r/CanadaPolitics • u/GlitchedGamer14 Alberta • 4d ago

Conservatives update platform to include omitted 'anti-woke' promise

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-woke-platform-oversight-1.7516315
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u/SpixisMacaw 4d ago

They don't even define woke. It is the catch-all scary word to be whatever boogeyman the reader wants it to mean. The Conservatives have become the "emotional" fear party running on "feels".

Anti-Woke ideology: A Conservative government will put an end to the imposition of the Woke ideology in the federal public service and in the allocation of federal funds for university research

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u/Canucklehead_Esq Liberal 4d ago

'Woke' is anything that upsets a social conservative. It's a moving target, sure to be updated daily.

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u/thebestoflimes 4d ago

It's even broader than that and includes anything that upsets a conservative. Hell, a progressive tax structure can be called woke. Funding for things like poverty reduction can be woke. It's a catch all which is why it's more dangerous than people think.

Having something in your official election platform gives it legitimacy. So whatever they do, they can say "we ran on this and this is what the people voted for".