Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM@echipiuk
When the hypocrisy between words and actions is so very obvious, I have a hard time comprehending how anyone doesn’t see it.
We had an NDP convention handing out literal “privilege” cards literally ranking people and assigning value based on identity, putting white, straight men last, only to elect a white, straight man as their leader.
Alberta has elected a female premier, and for a period both provincial parties were led by women, yet Alberta is constantly portrayed as some hick, backward, repressed place.
The Liberals talk about transparency and accountability, yet reckless spending, and even unlawful actions, go unaccounted for. The players change, but the same game continues. Meanwhile, at the federal level, have they ever elected a female leader? The answer is no.
Protestors were called some of the worst things by so called “leaders” and legacy media, yet all they did was try to hold those in public office to account, which is exactly their role in a democracy. They did it on their own dime. Meanwhile, many of those claiming to act “for the public” won’t lift a finger unless they are paid handsomely to do so.
For generations, Indigenous communities faced decisions made about them, not with them. Now it has gone so far that people are walking on eggshells, so much so that land is taken, acknowledgements are made, yet nothing of substance has actually improved. Governments speak of reconciliation, but instead of fixing the underlying issues, the relationship just shifts from one broken version to another.
At some point, you have to see what is right in front of your eyes.
You can’t keep rewriting reality to fit your preferred narrative.
And more importantly, you can’t keep ignoring contradictions when they are this clear.
If we actually care about accountability, fairness, and truth, then those principles have to apply consistently, not only when they are convenient or politically useful.
Because once we start excusing hypocrisy depending on who it benefits, we are no longer standing on principle, we are just picking sides.
