Wednesday, June 03, 2020


Stockwell Day Steps Down From Jobs After Asinine Comments On Racism
He equated racism to his experience of being called “four-eyes” at school

By Zi-Ann Lum

LEIGH VOGEL VIA GETTY IMAGESStockwell Day speaks on stage during a high-level Summit on the Americas on May 12, 2016 in Miami. 


THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE RUMOUR THAT HE IS KENNEY'S OLDER SMARTER BROTHER BY A DIFFERENT MOTHER 


OTTAWA — Former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day has been fired from two jobs a day after making baseless comments about racism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockwell_Day

Day, who was also a cabinet minister in former-prime minister Stephen Harper’s government, denied the existence of systemic racism in Canada during a panel discussion on CBC News’ Power & Politics Tuesday. In the wake of anti-police brutality and anti-Black racism protests, the former politician took issue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s statement that systemic racism and discrimination exists in Canada.

“Yes there’s a few idiot racists hanging around, but Canada is not a racist country... our system, which always needs to be improved, is not systemically racist,” he said to host Vassy Kapelos, before equating the experience of racism to being teased for wearing glasses at school.

“Should I have gone through school and be mocked because I had glasses and was called four-eyes?” Day asked before trumpeting Canadian diversity being celebrated around the world.

Protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism have been organized around the world after George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed in Minneapolis when a white officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest last week. Days later, Toronto’s Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death from an apartment balcony after six police officers were called to her home and Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating. The incident has also played a role in Canadian anti-racism protests in the last week.
Day apologized Wednesday for making “insensitive and hurtful” comments.

By feedback from many in the Black and other communities I realize my comments in debate on Power and Politics were insensitive and hurtful.I ask forgiveness for wrongly equating my experiences to theirs.I commit to them my unending efforts to fight racism in all its forms.

— (((Stockwell Day))) (@Stockwell_Day) June 3, 2020


Law firm McMillan LLP announced a short time later that Day will no longer serve as a strategic advisor. It cited Day’s comments made “during a televised interview” to be counter to its values.

“We believe that systemic racism is real and that it can only be addressed when each of us – as individuals and organizations – commits to meaningful change,” read a Wednesday statement by McMillan LLP partner and CEO Teresa Dufort.

Telus also issued a statement Wednesday that the company’s board of directors accepted Day’s resignation, saying the views the former politician expressed on television “are not reflective of the values and beliefs of our organization.”
Despite evidence, political leaders deny existence of systemic racism

Decades of work has gone into studying systemic racism in Canada, how practices and policies entrenched in our legal, economic, and social systems work to exclude or promote members of a particular group.

It’s well-documented in the Canadian criminal justice system, which has resulted in, among other issues, an overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system, among other issues.

Toronto journalist and activist Desmond Cole has been advocating for years to end racial-profiling by police. Muslim community activists have long criticized Canada’s national security apparatus for to promote the racially profiling of Muslims and Arabs.

Day hasn’t been the only influential voice to deny that systemic racism exists in Canada.

Earlier this week, Quebec Premier François Legault denied that systemic racism exists in the province before committing his government to drafting a plan to fight racism and discrimination. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet made similar comments in Ottawa.  WELL OF COURSE THEY ARE NATIONALISTS AND ALL NATIONALISTS ARE CHAUVINISTS, HE CHAUVIN WAS FRENCH OF COURSE

Ontario Premier Doug Ford also passed on an opportunity to recognize systemic racism in his province, although he has since walked that back.

Telus director Stockwell Day steps down after likening racism to childhood bullying


(Reuters) - Canadian telecom firm Telus Corp said director Stockwell Day had stepped down from its board a day after the former cabinet minister compared enduring racism to his experience of being teased in school for wearing glasses.


Day, who is white, made the comments during a TV panel discussion about protests in the United States over the death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis police custody.

“Should we all be more sensitive about hurting or insulting people whether it’s racist or not?” Day said on CBC News’ Power & Play on Tuesday. “Should I have gone through school and been mocked because I had glasses and been called four eyes because of the occupation of my parents? No, of course not.”


NOTE ITS IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION, A COMMON RIGHT WING TRICK, RATHER THAN A DEFINITIVE SHOULD'NT WE OR SHOULD WE NOT ALL

I WORE GLASSES, I WAS BULLIED VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL SORRY NOT THE SAME EXPERIENCE AT ALL JACKASS WHICH PROVES YOU DID NOT WEAR GLASSES
Telus said the views expressed by Day were not reflective of its values, adding his resignation was effective immediately. Day also resigned as a strategic adviser to a large Canadian law firm which, in a statement, disputed his remarks that systemic racism did not exist in Canada.

On Twitter, Day, a former Conservative public safety minister, apologized to the black community for his comments. About 3.5% of Canada’s population identify as black, according to the 2016 census.


HE WAS ALSO A MINISTER IN THE KLEIN ALBERTA GOVERNMENT WEARING MANY HATS 

“I ask forgiveness for wrongly equating my experiences to theirs. I commit to them my unending efforts to fight racism in all its forms.”


NOT JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE FIRST NATIONS, ASIAN, 
AND OTHER MINORITIES OF COLOUR AND NO YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF FORGIVENESS SINCE YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING 

Day could not immediately be reached for comment.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that Canadians were observing the events unfolding in the United States “with horror” and also spoke about the need to fight racism in Canada.


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Post-political career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockwell_Day

After retiring from politics Day started a government relations firm, called Stockwell Day Connex.[41] On June 14, 2011, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada appointed Day as a Distinguished Fellow and he remained in this role until 2016.[42] Day also currently holds a position on the board of directors the Canada China Business Council.[43] He also previously sat on the boards of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs[44] and the Canada-India Business Council.[45]

Day was a member of the board of directors of Telus and a senior strategic advisor to Canadian law firm McMillan LLP from 2011 to June 2020, when he resigned from both positions after comments he made on CBC News Network's Power & Politics amidst the George Floyd protests[46][47][48] Day had said that systemic racism did not exist in Canada and compared his experience of being bullied as a child for wearing glasses to enduring anti-Black racism. Day apologized for his comments the next day.[49]

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