It is indeed true that the public wouldn’t lose confidence in the government if nobody ever criticized the government, but then we would be living in a dictatorship.
One of the oddest ‘defenses’ the Liberals have used to try and get out of various scandals is to claim that the problem isn’t the scandal, but rather people talking about it.
This has been their go-to move for attempting to deflect blame for the rise of anger in the country. They tend to ignore their own role, and simply pretend the anger and disillusionment has come out of nowhere.
The fact that the Liberal Party is increasingly nothing more than a personality cult centred around Justin Trudeau has exacerbated this problem, as they can never pin any responsibility on the ‘great leader,’ and so must blame everyone else.
And now, the Liberals have taken this to it’s logical (illogical) conclusion.
In a committee hearing regarding the ArriveScam scandal, Liberal MP Iqra Khalid attempted to blame the loss of public trust in the government on people talking about the scandal, rather than the actions of the government that contributed to it.
“The Mask Slips on Liberal Disdain for Democratic Debate
This Liberal MP actually said we shouldn’t be criticizing them over government scandals because this reduces trust in government and might lead to people being mean to them.
NEWSFLASH – Government should EARN the people’s trust, not simply demand it. Robust debate and criticism of public officials is part of the process.”
The Mask Slips on Liberal Disdain for Democratic Debate
This Liberal MP actually said we shouldn’t be criticizing them over government scandals because this reduces trust in government and might lead to people being mean to them.
NEWSFLASH – Government should EARN the people’s… pic.twitter.com/b6ATQbXbfK
— Garnett Genuis (@GarnettGenuis) March 8, 2024
This is truly crazy.
What Conservative MP Garnett Genuis and other Opposition MPs are doing is literally what democracy is all about. They are criticizing and questioning the government, and demanding answers about the misuse of taxpayer money. Without that kind of criticism and questioning, we wouldn’t be a democracy.
And so, what Iqra Khalid is saying – that governments wouldn’t lose public confidence if nobody could question them – may be correct, but it’s correct only in the context of wanting Canada to be a dictatorship, which seems to be what Trudeau and his dangerous anti-freedom enablers like Khalid are pushing for.
Spencer Fernando
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