Trudeau said nothing about why his government won't allow refugees in from Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Myanmar and the Congo, who are also fleeing from Genocide. Canada is a world leader in developing and using methods of keeping refugees out, such as visa requirements, electronic travel authorizations, carrier sanctions migration officers posted abroad, working with other governments to detect and stop migration networks and the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.
Nor has Trudeau said anything about the laws his government does not abolish that prescribe lengthy prison sentences for transporting asylum seekers into Canada.
That all this is blatant hypocrisy isn't the point. If it were in the interests of Canadian capitalism to allow refugees in then Trudeau certainly would.
We Socialists do not say, ''let them in'', or, ''keep them out'', because, and again, that isn't the point. We are not going to be drawn into taking sides in any of the stupid and inhumane problems that capitalism causes.
Nor do we lack compassion, in fact, we urge the most compassionate suggestion of all which is the abolition of the system that causes refugee crises in the first place.
For socialism,
Steve, Mehmet, John & contributing members of the SPC.
Steve, Mehmet, John & contributing members of the SPC.
While understanding the underlying reasons for this post, i think we should make it clear that socialists do indeed take sides and it is with the vulnerable victims of capitalism, those of our class that is suffering and seeking refuge.
ReplyDeleteI concur with Eugene Debs
"Let those desert us who will because we refuse to shut the international door in the faces of their own brethren; we will be none the weaker but all the stronger for their going"