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I wonder if extremism is taking over the conservative movement in Canada as it has in the United States. I also wonder if we should worry about that. My own view is that we should.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now, those who are expecting a tirade here against Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, will be disappointed. Some of his antics during the leadership race were disturbing, to say the least. But he is barely into his tenure and has not yet clearly signalled where he will end up on the Conservative spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Pierre Poilievre wants to win the next federal election and simply cannot achieve that if he pivots solely to the far right. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney pointed that out to him just last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And those who think I have gone soft on Poilievre would also be wrong. I have not. He has a great deal to prove but he also has an opportunity to hold the Conservative Party together by leading from the centre. There have been some brief signals in that direction but only time will tell if he has what it takes to accomplish that in real terms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My more immediate concern about conservative extremism lies outside of Ottawa, particularly in Alberta and Quebec and to a degree, in Saskatchewan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Danielle Smith became Premier of Alberta. She has not yet been tested at the polls, but she brings with her a record of right-wing extremism that is alarming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I should say here that I was born in Edmonton and over the years have spent a good deal of time in Alberta as much of our extended family remained there. Most of them were Conservative and all were strong Albertans and proud  Canadians. Three generations of my Western family have received the Order of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I can\u2019t imagine any of them being the least bit comfortable with a premier whose first priority is to introduce a Sovereignty Act to limit the constitutional powers of the federal government in that province.  Nor do I believe they would have tolerated the incomprehensible statement made by  Premier Smith at her first press conference that unvaccinated people during the COVID-19 pandemic were, \u201cthe most discriminated against group that I\u2019ve ever witnessed in my lifetime.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In relation to the proposed Sovereignty Act, Premier Jason Kenny, while still in office, called it \u201ccockamamie\u201d and believed it to be illegal and a recipe for business and investment to leave the province. He also strongly defended the right of Alberta\u2019s Lt. Governor to withhold Royal assent for any such legislation until its constitutionality is confirmed.  Danielle Smith lambasted both of them for taking that position which is, at its base, following the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the Premier\u2019s statement related to discrimination of the unvaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps she should have a chat with the physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers across Canada, who treated sick and unvaccinated COVID patients with kindness, dignity, and respect and at danger to themselves while doing so. Perhaps as well, she should have talked to people who, during her lifetime, were discriminated against for being gay, fired because they had a disability, not allowed to get credit or a bank loan without their husband\u2019s consent, or indigenous communities who still don’t have access to clean water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Quebec, the Legault Government is the first government in 48 years that is not either Liberal or Parti Quebecois. It is essentially conservative, Duplessis- like in character. That in itself is not a huge problem for me, but the extremism sometimes disguised as populism is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Bill 21, which clearly discriminates against people whose religion requires them to wear head coverings, is a clear violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights, and Bill 96, legislation that undermines English language education in Quebec, is also discriminatory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is particularly upsetting about this is that the Government of Canada, which has a primary responsibility to protect and defend the Constitution has done squat when it comes to staring down Quebec\u2019s nationalistic tendencies, especially those that are contrary to Canadian law and custom. To be fair, there is a paucity of comment on these important issues to our Canadian identity from most politicians of all stripes in Ottawa, with Muskoka-Parry Sound MP Scott Aitchison being a rare and, to me, welcome exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it is time to define what conservatism in Canada is, or at least what it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent interview with journalist Mercedes Stephenson, outgoing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said this: \u201c Conservatism, therefore, means protecting what is best about what we have inherited. Not being opposed to thoughtful reform but opposing radical overnight change and the destruction of institutions. And some of what I see now, populism with a snarl, is not conservatism. It is about tearing things down and blowing things up. And that concerns me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that to be an accurate analogy of what we are seeing in recent times and how conservatism, in a Canadian context, is going off the rails. And THAT concerns me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extremism and \u201csnarly\u201d populism are, in my view, becoming rampant in Canada. They are challenging our values as Canadians and dividing our country. We need to pull back both on the far left and on the far right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is our current NDP-supported Liberal Government capable of doing that? Of rejecting divisiveness and territorial acrimony, standing firmly for Canadian values, and finding common ground for all Canadians? Would a Conservative Government do any better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On both counts, I wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh Mackenzie<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to former premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. He was also a founding partner and CEO of Enterprise Canada, a national public affairs and strategic communications firm established in 1986.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Hugh is president of C3 Digital Media Inc., the parent company of Doppler Online, and he enjoys writing commentary for Huntsville Doppler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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