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Originally Posted by Bukowski
We all know what Don Cherry said. It's all a matter of perspective and how you generally view the world is how you react to it. He can apologize all he wants and saying "I meant to say all Canadians.." doesn't jive with "..who come here for the milk and honey." It just doesn't. You have a leader in the US who says these things daily and a lot of you on Facebook, twitter and CP seem to want that in this country. The lead up to the election confirmed it and most of the people, I've noticed, who are agreeing with Cherry's comments didn't vote for Trudeau, and that's fine. 66% of eligible voters voted in this year's election - if only 34% more did, all your dreams could of come true.
You can make it about the poppy and disrespect for veterans but that's not what it was about. I agree. Wear the poppy, but why?? How is anybody supposed to know without education?
If you come to this country, you're probably getting away from poverty or civil war, because no one leaves a safe place to come get crapped on for doing it.
We are very lucky to live where we live, that if we had to go somewhere else, we'd have the ability to learn the language or customs first before we went. I don't think people realize this enough and just look down at an immigrant for being unable to understand the language, law or custom that we have. You just expect someone to understand everything right off the bat after they get here from a poverty or war-torn country? They're just noticing there are no tanks in the streets and the military isn't harassing them on a daily basis, just happy to be out of that only to be told to "go back home" or "speak English".
People like Don Cherry, who is 85 and probably won't change, just don't see this perspective and that's really sad.
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I've talked to quite a few colleagues who are from the middle east countries, Cameroon, SE Asia, Moldova, and Ukraine where political wars pretty much ravaged their country and livelihoods. The first generations that come to Canada only come here with their families to escape dangerous circumstances. I also asked them what it's like during times when there is no war. All of them smile and say how good things were like and that if there was no war, their families would have remained in their own countries. We're definitely lucky there's no wars going on in North America.
For those who flee their countries due to unfortunate circumstances, the Canadian government has taken steps to provide a safe haven for families in our country. New immigrants are provided with the necessary education in order to become Canadian citizens. That usually takes time and it usually takes at least 5 years to have citizenship. During that time, I'm sure the parents would have to provide for their children and this may mean working several jobs, especially if they come to this great country with barely anything.
So, for Don Cherry to make his comment on national TV the way he did, it's a disgrace to all Canadians. I think if his comment was more in the lines of, "You Canadians who don't support our troops or haven't bought a poppy to support our veterans...", he would've walked off the show being a hero. But, being what he is, his words truly reflected his true nature. It is sad!