag already knows and if you disagree you are a racist. To top off the pandering the token woman police chief thrown in based on her gender not abilities since they had no visible minority they could thrown in as the head, also announced there is systemic racism.

The word is thrown out so loosely it has trivialized the issue and made it meaningless. Everything today has the bull sheeyat descriptor systemic placed before it and an ISM placed at the end of it.

It was a raction to the Floyd shooting and Trudeau et al in Canada jumping on the me too moment just as they did gun control and every other issue they think can get them brownie points from righteous puffing and posturing.

They can all go phack themselves as far as I am concerned. Nothing will come out of their investigation or pronouncements. This is just another kneel down, shed some tears for aboriginals, join a gay pride parade, apology moment for Trudeau. He has cried and apologized so often he has made a stinking mockery of any issue he discusses.

When he does discuss issues he is the epitome of what an agent of tokenism is-someone who pushes for meaningless symbols with no substance or awareness of the issues. Trudeau is a sheltered rich boy who wants everyone to love him and have people believe he cares. Its a snively, snot faced, spineless, silver spoon, elitist, compltely removed from reality method of management. Its all about focusing on Trudeau's feelings. Every damn issue is attached to Trudeau's personna.

Like I said he can take his righteousness and stuff it and Jag can join him if he is so desperate for attention this is the best he can do.

The damn country is bankrupt and these baboons posture. You think Jagmeister and Lord Justin Powder Puff have a clue how to run a budget or what a deficit is?

Power puff socialist twits.

Mika-el:

So, do you think Systemic/Institutional Racism does not exist in Canada or does not affect badly those targetted by it? It exists and it is harming Canadians who the racism is focused upon. Why can't a government work to reduce systemic racism and control deficit spending simultaneously? It's not an either/or stituation.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.