The Canadian Museum of "Human Rights"
Friday, June 12, 2009 at 09:10AM
This from R.E.A.L. Women of Canada, needs to be more widely known:
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y
The Canadian Museum For Human Rights Is A Mess
Ottawa, Ontario June 4, 2009
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, on which construction began last April, is a mess.
This is due to the fact that Museum officials have established a biased and duplicitous Content Advisory Committee to determine which displays will be installed in the museum.
The problem with this Content Advisory Committee, whose decisions are to be approved (rubber stamped) by the Board of Trustees, is that it is supposed to be comprised of “human rights experts, scholars and specialists.” In fact, this 16-member committee is comprised of 11 feminist activists and their supporters.
Museum officials must think Canadians are either dupes or fools to believe that the only human rights specialists available in this country are radical feminists. This committee is an insult to the Canadian taxpayer who has already paid out 100 million dollars for the construction of the museum and who will now be laying out 22 million dollars annually to maintain it.
For what purpose was the museum’s Content Advisory Committee loaded with feminist activists? Clearly it is to serve as a propaganda device to promote and affirm feminist ideology and a left-wing interpretation of human rights as “progress” in Canada. This “progress” will include such controversial concepts as abortion on demand, homosexual rights, pay equity, affirmative action and the denigration of men, whom feminists regard as dangerous because of the so-called “patriarchal society.” If the Committee has its way, feminist “human rights” breakthroughs in family law in regard to custody and access, and sexual assault, pursuant to which men have been severely undermined, will also be proudly included in the museum’s displays.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights will be portraying the stories of Canadians, filtered through a feminist lens. As such, it will serve as a powerful tool to champion the left-wing interpretation of human rights. Such a museum will scarcely be credible to most Canadians and not worth the taxpayers’ hard earned money.
Reader Comments (3)
What would surprise me is if conservative minded people would get together and form a conservative community. I don't think there is anything holding us back, except maybe a simple definition of what conservatism means. One like Family, Community, Tradition, History - one that just about everybody can hang their hat on.
Over the years (100s) we have forgot what makes our culture tick, maybe most people didn't ever know. In that case, there is an incredible opportunity to turn things around, thanks to your great books!
none of this surprises me either! I've seen for years the same sort of literary output by academic committee of "scholars and experts", promoting wildly postmodernist views, and the results have been disastrous. Second-rate literary productions at tax payers' expense.
I've recently constructed a blog that addresses precisely this concern in Can Lit. http://didiodatoc.blogspot.com As a poet and educator I think it's time to rally against this atrocious mix of Canada Council funding and academicized (read politicized) Art. There is too much at stake.
Conrad DiDiodato