I compare the Canadian government’s multiculturalism and Aboriginal policies. I see similarities between Western University political science professor Salim Mansur’s concerns about multiculturalism and the pro-Palestinian/anti-Jewish elements elements of the Caledonia, Ontario land claims dispute.
Western University political science professor Salim Mansur’s book Delectable Lie: a liberal repudiation of multiculturalism (2011) argues that “identity politics” and collectivism are eroding Canadian liberal democracy and freedom of speech. Canadians need to uphold the importance of a unifying Canadian culture “embedded in the values of the West and shaped by the Enlightenment.”
My first name Leith has been a mixed blessing. I examine the history of the name and its various meanings. In 2003 and 2004, I had two articles published about this topic. In 2005, a 10-minute staged reading of my play “Leithal Knocks” was produced by the Grand’s Playwrights Cabaret.
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In 1968-1969, Louise Wyatt was my Central Secondary School Grade 12 English teacher. She encouraged me to become a writer, but I did not follow her advice until the mid-1990s. In 1998, I let Miss Wyatt know I was finally getting into my writing and she was glad to hear it.
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Peter Sutton worked as an anthropologist and linguist with Australian Aborigines. He grew more and more disillusioned with the situation there and penned the book The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Australia and the end of the liberal consensus (2009). I see numerous parallels between what he says and the Indigenous situation here in Canada.
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