Canada has a case of Stockholm Syndrome

Published in the The Epoch Times

Dear Friends and Readers,

A brief version of the expanded essay below, was published on The Epoch Times in the March 19th print newspaper edition, link here on Reader's Turn.

Pierre Poilievre recently joked that the Liberals are “not hope” asserting that Canadians need hope in order to “afford their lives”. Once upon a time, this is what Canada stood for – hope – why my immigrant parents sacrificed everything to come here, to give us hope for a better life. But what does it mean to have hope? To an immigrant Canadian like myself, this statement rings hollow, as opportunities, earnings, time, and hope, slip from our grasp. Hope, I argue, is rooted in boundaries: where the government gets out of the way whilst protecting the security, peace and liberty of each person, not groups of persons. Hope means that we have a cultural identity stemming from common…