Does Liberal Canada Have a Dark Side?

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Liberals across the West often imagine Canada as a progressive paradise — a tolerant land, welcoming to immigrants, where marijuana is legal and everyone gets free healthcare. But how accurate is that picture? In the wake of last month’s federal elections, in which Justin Trudeau held onto the Prime Minister's post but lost his majority in parliament, Deconstructed headed to Toronto for the HotDocs Podcast Festival. There, Mehdi Hasan talked to two of Canada’s leading politicians. Ahmed Hussen is the Immigration Minister in Trudeau’s cabinet, and is himself an immigrant who arrived in Canada from war-torn Somalia in the 90s. Jagmeet Singh is the leader of the New Democratic Party, or NDP, and the first Sikh to head a major political party in Canada. Hasan sat down with Singh and Hussen to discuss Canada’s reputation as a shining beacon of Western multiculturalism — and whether it’s truly deserved.

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0:00.0	One of the things that I'm so proud of is that young kids would come up to me from so many different backgrounds and say
0:06.5	Seeing you run for Prime Minister makes me feel like I can do anything
0:16.1	Welcome to a very special episode of deconstructed. I'm Maddie Hussin from the US to the UK from France to Australia
0:23.6	The Western world has been torn apart in recent years by bitter divisions over race
0:28.8	Immigration and yes Islam Canada has seemed to be the one hold out resisting the rise of nationalists and populists and
0:36.1	Praised celebrated even as a liberal multicultural utopia
0:40.7	But is it really or is there a darker side to America's nice northern neighbor?
0:45.0	I went to the hot docks podcast festival in Toronto to find out and in the wake of last month's federal elections
0:51.1	sat down in front of a live audience with two of the most prominent figures in Canadian politics former refugee turned
0:57.9	Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussein opening your doors to people from around the world is not just a nice thing to do
1:03.9	It's a smart economic policy to have and the seek leader of the new Democratic Party
1:09.4	Jugby saying while during the campaign we've seen the liberal party
1:13.7	Campaign like they care about people. They don't govern that way
1:17.4	So does Canada the land of free health care legal marijuana and lots of immigrants really deserve its reputation as a progressive paradise
1:30.4	If you're not Canadian you probably know at least one Canadian politician this guy
1:36.2	Canada is a country that was built by immigration. We know that this has been the story of Canada
1:42.1	Yes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau son of iconic former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who took office in Ottawa with his liberal party back in
1:51.0	2015 the handsome eloquent youthful new face of Western progressivism
1:56.0	No, not Justin Bieber. It's Justin Trudeau
1:59.3	Canada's new Prime Minister in his prime Trudeau is seen as something of a political golden boy
2:04.9	He's the youngest charismatic. He's a feminist handsome charismatic progressive the new darling of the progressive world community
2:13.0	Fast forward though to September 2019 many were shocked when pictures of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged showing him in black face
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