Jamie Sarkonak: The CRTC is trying to tell local newsrooms what to report. It needs to stop - "It shouldn’t be the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s job to regulate the demographic composition of the people we see on television. Nevertheless, it’s become a growing CRTC priority — and a critical threat to media independence in Canada. The latest round of diversity measures in broadcasting was proclaimed by the CRTC in early June. In concluding a review of its multi-million-dollar subsidy program for local news, the regulator determined that eligible broadcasters should be given incentives to bring about “increased production of online content responding to the needs of members of equity-deserving communities, Indigenous communities, and (official language minority communities).” Since it was created in 2016, the Independent Local News Fund has worked without diversity incentives. Broadcasters had to pay 0.3 per cent of their broadcasting revenues to the fund, which was then paid out to various small-market private TV stations to support local news reporting. The idea was to support local news production, and support it did: the fund collects about $18 million annually. Fund-eligible stations, CRTC-watcher Howard Law has observed , collectively spend about $27 million on news every year, which means that the CRTC is covering around 70 per cent of their collective news budget. In the past, funding was doled out according to a broadcaster’s TV offerings... Now, grant calculations will include news that appears only on a station’s website — but only if the online news “relates specifically to an underserved community” within a station’s area and “portrays an onscreen representation of the underserved community by, for example, depicting its members or representatives or featuring coverage of an event related to the community.”... In 2013, the idea of even mandating regional content quotas was considered by the regulator to be an infringement of journalistic independence. That all began
to change under the Liberal government, however... In 2022, the CRTC imposed diversity quotas on parts of the CBC’s programming budget to “reflect contemporary Canada” — i.e., to achieve the regulator’s preferred demographic balance. Among other requirements, the CBC was required to spend 30 per cent of its budget line for English commissioned TV programs on diverse producers (the quota will rise to 35 per cent next year). A smaller quota was applied to the French side (which will reach 15 per cent next year). This was a direct, propagandistic intrusion by the regulator — and really, the Canadian government — into the editorial realm. In 2024, the CRTC began collecting a five per cent government cut from the revenues of international digital streamers operating in Canada — Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, etc. — which functionally became a diversity tax. The CRTC used the funds to advance its evergreen goal of equity, with payouts going to the intensely diversity-oriented Canada Media Fund, to media creators who checked diversity boxes, and to the Independent Local News Fund, which has now been absorbed into the CRTC’s DEI machine. The CRTC has seen a whole lot of mission bloat in this last decade, and we continue to pay for it. Literally. The staff headcount at the regulator’s office rose from 450 in 2016 to 733 in 2025 — an increase of 63 per cent. And as it piles more regulatory requirements onto the companies it supervises, they have to hire more people in turn. We can assume any related bills are passed on to subscribers. Are we getting any extra value out of this? No — in fact, it seems to be making the media landscape worse."
Government controlling the media is only classic fascism when it threatens the left wing agenda
Students For Liberty on X - "“In the academic world, diversity means black leftists, white leftists, female leftists, and Hispanic leftists. Demographic diversity conceals ideological conformity.” — Thomas Sowell"
Doreen Cohanim Dr. of Metaphysics - "Funny how before diversity made us stronger there was less crime, better wages, affordable homes, better healthcare, rigorous education, less social angst, no issues of integration, no fixation on "racism," more national confidence, and grooming just meant personal hygiene."
Gearóid Murphy on X - "Billie Eilish celebrates return to Irish homeland. "It's really cool to come somewhere and everyone looks exactly like you"."
Damn racist white supremacist!
Meme - "BIASED SCIENCE. Science is embarrassingly white. That's a huge problem."
"Nigerian student uses magnets to prove gay marriage scientifically impossible"
Thread by @CF_Farrow on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "🚨 Spain just became the first EU country to ban public Islamic festivals. The town of Jumilla said NO to cultural replacement. The backlash? Massive. Here’s what the media won’t tell you: 🧵👇
Jumilla sits in Murcia - Spain’s agricultural south. In many areas, Muslims are now the majority. Entire towns speak Arabic, not Spanish. Locals say: this isn’t diversity, I t’s displacement. One local said: “Our festivals are gone. We don’t hear Spanish in the streets anymore.” For many, this isn’t about religion. It’s about recognisability. Cultural cohesion. Belonging. VOX proposed a ban on public Islamic celebrations. PP, the centre-right, agreed. This isn’t fringe anymore. Even moderates are standing up to enclave politics. The law doesn’t touch private worship. But it draws a hard line: public streets reflect local identity, not imported ones.
It’s a message to Madrid, Brussels, and Riyadh: You don’t run this town. Now the Left wants to criminalise it. Pedro Sánchez is threatening Jumilla with hate crime prosecution. Say no to Islamic festivals? You could face jail in 2025 Europe. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: This could set a precedent that later affects Christian processions too. Yes, Jumilla acted to protect its culture, but the weaponised legal framework could one day be turned against it."
Harry Bergeron on X - "I still don’t think anyone fully appreciates the level of insanity that “You need to become a minority in your own country because other countries are worse” is not only an actual argument, but the one that runs the world"
St Augustine portrayed as black in children’s book - "St Augustine has been pictured as a black man in a children’s book written by Church of England officials... At this time, the area was a Roman province, although Augustine and his mother Saint Monica may have had North African Berber origins. While this would not make him black, there have been efforts to apply this identity to Augustine, including at the Catholic University of Villanova in Pennsylvania, and art has been commissioned to reflect this. A leading official at the university wrote in 2023 that it was important to depict the saint as black because “depicting St. Augustine as a Black man actively decentres whiteness”. Heroes of Hope was co-written by The Rev Dr Sharon Prentis, the deputy director of the Church of England’s racial justice unit. The unit was set up in 2022, in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, to accomplish the Church’s commitments to achieving racial justice. Dr Prentis’s co-author was Alysia-Lara Ayonrinde, the Church’s national education lead for racial justice... In 2024, the Church hired a £36,000-a-year “deconstructing whiteness” officer to combat racial injustice, and it has sought to address monuments and artworks linked to the slave trade. There have also been promises to provide reparations for Church involvement in slavery, although the extent to which it profited from the trade has been fiercely debated. Meanwhile, there are also growing secular efforts to provide more diverse histories. A 2023 illustrated children’s book entitled Brilliant Black British History, by Atinuke, a Nigerian-born British author, claimed that “the very first Britons were black” and that Stonehenge was built while Britain was “a black country”. Several organisations, including the London Museum, have claimed that Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus was part of “Black History”, despite him not being black."
Kyle Becker on X - "“Do you know what the chain of command is now?" “What does that mean?” D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith had previously served as "Chief Equity Officer.” Anybody surprised?"
SoundThinking on X - "Pamela Smith is the first Black female Chief of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police. She has over 26 years of law enforcement experience and a decorated career having achieved numerous commendations and awards. Smith began her career with the United States Park Police in 1998 as a patrol officer in the San Francisco Field Office. Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth!"
Clearly, she is qualified and anyone questioning her competence is racist and sexist
Meme - i/o @avidseries: "Prior to 2003, how many points did University of Michigan admissions award applicants who had obtained perfect SAT scores? Answer: 12 points And how many points did it give an applicant for merely being black? Answer: 20 points"
Meme - i/o @avidseries: "I've yet to hear of a public school system shutting down a basketball or football program because it's oversaturated with black students. "
Garry Tan @garrytan: "Hey guys this is racism"
"Seattle Public Schools shuts down gifted and talented program for being oversaturated with white and Asian students"
Meme - NPC: "WE ARE ALL THE SAME"
Normal person: Then why do we need diversity?
NPC: *upset*"
HS2 ‘prioritising diversity over cost-cutting’ - "In a report on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the beleaguered rail project, diversity officers explained how they had spent tens of millions of pounds on resources from “diverse-owned suppliers”, on surpassing ethnic minority employment targets, and on participating in mental health and racial equality awareness projects. The high-speed rail project is years overdue and has accumulated billions of pounds in cost overruns. Heidi Alexander, the Transport Secretary, has described it as an “appalling mess” characterised by a “litany of failure”. But on EDI, HS2 is boasting of its success. In the report, Joanna Davinson, the HS2 board member responsible for diversity, writes that EDI “shapes how we think, lead and build the railway”... “EDI is embedded throughout the complex HS2 supply chain as a means of ensuring safe and inclusive sites and offices.” The report also said that having a diverse workforce was “an integral part of being able to speak up about concerns and feel psychologically safe” during the designing and building of the mega-project. The report praised the setting up of eight staff inclusivity networks and a mental health awareness programme for Punjabi-speaking workers at Fortel Group, one of its station construction partners. It also boasted that HS2 was currently surpassing its own target of 23 per cent ethnic minority employment, with the figure standing at 31 per cent. Jerome Mayhew, the shadow transport minister, said: “HS2 should be concentrating on cutting costs and delivering track on time, not HR schemes and vanity projects. Taxpayers want to know when this railway will be delivered, and at what price. Instead, HS2 is boasting about diversity initiatives that have nothing to do with trains being delivered. “With a budget already under huge pressure, every penny must go on delivery and best value. That means hiring the best talent available and focusing resources on building the railway the country needs.” The railway is now at peak construction, with around 33,000 people currently involved in the project.
Weird. I thought diversity was a winning strategy. Of course, the cope is that without diversity, they would be even slower and cost even more
Meme - RAW EGG NATIONALIST @Babygravy9: ">"Britain's future."
>Not a single white child in the video.
Pretty clear messaging here."
Keir Starmer @KeirStarmer: "Britain's future is being built right now in classrooms, youth clubs and communities across the country. Through our Plan for Change, we're giving our young people the opportunities they deserve so they can thrive"
Of course, if there had only been white children in the video, left wingers would've been very upset
Steven Pinker on X - "“I have nothing against diversity, equity, and inclusion. But as Voltaire said about the Holy Roman Empire: it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”"
Antifa says it is anti-fascist, so if you're against them you're fascist. The Nazis were the National Socialist party, therefore they were socialists
The Alex Nowrasteh on X - "The Swiss outlasted their nationalist neighbors by embracing freedom and sane federalism, despite being an ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse country. Blood and dirt nationalism is a loser’s ideology. Freedom, federalism, and diversity are for winners."
Dr. Ben Braddock on X - "“Ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse” but the ethnicities are all white, the religions all Christian, and the languages European."
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ on X - "Cornell's department of evolutionary biology rigged a faculty search process to exclude all white men from consideration, explicitly labeled it a "diversity hire" in department emails, then hired a black woman, Swanne Gordon, without open competition. Cornell is corrupt."
Jack Montgomery on X - "Reminder that the NHS only "relies on migrants'—who often turn out to be unqualified and account for a majority of malpractice type cases—because the govt prefers importing them to training British people. They even impose an annual cap on medical students to guarantee shortages."
The Composite Guy on X - "Just checked the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service website again. Among the last 100 malpractice hearings, 68% of those found guilty had African or Asian names."
Clearly this proves there's racism in the disciplinary process
Trump bans DEI at universities but endorses it for Jewish students
Given that they recently have been victims of institutionally endorsed/condoned anti-Semitism at those same universities, there's at least a case to be made for this exception
Watford FC diversity officer screamed ‘go back to your country’ to TfL employee - "A championship football club’s diversity officer screamed “go back to your country” during a fight, a court heard. Ebonnie-Rose John-Jules was the equality, diversity and inclusion officer for Watford FC’s Community Sports & Education Trust at the time of a violent confrontation with railway staff in London. The 23-year-old was travelling with her friend on May 5 last year at about 6.30pm when they became embroiled in a row with Sasha Da Cunha, a Transport for London (TfL) employee, who was aided by her colleague, Tom Kakeeto... John-Jules removed her earrings before launching into an attack on Mr Kakeeto, punching him in the face on the railway concourse... “Comments were made during this by John-Jules towards Ms Da Cunha, including: ‘Go back to your country, you bloody Indians.’ “She also says ‘I will not leave the station until I see him bleeding’ and reference is also made to ‘go back’ and ‘f---ing Indians’,” Mr Heslop said of the “unprovoked” attack."
Weird. Why do we have so many examples of diversity officers doing this kind of thing?
Damn anti-blackness! Indians need to realise that they need to defer to black women, or that is misogynoir
Meme - "Why Did the Half-Blood Prince Film Add That Train Station Flirtation?
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry shares a flirty moment with a waitress at Surbiton Station, he even asked her out-a scene absent from the books. Considering his growing feelings for Ginny Weasley, what was the point of this addition? *Black woman*"
Meme - "Most Democratic Names
Percentage of voters registered with either major party who are registered as Democrats.
Eboni Shaniqua Imani Shamika Shame Aniya Tameka Shanika Latoya Aniyah"
This is why the left shove black women everywhere. The politics of patronage
Federal budget cuts could reduce diversity and inclusion initiatives: advocates
When you're upset the grift is ending
Daniel Dae Kim calls out ‘overcorrection’ in Hollywood when casting for Asian characters - "Daniel Dae Kim has called out what he referred to as “overcorrection” on nationality-specific casting for Asian characters. The Lost star said in a new interview that there is more effort on the actor being cast in the role of an Asian character belonging to the specific nationality, instead of writing a better character... “Very often, when we’re cast, if the role calls for a Korean American, they will not see a Japanese American or Chinese American or any other Asian nationality.” He continued, saying that there is no reason for an actor to be of the specific nationality because there is no cultural or language-based requirement for the character. “There are very often times when the role itself has not been thought through,” he said. “It doesn’t require any kind of specificity in the story as it’s being told, or in the specifics of the character, because very often, it’s not even being written by an Asian person.” “So they don’t know the difference in what they’re asking for, and yet casting is being very specific.” Kim recognised the need for nationality-based casting and when it is “important,” especially when there is “an authentic language requirement in the role, or it’s based on someone who’s a real person that has cultural significance to that particular country”. “Anytime there’s a role that focuses, to me, on the American experience of being Asian — that’s something that no matter [if] you’re Korean, Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, that’s something we all share in common as Asian Americans,” he said... Comparing the differences between the scrutiny Asian actors get as opposed to African American actors, Kim said: “Asian American actors are often specified by nationality when other ethnicities are not. When African American actors are hired, very rarely are they asked, where is their country of ancestry? Whether you're Botswanan or from the Ivory Coast, it's not pertinent. Especially if you're playing an American.” He also called out how country of origin plays no part when non-American actors get cast to play American icons like superheroes. “How many of our superheroes who are playing American are from other countries like Australia and England? And yet we don't ever ask whether that's important, relevant, and it doesn't limit them from taking those roles.” To his point, British actors Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, Henry Cavill, Christian Bale, and Robert Pattinson have all played incredibly popular American superheroes like Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman."
Left wingers keep going on about "empathy", but they believe it's impossible to empathise with someone from another group (this is distinct from the race-based rights argument)
How ignorant. Doesn't he know not just that all white people are the same, but that there's no legacy of racism affecting them that means that they're only allowed to play someone of the same ethnic group?!
DEI gardening — the new Liberal priority for agriculture - "Free money alert: next Monday, the federal agriculture department will begin accepting applications for cash handouts that fund garden boxes, refrigeration units, greenhouses, ATVs, snowmobiles, tractors, hydroponic systems and more. But there’s a catch — anyone who receives these funds must use them to directly support “food production for equity-deserving groups.” The program, called the Local Food Infrastructure Fund, expressly refuses to fund projects that “are not addressing food security for equity-deserving groups.” On the other hand, “Priority will be given to projects that predominantly serve equity-deserving groups, particularly those that are led by or focus on Indigenous and Black communities.” Quite clearly, this is a discriminatory program — one of many that continue to exist in this new era of Liberal leadership. It wasn’t always this way. Back when the Local Food Infrastructure Fund was first created in 2019, initially with a pool of $50 million to be given out until 2024, it was aimed at supporting the food security of “at-risk populations.” At least on its surface, it did not discriminate according to identity. Applicants back then were asked to “include any available data on rates of food insecurity in the community where the project will be implemented” in their application forms. On the top end, multi-million dollar recipients included Food Banks Canada, the Breakfast Club of Canada and the Salvation Army... No longer do the program materials ask applicants to produce data about food insecurity. Nowadays, they’re asked to state whether they support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); whether they’re “Black-led or Black-focused”; whether they have a DEI staffing plan; which “equity-deserving” groups they serve; and whether they’re majority-owned by women and individuals whose gender is “gender outside of the ‘woman—man’ spectrum.”... a free set of raised beds for a community garden in an upper- to middle-class, predominantly non-white neighbourhood of Toronto would appear to meet the program’s stated criteria, even though such endeavours are largely recreational. Indeed, the same can be said for low-income communities. Neighbourhood gardens can’t achieve the economies of scale found in industrial farming or the year-round stability of the grocery store, which is why a local Loblaws or Metro does a lot more for food security than a few raised beds. This is just one grant, but it’s emblematic of the whole federal government’s approach to public service. It’s not enough to support food programs for the poor; the feds must also support the gardening hobbies across the cultural mosaic. Similarly, it’s not enough to hire deserving students as youth employment hits 20-year lows; the feds must select their new hires on the basis of identity. It’s not enough that Supreme Court justices are highly competent in the law — instead, they must be half-decent at their craft, bilingual and be the first person with their combination of diversity characteristics to join the court. To the feds, managing a diverse population doesn’t just mean ensuring that discrimination doesn’t happen — it means actively discriminating to redistribute the goods of society. Even something as essential as food isn’t immune."
We're still told that DEI is to ensure that there's no discrimination, and that if you're against DEI, you're against equality, when DEI *is* discrimination
Meme - "r/LegalAdviceUK
My son is isolated at school as he is the only native English speaker in his class. Other children prefer to speak with friends in their native languages. Is it legal for my wife and I to homeschool him instead?
For the past 3 years our son has been having an ongoing issue in his school. He is being isolated and ignored by the overwhelming majority of his class who either cannot speak English, or simply prefer to communicate with friends in their native language. The school has attempted to handle this, but three years later our child still stands alone in the playground with no one interacting with him. In addition to the isolation aspect, his teacher also privately expressed frustration that language barriers were slowing the pace of lessons. Outside of school our son has 6+ friends in both English-speaking and Tagalog-speaking communities, so this isn't an issue of autism or Asperger's where these children sometimes prefer to be alone. The isolation is upsetting my son. My wife and I are both intelligent individuals with masters degrees. However, neither of us have any background in teaching. Would it be acceptable to home school our son for 3-4 years until he moves to secondary school? This is not for religious or cultural reasons: We're looking to give our child the full curriculum excluded."
