A Toronto high school broadcast O Canada in Arabic on the morning of the second anniversary of the Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead.
You know how to stop "mistakes" like this from happening? Play the CANADIAN national anthem in one of the two official language of Canada. Problem solved.
Absolutely agree no more bending for those who do not want really hour and respect our Canadian values!! Choice is yours. No protests in Canada just go back home where the issue is and protest there !! It is not our war !!
There is no "right" to have our national anthem played in any language other than the official languages of Canada. Nor is there an obligation to represent every community in our country. It is not racist to privilege Canadian culture IN Canada. What creates true community is a shared language and culture, while pandering to every community dilutes Canadian culture and creates divisions. A country can be multi-racial but it can't be multi-cultural if it is to maintain its identity.
I'm a resident of Mexico and live there part of the year. I'm learning Spanish and have no expectations that Mexico will provide me with everything in English. It can be loud -- Mexicans love their fiestas and their fireworks. It's up to me to fit into their culture, not impose mine onto them. It's called being respectful.
Agree completely and this is the way it should be. We have two official languages only!!!!! This was done by that teacher on purpose and should be fired. What a horrific thing to do to children. I am so sick and tired of what is going on in our country and it’s caused by outsiders that have come and trying to change our way of life, our warmth, our kindness kindness doesn’t mean weak and it can change an instant. Do not bring your wars to our country. I’m sick and tired of the crime I’m sick and tired of the protest in my street. When real heroes get charged for doing nothing but want to talk to the Prime Minister soon. Get our Canada back get this liberal government the hell out of parliament. Carney is failing badly!!!
Look everyone, a marxist anti-christian troll! This one is lterate but clearly doesn't realize his hateful rhetoric only proves the point! You keep hating and calling it love comrade! We love the irony!
"Student," just stop. Use your name. The national anthem in a Canadian school should be played in one of our two official languages. When you come to Canada, you honour and respect Canadian traditions and customs. Canadian schools are in no way obligated "to represent every community in our country," except insofar as to not discriminate against any student's nationality. Canadian schools, however, are not obligated to highlight/"represent" other nationalities ~ and if they don't that's "racist"? Stop throwing "racism" into the equation: it's lazy, inaccurate, and inflammatory. It is not racist to play/sing O Canada in English or French, Canada's official languages.
Furthermore, .."Student," every community IS represented in Canada, even ( gasp!), under the Canadian flag! Or at least they used to be; EVERYONE is welcome to become Canadian, regardless of where they came from, but it is assumed they will embrace Canadian values. That's certainly what my parents did when they first came here. That is what everyone USED to do.
Here we go.."racism"... Well then..not accepting/ following protocols/ customs and traditions of a country that you have relocated to is racist...not settling in among the population of your new country (but overtaking/ separating cities/ communities) is racist..Forcing a country (that hasn't the necessary housing/ infrastructure/ jobs/ desire) to "accept" thousands of unchecked immigrants ISN"T racist..it's TYRANNY
Much as I hate saying it, cuz my kids and friends live in Alberta.but .the UN has no intention of letting Alberta or Sask off the hook..in fact..that $250 million "loan" Carney got was probably a down payment for Alberta..(my kids are well aware of that fact..and have a cpl pre-arranged places to bug out to..) and wait for the Ping-Pongs to do their thing..
If you think what they did was OK, send a few of the Sh*t Disturbers to Palestine to sing their anthem in English. Hamas might be more successful than we ever could be at straightening them out.
if is not racism to want to hear Your national anthem in Your language. Any other is an insult. Imagine building a country where you can't understand your national anthem. An quit using the word racism to shut down others. It's not working anymore. Oh and did yoh digest that it was Oct 7th??? Disgusting display
You're part of the problem "student". You're either one of these groups that now expects special accommodations or you're a slow boiled frog in a pot that's a product of woke, marxist ideals....then you uncloaked by using the term racism as a typical toolbag ploy....
Seriously? How often have you heard “O Canada” being sung in one of our lovely native languages? That would be a higher priority than language from a foreign country, especially one which is not willing to assimilate into our culture.
Sorry but municipal Gov.pays for most schools. I pay my education tax to Gov. and they in turn build the schools and hire and pay the teachers. We. have here Muslim schools and all kinds of ethnic schools and their community pays for those.
You're still wrong, the taxpayer pays for everything. That's you, me, everybody who has paid tax money. Whether it's federal, provincial, or municipal. You pay taxes to all these sources. The schools are built with those tax sources. Your municipal tax only covers a operation, construction comes mostly from provincial tax.
While I agree with you, they did not offer me a vote. We are seeing my Canada failing on so many fronts. Lest all of the goofs get excited I would like to add that my best friend and most of my friends are immigrants. UK, Hong Kong, US, Netherlands, India and all over Europe. Great people who have contributed to Canada but. the Muslims I see have no intention of joining us.
Wrong. First of all the national anthem is to be sung only in our 2 official languages and don’t pretend this was an unfortunate mistake on this day. It was a deliberate decision to celebrate what Arabs/Muslims did to Jews on Oct 7. No one is that ignorant of that evil day. And besides that, Canadians in any other country in the world would never expect them to sing their anthem in English or French. If you’ve chosen to make Canada our home than make Canadian culture your own. We owe you nothing but the celebration of the freedoms of our wonderful country and we’re allowing you to live here…don’t expect more.
1) You identify yourself as "a student" but you could be anyone; why should we believe you are who you claim to be? 2) You are naive if you believe this was not intentional. Of course it was. 3) There are Jewish students at Earl Haig; why aren't you broadcasting the anthem in Hebrew as well as in English, Arabic, Italian and Mandarin? Not exactly inclusive, as you claim, and I don't believe you in any event. 4) If a student made this sadistic choice, that student should be required to write an account of the 10/7 slaughter of innocents from the point of view of the victims, without a peep of sympathy for the perpetrators, and publish it on the Earl Haig school website. 5) I don't believe your account.
Globaly speaking, our world is not in a very good place right now. Nationally speaking, we are busy fighting to keep our jobs and remind our children that there is a life after Trump. Provincialy , there are several areas in our cities that are simply not safe. Car jackings, houses being shot at,and lack of mental health care facilities are just a few of the countless, continuous issues at hand.
The good news is that the teachers ,administrators and parents in our schools have fought hard to endeavor that our students have a safe zone: It is in these schools where children from all backgrounds have mutual respect for one another, where breakfast is available ,where teachers and students alike can learn together and in addition take part in many of the extra curricular activities available.
Just the other day, I had a discussion with my students evolving around the importance of keeping positive and to focus on the things they can change.Many
of these students have emigrated from other countries and are in the midst of just trying to figure out how to " live in Canada "
The choice to play Canada's National Anthem in Arabic in a public school on October 7 was beyond insensitive. It goes against everything that we continually convey to our students on a daily basis. Although it cannot be undone, the TDSB has a mandatory duty to discover how this could have happened. I have taught at Earl Haig. This school is known for it's exemplary academic and extra curricular programs.This is an aberration of collosal proportions. Imagine what our schools would be like if politically sensitive statements etc. were broadcasted over the P.A. systems on a daily basis.THOSE RESPONSIBLE MUST BE MADE TO MAKE REPARATIONS. THIS STOPS NOW!!! Have a wonderful evening, fellow Canadians.
Thank you for the thoughtful post. Sadly, Canadians don't know how to live in Canada anymore so how can new arrivals? This is something we need to grapple with in short order.
The biggest issue here is is that some of our new arrivals weren’t welcomed the proper way they snuck in and our criminals by the droves and now we’re left to try to make something of our country with all of this crime and dissent and unCanadian corruption which was all created by our liberal governor
Safe unless you are white, male, straight, jewish or christian. Then it is terrifying. Anyine can attack you with very little consequence if any ar all. If you like america or Trump, lookout! You're toast!
Naw, that was already 10 years ago. Besides that, any mistakes or policies enacted were due to MSM pressure and liberals. E.g. Harper wanted a fairer equalization program, but political pressure from the left and MSM support for that gave us what we have today.
Fortunately there was life after Harper. It has never been as bad as it has been since trudumass and now Corney. Life will never be better after Corney but we may have some kind of chance if he gets the boot soon
I appreciate your call to stop the inflammatory rhetoric (especially in schools). However, I detected an unnecessary dig at Trump supporters. Did I misunderstand?
This country is out of control, and all thanks to the Liberal Left Wing Woke government Justin Trudeau/Carney and followers. I am having doubts it can be 'fixed'.
At this point we have people from all over the world in Canada who are in contention with other new-comers because of wars in their "old country". The Canadian anthem should be broadcast only in the 2 official languages to avoid this sort of passive aggressive political behaviour.
At Nuit Blanche in Toronto last weekend one of the slogans cast at City Hall was "English is a Foreign Language". People are protesting this "art" statement since Nuit Blanche is subsidized with our money.
The left, or whatever foreign entity, is trying to destroy linguistic commonality in Canada - the lingua Franca - so that the various language communities will not be able to communicate fully.
When are our "governments" going set enforceable regulations about this? Oh wait, I forgot our "governments" are only listening to that same foreign, unelected entity.
The Lord's prayer was stopped when i was in grade 3 "because it might be offensive to non-christian refugees." At the same time, they promised the only immigration to dilute our country would be for those fleeing mortal danger. Unfortunately they lied. And soon whites and christian and jews will be rounded up and have their homes and property seized, so the immigrants can have living space. If you doubt this, research history. They do it over and over. Soon we will be sent to ghettos...then to camps....then to ovens. The nazis called it leben-raum. The marxists today call it "decolonization". We are where germany was in the late 30s.
Always remember, saying "lighter sentrnces for BIPOC/indiegeonous criminals" or "Job offerings will be limited to the marginalized" or "BIPOC safe space, etc. is the exact same as saying "harsher sentences for white christians" and "White people need not apply." And "No whites allowed."
This is no different than the star of david being posted on store windows. The outcome is the same. We are cut out of life and destroyed. What they fail to realize is the the Great Teacher Yeshua will school them in the end. And our shame will turn to glory.
Sadly you may be right! Read Corrupted by Fear by John Carpay! the Liberals are governing down the same path lead by Hitler!! We should all be very scared!!!!
This is a sad day to hear of these insensitive teachers at the helm. Play the anthem in English or French ONLY. And everyone else should integrate into our society. There is no room for ethnic polarisation.
1) You identify yourself as "a student" but you could be anyone; why should we believe you are who you claim to be? 2) You are naive if you believe this was not intentional. Of course it was. 3) There are Jewish students at Earl Haig; why aren't you broadcasting the anthem in Hebrew as well as in English, Arabic, Italian and Mandarin? Not exactly inclusive, as you claim, and I don't believe you in any event. 4) If a student made this sadistic choice, that student should be required to write an account of the 10/7 slaughter of innocents from the point of view of the victims, without a peep of sympathy for the perpetrators, and publish it on the Earl Haig school website. 5) I don't believe your account.
This leftist crap seems to be happening all to often in Ford's Ontario with no consequences. Definitely parking my vote elsewhere next election, this guy cares only for himself, just another Liberal.
It boggles ones' mind to grasp the stupidity of some people and school teachers seem to top the list. During the past few years it has been school teachers that have caused most of the problems for parents regarding gender and pronouns. Whoever made this decision to play O Canada is Arabic should be fired immediately as this is completely idiotic.
I am a student at Earl Haig Secondary School and I would like make a few clarifications. The students who do the announcements every morning were given a folder of many different languages in which to share the national anthem. The students on the announcements wanted to showcase our school's multiculturalism by playing the national anthem in the array of different languages present at our school, such as English, Arabic, Italian, and Mandarin. They have been cycling through them, and today's choice of Arabic was a badly-timed coincidence. I can assure you that no hate or racism was intended. This incident was no one's fault, and no one should be fired over this mistake. I agree that it was an unfortunate oversight, but I also think it is important to recognize that the students who chose to play the anthem in Arabic had no ill intent whatsoever.
Thank you for responding. While it can be seen that way, I also don't think the staff member is entirely to blame. They trusted their students to choose an anthem, and the students unfortunately happened to choose one that ended up holding more meaning than they meant for it to. It isn't the staff member's fault, as they should not be expected to look over the shoulders of these young adults as they do the announcements every morning. I really do believe this whole incident was a badly-timed accident.
If - and it's a big if - students were responsible for this act of sadistic cruelty, they must be held to account. They are high school students and capable of taking responsibility and experiencing consequences for sadistic, hateful antisemitism.
Your language belies your claim to be a student at Earl Haig. You are throwing shade for bad actors and trying to create an excuse for sadistic, hateful behaviour. These sorts of bad acts have consequences, including maximum psychological damage to Jews at Earl Haig. You don't seem to care about them - you have not mentioned them even once. You only care that whoever made the decision to broadcast the anthem in Arabic today not get into any trouble for their sadistic, hateful disdain for the well-being of Jewish students at Earl Haig. Our schools must not ever excuse such cruelty.
In Canada, we have TWO official languages. Arabic isn't one of them. The fact that schools have more than two renditions of our national anthem is further proof that Canada has fallen..so so far.
If it was a "badly-timed accident"?..then why was it not immediately shut down as soon as it began..with an immediate apology??..we're supposed to believe NOBODY there knew exactly what the date was?..I call bullshit,.."student"
It is inexcusable and someone at the school needs to be held responsible. This may well become an international story, happening when it did. Given the ethnic make up of the student body, it may have been intentional.
It was done to cause outrage. You’re high school students capable of making serious choices and you proved you’re not worthy of the right to represent your country, school and society. The students and supervisor teacher have to be disciplined!
I do not believe so Trev but I believe it points out how naive and ignorant the teachers and students are of world affairs and sensitivities. They should be MADE to have instructions in world affairs from people without bias. This might be impossible in our so called education system today.
Great, because of that you have idiot politicians and the usual Twitter idiots screaming for the person responsible for this to be fired, everyone doing so before Earl Haig School had a chance to offer an explanation, and apologise. Whoops! Anyway, I'm glad I read your post. Keep spreading the word so this silly thing dies down ASAP.
An apology is not enough. I want whoever is responsible to write an essay about the 10/723 slaughter of innocents from the point of view of the victims - without so much as a mention of the perpetrators point of view - and publish it on the school's website.
Done. Israel accepted collateral damage in order to protect the overall area and country and potentially disrupt intelligence gathering by hamas through the torture of soldiers. While sad, every other country would do the same and all soldiers know they are expendable. But hey, you are a marxist who is actually literate! That in itself is worthy of admiration. Way to go comrade!
Leonard. I am not calling for firing or any other punishment but the problem I see is that this action puts on display an ignorance of world affairs today and the sensitivities that exist. We have so many different ethnic groups here and many who do not like each other but accept that English is the unifier for Gov. and public activities. Most speak their own language in their communities but English publicly. I believe this school was paid for by the Gov. and therefore there should ONLY be English or French spoken.
I respect your opinion, and thank you for being respectful. I got a ton of vulgar responses in my Twitter discussion about this. This is often the saddest part of these racially-charged news stories for me, seeing all the vulgarity going back and forth on social media. Admittedly, I do contribute to that on occasion!
Imagine what would have occurred if they played it in Hebrew. Violence from those on the left who support a terrorist organization - oh wait Carney and the Liberals do already.
One anthem - English/French, one flag - the Maple Leaf. Enough of his stupidity.
Either assimilate and go home just like we would have to do if we lived in a Muslim based Arabic country. Enough is enough. This is our education/government system who are to blame for all of it.
You know how to stop "mistakes" like this from happening? Play the CANADIAN national anthem in one of the two official language of Canada. Problem solved.
Absolutely agree no more bending for those who do not want really hour and respect our Canadian values!! Choice is yours. No protests in Canada just go back home where the issue is and protest there !! It is not our war !!
There is no "right" to have our national anthem played in any language other than the official languages of Canada. Nor is there an obligation to represent every community in our country. It is not racist to privilege Canadian culture IN Canada. What creates true community is a shared language and culture, while pandering to every community dilutes Canadian culture and creates divisions. A country can be multi-racial but it can't be multi-cultural if it is to maintain its identity.
I'm a resident of Mexico and live there part of the year. I'm learning Spanish and have no expectations that Mexico will provide me with everything in English. It can be loud -- Mexicans love their fiestas and their fireworks. It's up to me to fit into their culture, not impose mine onto them. It's called being respectful.
Agree completely and this is the way it should be. We have two official languages only!!!!! This was done by that teacher on purpose and should be fired. What a horrific thing to do to children. I am so sick and tired of what is going on in our country and it’s caused by outsiders that have come and trying to change our way of life, our warmth, our kindness kindness doesn’t mean weak and it can change an instant. Do not bring your wars to our country. I’m sick and tired of the crime I’m sick and tired of the protest in my street. When real heroes get charged for doing nothing but want to talk to the Prime Minister soon. Get our Canada back get this liberal government the hell out of parliament. Carney is failing badly!!!
The english version only in English speaking provinces, Quebec can keep their french one...period.
Why just "fire" teachers figuratively? Literally have a Jesus Inquisition & burn 'em @ the stake!
Look everyone, a marxist anti-christian troll! This one is lterate but clearly doesn't realize his hateful rhetoric only proves the point! You keep hating and calling it love comrade! We love the irony!
Anti-ABRAHAMist.
I only hate ignorance, Comrade Bob, though those that stridently & stubbornly hold-on to it raise my ire.
Here's Comrade Bob, twisted knickers & all!
Yes, that's exactly what we are asking for. How astute of you to pick up on that.
I'm on to ya, Gerry. Gonna keep an eye on ya!
Well said!
"Student," just stop. Use your name. The national anthem in a Canadian school should be played in one of our two official languages. When you come to Canada, you honour and respect Canadian traditions and customs. Canadian schools are in no way obligated "to represent every community in our country," except insofar as to not discriminate against any student's nationality. Canadian schools, however, are not obligated to highlight/"represent" other nationalities ~ and if they don't that's "racist"? Stop throwing "racism" into the equation: it's lazy, inaccurate, and inflammatory. It is not racist to play/sing O Canada in English or French, Canada's official languages.
Furthermore, .."Student," every community IS represented in Canada, even ( gasp!), under the Canadian flag! Or at least they used to be; EVERYONE is welcome to become Canadian, regardless of where they came from, but it is assumed they will embrace Canadian values. That's certainly what my parents did when they first came here. That is what everyone USED to do.
Try going to their home countries and see how that works out for you!
Here we go.."racism"... Well then..not accepting/ following protocols/ customs and traditions of a country that you have relocated to is racist...not settling in among the population of your new country (but overtaking/ separating cities/ communities) is racist..Forcing a country (that hasn't the necessary housing/ infrastructure/ jobs/ desire) to "accept" thousands of unchecked immigrants ISN"T racist..it's TYRANNY
Given Canada's current trajectory how long before Canada ceases to exist? I mean besides Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Much as I hate saying it, cuz my kids and friends live in Alberta.but .the UN has no intention of letting Alberta or Sask off the hook..in fact..that $250 million "loan" Carney got was probably a down payment for Alberta..(my kids are well aware of that fact..and have a cpl pre-arranged places to bug out to..) and wait for the Ping-Pongs to do their thing..
If you think what they did was OK, send a few of the Sh*t Disturbers to Palestine to sing their anthem in English. Hamas might be more successful than we ever could be at straightening them out.
I volunteer!!!..where the hell IS Palestine??..near Florida??
if is not racism to want to hear Your national anthem in Your language. Any other is an insult. Imagine building a country where you can't understand your national anthem. An quit using the word racism to shut down others. It's not working anymore. Oh and did yoh digest that it was Oct 7th??? Disgusting display
Unfortunate???? It was a deliberate attack on the Jewish student.
I do NOT subscribe to "every language is welcome in our country and anthem.".
You're part of the problem "student". You're either one of these groups that now expects special accommodations or you're a slow boiled frog in a pot that's a product of woke, marxist ideals....then you uncloaked by using the term racism as a typical toolbag ploy....
People like you are the reason Canada is falling apart with your multicultural bullshit.
No other country in the world will play Canada's anthem in any language in their schools
Seriously? How often have you heard “O Canada” being sung in one of our lovely native languages? That would be a higher priority than language from a foreign country, especially one which is not willing to assimilate into our culture.
Wrong thinking as your thinking would divide this country even more than it is now.
If that school is bought and paid for by the Arab community then let them play whatever they want but if it is paid for by our Gov. then NO.
Wrong, a government never pays for anything. The taxpayer pays for everything.
Sorry but municipal Gov.pays for most schools. I pay my education tax to Gov. and they in turn build the schools and hire and pay the teachers. We. have here Muslim schools and all kinds of ethnic schools and their community pays for those.
You're still wrong, the taxpayer pays for everything. That's you, me, everybody who has paid tax money. Whether it's federal, provincial, or municipal. You pay taxes to all these sources. The schools are built with those tax sources. Your municipal tax only covers a operation, construction comes mostly from provincial tax.
Muslim schools should not be allowed here, Islam needs to be outlawed and banned.
EXCLUSIVE: Ford govt accredited Islamic college despite audit alleging parent org had Muslim Brotherhood links
https://www.junonews.com/p/exclusive-ford-govt-accredited-islamic
While I agree with you, they did not offer me a vote. We are seeing my Canada failing on so many fronts. Lest all of the goofs get excited I would like to add that my best friend and most of my friends are immigrants. UK, Hong Kong, US, Netherlands, India and all over Europe. Great people who have contributed to Canada but. the Muslims I see have no intention of joining us.
Wrong. First of all the national anthem is to be sung only in our 2 official languages and don’t pretend this was an unfortunate mistake on this day. It was a deliberate decision to celebrate what Arabs/Muslims did to Jews on Oct 7. No one is that ignorant of that evil day. And besides that, Canadians in any other country in the world would never expect them to sing their anthem in English or French. If you’ve chosen to make Canada our home than make Canadian culture your own. We owe you nothing but the celebration of the freedoms of our wonderful country and we’re allowing you to live here…don’t expect more.
Respectfully, (sort of ), B.S.
Only the French or English versions of OH Canada should be played in our schools. These are the 2 official languages in our country .
1) You identify yourself as "a student" but you could be anyone; why should we believe you are who you claim to be? 2) You are naive if you believe this was not intentional. Of course it was. 3) There are Jewish students at Earl Haig; why aren't you broadcasting the anthem in Hebrew as well as in English, Arabic, Italian and Mandarin? Not exactly inclusive, as you claim, and I don't believe you in any event. 4) If a student made this sadistic choice, that student should be required to write an account of the 10/7 slaughter of innocents from the point of view of the victims, without a peep of sympathy for the perpetrators, and publish it on the Earl Haig school website. 5) I don't believe your account.
Globaly speaking, our world is not in a very good place right now. Nationally speaking, we are busy fighting to keep our jobs and remind our children that there is a life after Trump. Provincialy , there are several areas in our cities that are simply not safe. Car jackings, houses being shot at,and lack of mental health care facilities are just a few of the countless, continuous issues at hand.
The good news is that the teachers ,administrators and parents in our schools have fought hard to endeavor that our students have a safe zone: It is in these schools where children from all backgrounds have mutual respect for one another, where breakfast is available ,where teachers and students alike can learn together and in addition take part in many of the extra curricular activities available.
Just the other day, I had a discussion with my students evolving around the importance of keeping positive and to focus on the things they can change.Many
of these students have emigrated from other countries and are in the midst of just trying to figure out how to " live in Canada "
The choice to play Canada's National Anthem in Arabic in a public school on October 7 was beyond insensitive. It goes against everything that we continually convey to our students on a daily basis. Although it cannot be undone, the TDSB has a mandatory duty to discover how this could have happened. I have taught at Earl Haig. This school is known for it's exemplary academic and extra curricular programs.This is an aberration of collosal proportions. Imagine what our schools would be like if politically sensitive statements etc. were broadcasted over the P.A. systems on a daily basis.THOSE RESPONSIBLE MUST BE MADE TO MAKE REPARATIONS. THIS STOPS NOW!!! Have a wonderful evening, fellow Canadians.
Thank you for the thoughtful post. Sadly, Canadians don't know how to live in Canada anymore so how can new arrivals? This is something we need to grapple with in short order.
The biggest issue here is is that some of our new arrivals weren’t welcomed the proper way they snuck in and our criminals by the droves and now we’re left to try to make something of our country with all of this crime and dissent and unCanadian corruption which was all created by our liberal governor
Oops government
Excellent point you mention, Melanie.
Safe unless you are white, male, straight, jewish or christian. Then it is terrifying. Anyine can attack you with very little consequence if any ar all. If you like america or Trump, lookout! You're toast!
You had better hope that there is a life after, not Trump, but after Carney and the liberals.
OR after Harper.
Naw, that was already 10 years ago. Besides that, any mistakes or policies enacted were due to MSM pressure and liberals. E.g. Harper wanted a fairer equalization program, but political pressure from the left and MSM support for that gave us what we have today.
I won't ever defend the LPC after circa 1950 or so, mind U Missy.
How 'bout after Dief?
Dief killed Canada’s nascent military aircraft industry and all the spin-offs that would have resulted from it.
Maybe ALL of NATO, @ the behest of the USofA, had a say.
Yes, but why? Did the USofA have a say, do you think?
Fortunately there was life after Harper. It has never been as bad as it has been since trudumass and now Corney. Life will never be better after Corney but we may have some kind of chance if he gets the boot soon
My life was better beforehand. True, it got shittier still afterwards. Wut’s yer point?
Cannot disagree. Wut cums after may not be so agreeable with U, however.
Yes comrade! I too wonder if there will be life in canada after harper, who has been gone for more than a decade!
Oh wait, i am not a marxist so i cannot change history to suit my presupposed commie views as needed. Shoot! Sorry comrade, i tried on this one!
AY, AY, Bro Bobby!
Bobby, keep blowing hard!
U sound like your imaginary "Marxist" with your fantasies of the past, present, & speculative future.
Have U ever understood this there "Marxism" & them there "commie views", blowhard?
Trudeau’s legacy excuse for incompetence, “blame Harper”.
OK, so what? I am not an LPC apologist.
I appreciate your call to stop the inflammatory rhetoric (especially in schools). However, I detected an unnecessary dig at Trump supporters. Did I misunderstand?
This country is out of control, and all thanks to the Liberal Left Wing Woke government Justin Trudeau/Carney and followers. I am having doubts it can be 'fixed'.
At this point we have people from all over the world in Canada who are in contention with other new-comers because of wars in their "old country". The Canadian anthem should be broadcast only in the 2 official languages to avoid this sort of passive aggressive political behaviour.
At Nuit Blanche in Toronto last weekend one of the slogans cast at City Hall was "English is a Foreign Language". People are protesting this "art" statement since Nuit Blanche is subsidized with our money.
The left, or whatever foreign entity, is trying to destroy linguistic commonality in Canada - the lingua Franca - so that the various language communities will not be able to communicate fully.
When are our "governments" going set enforceable regulations about this? Oh wait, I forgot our "governments" are only listening to that same foreign, unelected entity.
If they hadn't stopped saying the Lord's prayer every morning this might never have happened.
The Lord's prayer was stopped when i was in grade 3 "because it might be offensive to non-christian refugees." At the same time, they promised the only immigration to dilute our country would be for those fleeing mortal danger. Unfortunately they lied. And soon whites and christian and jews will be rounded up and have their homes and property seized, so the immigrants can have living space. If you doubt this, research history. They do it over and over. Soon we will be sent to ghettos...then to camps....then to ovens. The nazis called it leben-raum. The marxists today call it "decolonization". We are where germany was in the late 30s.
Always remember, saying "lighter sentrnces for BIPOC/indiegeonous criminals" or "Job offerings will be limited to the marginalized" or "BIPOC safe space, etc. is the exact same as saying "harsher sentences for white christians" and "White people need not apply." And "No whites allowed."
This is no different than the star of david being posted on store windows. The outcome is the same. We are cut out of life and destroyed. What they fail to realize is the the Great Teacher Yeshua will school them in the end. And our shame will turn to glory.
Sadly you may be right! Read Corrupted by Fear by John Carpay! the Liberals are governing down the same path lead by Hitler!! We should all be very scared!!!!
..yup..scared/ fed up/..and pissed off..
This is a sad day to hear of these insensitive teachers at the helm. Play the anthem in English or French ONLY. And everyone else should integrate into our society. There is no room for ethnic polarisation.
What the hell is wrong with this school, Canada is Canada and the national anthem if played has to be English or French
1) You identify yourself as "a student" but you could be anyone; why should we believe you are who you claim to be? 2) You are naive if you believe this was not intentional. Of course it was. 3) There are Jewish students at Earl Haig; why aren't you broadcasting the anthem in Hebrew as well as in English, Arabic, Italian and Mandarin? Not exactly inclusive, as you claim, and I don't believe you in any event. 4) If a student made this sadistic choice, that student should be required to write an account of the 10/7 slaughter of innocents from the point of view of the victims, without a peep of sympathy for the perpetrators, and publish it on the Earl Haig school website. 5) I don't believe your account.
This leftist crap seems to be happening all to often in Ford's Ontario with no consequences. Definitely parking my vote elsewhere next election, this guy cares only for himself, just another Liberal.
Absolutely sick and disgusting. If heads don't roll over this incident then the school board needs a serious change in management!
..the "management" is WOKE..so if we want change, thats who we start with..gutting them out
Exactly!
It boggles ones' mind to grasp the stupidity of some people and school teachers seem to top the list. During the past few years it has been school teachers that have caused most of the problems for parents regarding gender and pronouns. Whoever made this decision to play O Canada is Arabic should be fired immediately as this is completely idiotic.
Hi,
I am a student at Earl Haig Secondary School and I would like make a few clarifications. The students who do the announcements every morning were given a folder of many different languages in which to share the national anthem. The students on the announcements wanted to showcase our school's multiculturalism by playing the national anthem in the array of different languages present at our school, such as English, Arabic, Italian, and Mandarin. They have been cycling through them, and today's choice of Arabic was a badly-timed coincidence. I can assure you that no hate or racism was intended. This incident was no one's fault, and no one should be fired over this mistake. I agree that it was an unfortunate oversight, but I also think it is important to recognize that the students who chose to play the anthem in Arabic had no ill intent whatsoever.
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, a staff member is meant to oversee. That staff member didn't do their job.
Thank you for responding. While it can be seen that way, I also don't think the staff member is entirely to blame. They trusted their students to choose an anthem, and the students unfortunately happened to choose one that ended up holding more meaning than they meant for it to. It isn't the staff member's fault, as they should not be expected to look over the shoulders of these young adults as they do the announcements every morning. I really do believe this whole incident was a badly-timed accident.
Adults who are responsible for minors should always be held accountable due to the position of trust they hold.
If - and it's a big if - students were responsible for this act of sadistic cruelty, they must be held to account. They are high school students and capable of taking responsibility and experiencing consequences for sadistic, hateful antisemitism.
"Sadistic cruelty" is a long planned & enacted ethnic cleansing cum GENOCIDE.
Said the commie
It was no accident..they are showing their arrogance..and making a statement..and a threat..
Accountable to what exactly? Zionism Uber Alles?
Antisemitic too! Just like....a commie!
Bobby, ain't no secret the Yids from Germany ain'r Semites, stooge!
Zionist sabat goyim golem!
Your language belies your claim to be a student at Earl Haig. You are throwing shade for bad actors and trying to create an excuse for sadistic, hateful behaviour. These sorts of bad acts have consequences, including maximum psychological damage to Jews at Earl Haig. You don't seem to care about them - you have not mentioned them even once. You only care that whoever made the decision to broadcast the anthem in Arabic today not get into any trouble for their sadistic, hateful disdain for the well-being of Jewish students at Earl Haig. Our schools must not ever excuse such cruelty.
Your hyperbole, & fantastic speculation, is farcical.
Your over the top communist rhetoric is farcical.
Me thinks you doth protest too much!
I said the same regarding the author of this piece...
I said the same regarding you.
In Canada, we have TWO official languages. Arabic isn't one of them. The fact that schools have more than two renditions of our national anthem is further proof that Canada has fallen..so so far.
I pray daily for Jesus to return
If it was a "badly-timed accident"?..then why was it not immediately shut down as soon as it began..with an immediate apology??..we're supposed to believe NOBODY there knew exactly what the date was?..I call bullshit,.."student"
How's that? Would you have chosen Hebrew or Yid?
Hebrew. What about you? Chinese? Russian? North korean?
What utter codswallop ,the language chosen and the date, it was very much intentional.
Both the Principal and Teacher supervisor should be let go. The only racism here was against the Jewish minority.
Bollocks!
Jew hater
Bob seems like a CIA bot
It is inexcusable and someone at the school needs to be held responsible. This may well become an international story, happening when it did. Given the ethnic make up of the student body, it may have been intentional.
It was done to cause outrage. You’re high school students capable of making serious choices and you proved you’re not worthy of the right to represent your country, school and society. The students and supervisor teacher have to be disciplined!
I do not believe so Trev but I believe it points out how naive and ignorant the teachers and students are of world affairs and sensitivities. They should be MADE to have instructions in world affairs from people without bias. This might be impossible in our so called education system today.
You require a disciplined education!
Lol you require a non-marxist education.
Sit down. Sounds like you've already been indoctrinated. What country are you from.
Great, because of that you have idiot politicians and the usual Twitter idiots screaming for the person responsible for this to be fired, everyone doing so before Earl Haig School had a chance to offer an explanation, and apologise. Whoops! Anyway, I'm glad I read your post. Keep spreading the word so this silly thing dies down ASAP.
An apology is not enough. I want whoever is responsible to write an essay about the 10/723 slaughter of innocents from the point of view of the victims - without so much as a mention of the perpetrators point of view - and publish it on the school's website.
Go Googley "october 7 hannibal directive haaretz".
Done. Israel accepted collateral damage in order to protect the overall area and country and potentially disrupt intelligence gathering by hamas through the torture of soldiers. While sad, every other country would do the same and all soldiers know they are expendable. But hey, you are a marxist who is actually literate! That in itself is worthy of admiration. Way to go comrade!
You are displaying your nuttiness in all 5 sentences!
FFS..take it outside to the bike racks, boys..
Leonard. I am not calling for firing or any other punishment but the problem I see is that this action puts on display an ignorance of world affairs today and the sensitivities that exist. We have so many different ethnic groups here and many who do not like each other but accept that English is the unifier for Gov. and public activities. Most speak their own language in their communities but English publicly. I believe this school was paid for by the Gov. and therefore there should ONLY be English or French spoken.
I respect your opinion, and thank you for being respectful. I got a ton of vulgar responses in my Twitter discussion about this. This is often the saddest part of these racially-charged news stories for me, seeing all the vulgarity going back and forth on social media. Admittedly, I do contribute to that on occasion!
Imagine what would have occurred if they played it in Hebrew. Violence from those on the left who support a terrorist organization - oh wait Carney and the Liberals do already.
One anthem - English/French, one flag - the Maple Leaf. Enough of his stupidity.
Either assimilate and go home just like we would have to do if we lived in a Muslim based Arabic country. Enough is enough. This is our education/government system who are to blame for all of it.
...and don't forget the UN "Liberals"