CBC article on trans rights in Canada

[LobsterNapkin]

CBC article which claims there is a campaign afoot in Canada to deprive transgender people of their rights.

www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-transgender-rights-misinformation-campaign-charter-1.6207949

Sorry, I missed this. I don't watch or listen to the CBC anymore, I just read the headlines on the website. They lost me as a listener through lack of impartiality, and the constant beating of the diversity, equity inclusion drum to the extent that there was hardly any room for actual news.

I scrolled through some of the comments, though. The commenters (mostly men) seemed quite happy to give away women's rights. The dialogue is so far behind where it is in the UK. I despair.

That said I do enjoy the Baroness von Sketch clips that are loaded to YouTube .

@toomanytrees

Sorry, I missed this. I don't watch or listen to the CBC anymore, I just read the headlines on the website. They lost me as a listener through lack of impartiality, and the constant beating of the diversity, equity inclusion drum to the extent that there was hardly any room for actual news.

I scrolled through some of the comments, though. The commenters (mostly men) seemed quite happy to give away women's rights. The dialogue is so far behind where it is in the UK. I despair.

That said I do enjoy the Baroness von Sketch clips that are loaded to YouTube .

The comments were interesting.

What struck me was that the comments were on a whole different level than in discussions in the UK. Even the people who were describing concerns were missing a lot of information and language. People were struggling with articulating differences between gender and sex, many clearly had zero idea o the kinds of things activists were demanding.

It made it clearer to me why when I chat with someone about the topic here, they seem to have difficulty following.

I don't do much cbc now either FWIW, their unwillingness to do any actual journalism on issues they have a bias on made me crazy. Someone sent me this though and it's good to stay in the loop.

It's in the opinion section of course so no need or normal journalistic balance.

@LobsterNapkin. Your observations on the comments struck me that way, too. Same for your comments on the CBC.

I'm thinking of joining the comments section because there are so few women commenting, no matter the subject. But that would mean I would have to read the articles and not just the headlines.

They moderate the heck out of the comments in my experience.

It's very sad. My mother listened to the CBC all day when I was a kid growing up. And for many years I listened to it a lot and considered it an important part of Canadian cultural unity. I supported a group that lobbied in favour of the CBC being funded properly.

I now only listen to one weekend music show, and the morning weather. Even waiting for the weather can be trying, last week one day out of five stories I heard four of them were about identity politics and people with grievances. It's a softball morning show show so no hard questions even if it is a topic that deserves it, like library censorship. My mother no longer listens either.

Very sad that a public broadcaster loses its way like this. The BBC has drifted down the same path, though not perhaps so far. Luckily for us in the UK, there’s a strong and growing recognition of the harm caused by genderism. Best wishes to the women of Canada who are fighting back.

I suspect that Canada is in the same position as us in Scotland. The ruling body is hugely overshadowed by its southern neighbour (USA and England respectively), and is trying to score woke cookies by pretending it is more progressive than the neighbours.
In fact, gender ideology, with its dated sexist homophobic stereotypes, is actually wildly regressive, driving women’s rights back to the Stone Age.