Quote of the Day: “Racism is not dead, but it is on life support – kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists’.” Thomas Sowell
Ya, another quote of the day by the great American economist. And I highlight this quote because over on page A5 today, we have an article by Fitsum Areguy (who???) telling us that the Region’s 11 member Anti-Racism Advisory Working Group (ARAWG) has been created. In a press release from the Region (and not quoted in the article for some reason…) Karen Redman, Regional Chair said: “The ARAWG members will play a significant role in helping eliminate systemic racism in our workplace and our services by providing recommendations, advice and information to Regional Council through an Anti-Racism Plan”. Yup. Right. Got it. Thank-you. So, no need to actually determine if there is “systemic racism” because the Regional Chair has already stated that racism exists. I loved this from the article: “Ciann Wilson, associate professor at Wilfrid Laurier University and one of the working group members, said her litmus test will be to see whether the group’s recommendations lead to action from council.” So, no matter what radical, racist plan this group comes up with, her “litmus test” will be so see if Council automatically approves it. Wow. No arrogance there… (cough) Of course, my litmus test will be to see if any of their recommendations are racist – which groups like this always come up with.
Alternate Quote of the Day: “Socialism is not dead, but it is on life support – kept alive by newspapers, academics and people who get a sense of superiority by announcing themselves as perpetual ‘victims’.” Rita
And to back up my Alternate Quote of the Day, I simply point to page A3 today where Catherine Thompson seems to be the unofficial spokesperson for the NDP. (I have often said that the NDP would evaporate if critical thinking and economics were taught in high school. But it would be very hard to get union run schools to teach economic, now wouldn’t it…) The title of her article is: “Skyrocketing rents creating hardship across region, NDP say”. She then tells us of one single example where a couple where asked to find another place to live since the evil land baron wanted to renovate their apartment. The NDP of course has a plan to eliminate such horrific actions by outlawing landlords for fixing up their rental units. Hey wait a minute. Didn’t I just read this morning in the Toronto Star that rents in Toronto have DROPPED 17% this year? Strange, I didn’t see the NDP put out a press release complaining about the hardships landlords are facing. So rents in the GTA are dropping and rents in WR are going up. Isn’t interesting how our free market works…