"This is a profoundly ideologically and philosophically motivated skirmish initiated by people who are highly attuned to the importance of the battle of ideas and the politics of knowledge. If you don’t understand this, you’ll likely continue to believe that the government’s decision to fight so hard to push this through is crazy. When in reality, they’re actually being crazy like a fox."
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When Smart Parties Make Stupid Decisions - Paul Saurette — THE MARK
The minority Conservative government is interfering with Statistics Canada. The article suggests it’s one of many small moves to dismantle the tools we use to identify and address structural inequalities in Canadian society. Deeply troubling.
