Speech: Identity Politics and Muslim Ones

speech: Huh is the reaction that statement should have elicited among active listeners, particularly in the middle of a wide-ranging speech full of information about how identity politics have played out in the courts since the Charter of Rights equality guarantees took effect in the mid-1980s, according to CBC. That Wagner found it necessary in his speech to comfort those in Canada who worry about the legal threat of refugees he probably meant Muslim ones coming from Syria to escape war is a good reflection of Canada's current political attitude and climate vis-a-vis newcomers. Although the main thrust of his speech was the impact of identity politics on Canadian society, the justice made a point in his speech of noting something that says a lot about contemporary Canada he said Canadians who fear the possibility of refugees coming in to change the country's legal culture have nothing to worry about. There's been a rise in this country's level of intolerance as of late, due in part to the stoking of right-wing populism down south as well as Canada's own post-9/11 fears and xenophobia. It'd be na ve to think that this prolonged attitude hasn't had any effect on perceptions of refugees coming into this country, recently mainly from Syria. 1 in 4 Canadians want Trump-style travel ban, poll suggests Canadians aren't as accepting as we think and we can't ignore it, writes Angus Reid It's difficult to square this trend with the self-congratulating tone and image of Canada's relationship with refugees in general, which to the Trudeau administration's credit has involved the absorption of more than 25,000 Syrian newcomers in the past couple of years. Polls on Canada and religion done by Angus Reid in 2013 and 2015 have shown that a substantial portion of Canadians hold a negative view of Islam. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.