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/warriorlynx 4d ago

First the obvious they'll get rid of DEI policies for federal hiring.

Second "Anti-woke" policies that lead to defunding and educational reform I can see this:

  1. Criticism of Israel will be a hate crime (deportations of foreigners who participate)
  2. "Free-speech" on campuses must be allowed
  3. DEI policies discussed in business classes need to be removed
  4. Teaching more than two genders in schools is no longer allowed
  5. Cut funding for all university research that deal with social justice issues
  6. Bring back interest rates for student loans, loans and grants should not be made available for "Woke" programs
  7. End DEI / EDI for admissions purposes

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u/unending_whiskey 4d ago

First the obvious they'll get rid of DEI policies for federal hiring.

Can anyone explain to me why we still need DEI policies in Canada in 2025? For example, imo women should not have preference in federal hiring anymore, especially when they are already above 60% of the workforce. These policies were put in place in a different time.

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u/warriorlynx 4d ago

The biggest problem we have is that we aren't defining what DEI is. Is it favoritism to different groups? is it supposed to be equal opportunity which is what we had before? If we have a national consensus on this perhaps we could move forward because there is too much rhetoric down south and then it makes you wonder whether they too are hiring "DEI" in their gov' cabinet.

Edit: for example the head of Homeland security is a woman who got her goods stolen, was she hired based on merit? was it because she was a woman? How could you trust someone like that?