In race to crush cancel culture, the powerful continue to sleep on rights of the marginalized

Those in power continue to weaponize free speech for their own ends that have nothing to do with preserving the rights and freedoms of all Canadians. Don’t be fooled. Stay woke.

If cancel culture existed, Jonathan Vance and former governor general Julie Payette would not be exiting with their full pension, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan would be excommunicated from politics, and Tory MP Tamara Jansen wouldn’t have space in a modern party that recognizes the rights of LGBTQ2S+, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, Hill Times file photograph, Hill Times photograph by Andrew Made, and photograph courtesy of the Conservative Party of Canada

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

May 5, 2021

OTTAWA—A lot of organizations should think about staying woke instead of using the excuse of free speech that betrays the human rights and existence of others. (I haven’t used the term “woke” since 2017, mainly because it was co-opted by the powerful. But today is a new day.) We are in a pa...

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