Steinberg backs off from “ethnic cleansing”
Hampstead mayor Bill Steinberg, dogpiled on by Justin Trudeau and Valérie Plante among others, has backed off from using ‘ethnic cleansing’ to describe Bill 21.
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Jonathan 10:59 on 2019-04-12 Permalink
I’m sorry, but the Jewish people don’t have ownership of the word ethnic cleansing. If it brings up thoughts of genocide and the holocaust, that shouldn’t take away from the meaning of ethnic cleansing. Genocide is just one way ethnic cleansing can happen.
There are many ways that ethnic cleansing can happen, and the end result is what is referred to by Steinberg. Taken by definition, the effects of Bill 21 – whether intended or not, may very well result in ethnic cleansing (in this case, the forced removal of people belonging to a certain ethnic or religious group by the majority ethnicity).
I don’t see a problem with what Steinberg said, and I think calling it out and criticizing him takes away from the gravity of what Bill 21 actually does.
Ian 19:33 on 2019-04-13 Permalink
If, in the end, everyone who is inclined to wear a turban, kippeh, or hijab leaves Quebec this is exactly the vision of secularism that CAQ supports. Remember, according to Québecois ethno-nationalism, multiculturalism is a federal Liberal conspiracy to undermine Quebec’s “real” culture. I have seen editorials openly embracing this thought from all of the major French language newspapers for decades, this is not a conspiracy theory. If we can’t call it ethnic cleansing, what shall we call intentionally driving legitimate citizens away based on how much they embrace their “otherness” and fail to assimilate?