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Margaret Wente addresses the political suppression of dissent relating to immigration and multiculturalism in her column in today's Globe and Mail. She states: [Bernier's] views are also popular because mainstream politicians have been reluctant to allow an outlet for legitimate concerns over immigration and refugee policy. "There is no core identity", no mainstream in Canada,” Mr. Trudeau has said. A lot of Canadians disagree." In fact, those who disagree are cast as xenophobes and bigots not just by Trudeau but by the closed political cartel that defines the parameters for policy discussion in Ottawa. The CPC leader, Scheer, has responded to Bernier's critique by noting that he opposes identity politics but believes in both diversity and unity at the same time. Really? I guess that's how one might emphatically take no stand at all, which hardly seems a credit to his leadership capabilities. As Wente notes in her piece: "Diversity is not our strength. Unity is our strength. What makes Canada strong is our ability to unite people of diverse backgrounds with a shared set of goals and values." Wente believes Bernier's latest foray into controversy is likely intended to demonstrate to CPC members that they made the wrong choice in not choosing him as party leader, which may in fact be the case, but it has ignited a debate that's long overdue in this country - but also a debate our mainstream parties don't want us to have. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-whos-playing-identity-politics-everyone/

Multiculturalism is unproven...shown to fail in other situations (Germany...cough)...and is just a massive experiment by social engineers who would gladly risk the lives of you and your children in order to appear 'enlightened'.

It's a shame that we can't have honest discussions about issues like this. There is no doubt that many Canadians share the same concerns that Bernier tried to express. As Europe has found out, accepting Middle East migration has different challenges than welcoming those from other parts of the world. Manchester is a great example. Coming from non-democratic religion dominated governments with an animosity, if not hatred for the West - how can one NOT understand that we have to acknowledge those challenges - including screening to help families understand what they are getting into - and to develop long-term plans to help them integrate........not just one year of Federal money and then dump them on the provinces. Too bad we're not allowed to talk about it......because people like me are.....well....we're red-neck racists.

Maybe Macron can call his good buddy Trudeau and ask if he'll hop on over to France and explain to the people how diversity can be their strength too. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12850/emmanuel-macron-rise-fall

Most Canadians, as we've already seen, don't even know how many immigrations we're bringing in. When they find out, their support goes down. It's very hard for Canadians to express a contrary view of immigration since they get no contrary views. All political parties and all major media march in lockstep, and the instant anyone veers even slightly off cue the others tear him or her to shreds. So the only thing most Canadians ever hear about immigration is how wonderful it is in every way, how great it is for Canada, and how wonderful Canadians are for loving immigrants.

Bernier is stating what a lot of Canadians think, but are afraid to say out loud.

It's interesting, however, that we quickly learned the details concerning his motives, in contrast to the Danforth shooting several weeks ago which is still being shrouded in mystery by our authorities. I just read breaking news that the publication ban on the investigation into the Fredericton shooting has been lifted. But still nothing about Danforth rampage. Different strokes? Hmmmm.... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-decision-expected-today-on-publication-ban-for-fredericton-shooting/

If population growth is so important to you, then it would help to stop the bleeding. Trump is not forcing the very best immigrants to flee into Canada.

Then don't complain about Islam's treatment of women! Accept that difference. And that goes for honor-killings, too!

Right...official government "racism" is easy to find, but Bernier is the bad guy ?

Robots say you're wrong.

But such integration or assimilation will occur much more slowly if the tribal multiculturalists have their way. Based on her withering critique of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel apparently understands this. Perhaps you should admit it as well.

China has all the America it needs! Apple, designed in California, made by slave labor at Foxconn facilities in China where nets are needed around the buildings to prevent workers from committing suicide. Then sold at a highly inflated price back to Americans who need to get it on credit by American banks having their global HQ in places like Hong Kong while charging high interest rates or offering a financing plan so they can pay even more for the already overpriced item. America cannot survive without this cycle of consumerism and endless financing to get the instant gratification via these over priced 'American' product imports.

He even looks like her.

"Black guy" ? President Obama is multi-racial....his mother (Ann Dunham) was quite "white"...from Kansas:

He's vocalizing what so many Canadians are hesitant to say.

And what is the heart and soul of the dis-unity? Come on, you know what it is. It's immigration. Sure, there are stupid things Trump says that outrages people, but the one thing that got him elected was "Mexicans' and "Muslims". And the biggest shit shows so far of his two year presidency, with hostile crowds screaming at each other, have revolved around identity, immigration, and race. And you can say that's all on him, but that doesn't explain why he retains huge support and approval among Republicans. Take away the immigration thing entirely, and what exactly is he left with to rally his base? The coming election will be all about immigration. The Republicans have said as much. It will be "only Republicans can protect you from the brown hordes!" and to counter that Democrats will be saying "Let them all in! All of them!" or words to that effect. Seriously? How blind are you? France? Britain? Spain? Canada? All have separatist groups and all have faced or are facing the threat of separation because of that. Remember that country that used be called Czechoslovakia? It doesn't exist. Ukraine? That was all about ethnic Russians on one side. Same thing for Georgia. Sudan, with Arabs to the north and Black Africans to the south. Rwanda sound familiar? Nigeria and Kenya? Muslims against Christians. Yemen? Shiites against Suunis. There are more examples than you can shake a stick at. But there are very, very, very few of diverse nations surviving and thriving without fighting very hard against the disunity caused by their diversity.

President Trump is in good presidential company, still faring far better than President Clinton, who ultimately left the White House in debt after fighting so many lawsuits from several women. Difference is that Trump can afford the bill with his pocket change.

Well, as a party member, I got to put all the candidates in order of preference when I voted, and Bernier was probably my #3 or #4 choice. I liked some of what he said, and he seemed more honestly and unapologetically conservative in what he said. Far too often conservatives politicians in Canada refuse to forthrightly defend conservative principles, preferring to talk around things rather than speak honestly. This eventually led to the "progressive conservative' party being basically the liberal-light bench warmers who only got to play when the Liberals had sufficiently screwed up that they simply had to be yanked from the game for a time. I like that Bernier speaks openly, and I wish more conservatives would. I have been watching some of the backbench Tory MPs in the UK of late. There is considerably less party discipline over there and they can speak their minds on any subject, including openly criticizing their party leader in the media. I think this leads to less of a 'trained seal' population of MPs, and perhaps to people of more stature and ability being willing to run for office. As to Multiculturalism, the leaders of France, the UK and Germany have all admitted that multiculturalism has been a failure in that it has delayed assimilation and produced large populations of foreign 'citizens' who have little attachment to their country or countrymen. Why, then, is it a crime to state that we might be ladling in too much multiculturalism into uor national policies?

Omarosa is one of those dogs that bites the hand that feeds her. Quite literally...

I think Trudeau's merely a faithful servant to the corporate elites, who want open-ended immigration. It's a big part of their business model. Multicultural tribal politics grabs votes for this agenda and anybody who dares criticize it, however reasonably, is immediately cast as being racist, xenophobic, or worse.

Diversity is our strength is the new 2 + 2 = 5 from 1984. You must say it and nod with approval at all times, or else feel the wrath of the state and the state-run/supporting media complex. Somebody needs to tell Justin that diversity isn't our strength, freedom is. Without freedom, diversity would be meaningless.

You are mistaken. Canadian media and politics simply ignore those people, regardless of their numbers, who do not agree with the cultural values of the small bubble of media/academic/political elites. If the Liberals had gone ahead and given us proportional representation and those voices found political parties to support their grievances you would see a different story.

I believe Bernier's comments over the past few days reflect a growing if often politically unrecognized view held across a broad swath of the Canadian population that our immigration, integration and multicultural policies aren't working. A 2016 CBC Angus-Reid poll indicated that 68 percent of respondents believed that "...minorities should be doing more to fit in with mainstream society instead of keeping their own customs and languages." (See link below.) I suspect that our mainstream parties are aware of the high levels of discontent and will probably treat Bernier like a skunk at a garden party for breaking from their clique. But I think this topic must be addressed. If Bernier is turfed from the CPC caucus any new movement/party that might form should be called something like the Popular Action Party. I'd likely vote for it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/poll-canadians-multiculturalism-immigrants-1.3784194

No I don't watch it. I had that channel for about one week and it was too stupid for me to continue paying for. On the other hand CBC and CTV news are nearly as bad, and worsening every day. I draw my conclusions from a variety of online sources, along with careful google searching. It doesn't matter to me if it's left or right wing, but if there's hyperbole. Anyway this is off topic.