Fabriqué au Canada
Jun. 6th, 2006 12:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jawnbcFor those unawares, we seem to have a bit of home grown Islamist terrorism here in Soviet Canuckstan™. Hit up Google News if you want more info.
My initial reaction was "wow!" My shortly thereafter reaction was "our government's on it, which reassures me greatly." It's been very interesting to follow how this is playing out in our media. There's been little Muslim bashing, and there's also been no shortage of Canadian Muslims to step up and say "these people are whack." To which the rest of us have seemed to reply "yeah we know, and we won't hold it against you."
I expect some will see how quickly our officials acted as a product of the new (neo)Conservative government. The big dark secret about Canada is that much of the quotiidan task of getting things done is conducted by lifelong, expert civil servants. They develop the systems of governance, working within the purview of both policy and law. It generally means stability, consistency and efficacy.
I'm not worried at all. Nor would I be if I lived in Toronto (where the ostensive targets are located).
My initial reaction was "wow!" My shortly thereafter reaction was "our government's on it, which reassures me greatly." It's been very interesting to follow how this is playing out in our media. There's been little Muslim bashing, and there's also been no shortage of Canadian Muslims to step up and say "these people are whack." To which the rest of us have seemed to reply "yeah we know, and we won't hold it against you."
I expect some will see how quickly our officials acted as a product of the new (neo)Conservative government. The big dark secret about Canada is that much of the quotiidan task of getting things done is conducted by lifelong, expert civil servants. They develop the systems of governance, working within the purview of both policy and law. It generally means stability, consistency and efficacy.
I'm not worried at all. Nor would I be if I lived in Toronto (where the ostensive targets are located).
