Open letter regarding Conservative Party campaign tactics
We are a diverse group of academics with different political views and different political allegiances. We are united by a common interest in the integrity of democratic processes and a concern about the ugly and dangerous turn we have recently witnessed in the election campaign. In democratic electoral politics there is an ethical line that distinguishes spirited partisan strategy from cynical tactics that betray the values of mutual respect and toleration that lie at the heart of civil democratic discourse. Honourable politicians do not cross that line even when they think doing so will be politically advantageous. Disreputable politicians ignore the line when they find it convenient to do so.
The Conservative Party under Stephen Harper has already come perilously close to this line by suggesting that religion is an appropriate basis to select refugees and by fanning fears of terrorism as a pretext for revoking citizenship from some Canadians. Distinguishing ‘old-stock’ Canadians from new ones was also divisive and problematic. Increasingly, the Conservatives seem to have been opting for a particularly nasty form of “wedge politics”.
However, by injecting the inflammatory rhetoric of ‘barbaric cultural practices’ into the current campaign, the Conservative Party has flagrantly crossed the line. The repeated use of this phrase along with a proposed tip line to root out undesirables are cynically calculated to distract and divide citizens by insinuating that some law abiding and peaceful members of the community are freedom-hating barbarians who threaten Canadian society. The Conservatives know that Canada faces no such threat and that the vast majority of citizens, irrespective of their religious commitments or cultural backgrounds, embrace the basic rights and liberties upon which our democracy is based. By conjuring up a phantom menace to the country and implying that some immigrants and religious minorities are enemies, the Conservatives hope to pit Canadians against one another. Like many sophisticated forms of vicious propaganda, the invocation of barbarism is meant to create fear and anxiety rather than to identify a real problem.
We enjoy the rule of law in Canada and it requires the equal application of the law. Those who break the law should be treated within a common system of criminal justice. A special mechanism that targets some minorities for extra scrutiny is as unnecessary as it is odious. The devious strategists who have devised this campaign know that their objectives are not well served by employing racist or anti-religious epithets, so they ask us to imagine unspecified but supposedly real barbarians. So we are encouraged to demonize those who are different from ourselves and whose religious or cultural practices we do not share or understand. In the present context, this is hate mongering, and it has no place in Canadian democracy.
We do not deny that there is room to discuss and debate how contemporary democracies should respond to religious, cultural and linguistic pluralism. Indeed, Canadian legal and political theory is at the forefront of exploring such matters. But a common point of departure for these debates and discussions is a commitment to civility, decency and toleration. Toleration does not require that one like or endorse the cultural or religious practices of others, but it does require that we refrain from insulting the dignity of those with whom we disagree. The Conservatives have shown contempt for a politics of mutual respect. We condemn the unethical Conservative strategy that brings shame to Canadian politics. We hope that Canadians will join us in repudiating the politics of hate. Instead let us embrace a nobler vision of civil discourse that is truly oriented to achieving the common good for all Canadians.
Signed,
Daniel Weinstock, Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University
Colin Macleod, Professor, Department of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, Victoria University
Jocelyn Maclure, Professeur, Faculté de philosophie, Université Laval
Avigail Eisenberg, Professor, Department of Political Science, Victoria University
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| Marie Battiste | Professor | Educational Foundations | University of Saskatchewan |
| Marie-Joëlle Zahar | Professor | Political Science | Université de Montréal |
| Marie-Josée Massicotte | Associate professor | Political Studies | Université d’Ottawa |
| Marika Warren | Assistant Professor | Bioethics | Dalhousie University |
| Marilyn Porter | Professor Emerita | Sociology | Memorial University |
| Marion Brown | Associate Professor | social work | Dalhousie University |
| Marjorie Stone | Professor and McCulloch Chair | English | Dalhousie University |
| Mark CJ Stoddart | Associate Professor | Sociology | Memorial University |
| Mark Daku | Postdoctoral Fellow | Institute for Health and Social Policy | McGill University |
| Mark Fedyk | Assistant Professor | Department of Philosophy | Mount Allison University |
| Mark Jones | Professor | English | Queen’s University |
| Martha Jackman | Professor | Law | Université d’Ottawa |
| Martha Radice | Associate Professor | Sociology & Social Anthropology | Dalhousie University |
| Martha Shaffer | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | University of Toronto |
| Martin Bunton | Associate Professor | History | University of Victoria |
| Martin Klein | Professor Emeritus | History | Unversity of Toronto |
| Martin Laberge | Professeur agrégé | Sciences sociales | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
| Martin Papillon | Associate | Political science | Université de Montréal |
| Martine Delvaux | Full professor | Études littéraires | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Marty Leonard | Professor | Biology | Dalhousie University |
| Mary Chapman | Professor | English | University of British Columbia |
| Mary Jane Mossman | Professor of Law | Osgoode Hall Law School | York University |
| Mary Liston | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | University of British Columbia |
| Mary Louise Adams | Professor | Kinesiology | Queen’s University |
| Mary Lynn Stewart | Professor Emerita | Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies | Simon Fraser University |
| Mary Rimmer | Professor | English | University of New Brunswick |
| Mathieu Marion | Professor | Philosophy | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Matt James | Associate Professor | Political Science | University of Victoria |
| Matt Soar | Associate Professor | Communication Studies | Concordia University |
| Matthew LeRiche | Visiting Assistant Professor | Political Science | Memorial University |
| Mavis Fenn | Associate Professor | Religious Studies | University of Waterloo |
| Megan Daves | Associate Professor | Social Science | York University |
| Melanie Adrian | Assistant Professor | Law and Legal Studies | Carleton University |
| Melissa Williams | Professor | Department of Political Science | University of Toronto |
| Michael Frishkopf | Full Professor | Music | University of Alberta |
| Michael Hawley | Associate Professor | Humanities | Mount Royal University |
| Michael Lambek, FRSC | Professor | Anthropology | University of Toronto |
| Michael MacMillan | Professor | Political & Canadian Studies | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Michael Orsini | Full Professor | School of Political Studies | Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies | University of Ottawa |
| Michael V. Smith | Associate Professor | Creative Studies | University of British Columbia |
| Michel Seymour | Full Professor | Philosophy | Université de Montréal |
| Micheline Hughes | PhD Student | Native Studies | University of Manitoba |
| Michelle Cho | Assistant Professor | East Asian Studies | McGill University |
| Miguel Torrens | Librarian IV | Libraries | University of Toronto |
| Minelle Mahtani | Associate Professor | Human Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough |
| Miriam Smith | Professor | Department of Social Science | York University |
| Mohammad Fadel | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | University of Toronto |
| Moira Howes | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Trent University |
| Monica Patterson | Assistant Professor | Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies | Carleton University |
| Monique Deveaux | Professor | Philosophy | University of Guelph |
| Mythili Rajiva | Associate Professor | Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies | University of Ottawa |
| Nadine Attewell | Associate Professor | English and Cultural Studies | McMaster University |
| Nancy Bertoldi | Associate Professor | Political Science | University of Toronto |
| Narendra Subramanian | Associate Professor | Political Science | McGill University |
| Natalie Beausoleil | Associate Professor | Community Health and Humanities, Medicine | Memorial University |
| Natalie Carlino | Professor | Sociology | Vanier College |
| Natalie Zemon Davis, C.C. | Adjunct Professor | History | University of Toronto |
| Nathalie Casemajor | Associate Professor | Social sciences | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
| Nathalie Mondain | Associate Professor | Sociology and anthropology | University of Ottawa |
| Nicholas Ray | Adjunct Professor | Philosophy | University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Nicolas Fillion | Assistant Professor | Philosophy | Simon Fraser University |
| Nicolas Sallée | Professeur adjoint | Sociologie | Université de Montréal |
| Nicole Markotic | Professor | English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing | University of Windsor |
| Nicole O’Byrne | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | University of New Brunswick |
| Nicole O’Byrne | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | University of New Brunswick |
| Nicole Power | Associate Professor | Sociology | Memorial University |
| Nigel DeSouza | Sessional Professor | Philosophy | University of Ottawa |
| Nik Luka | Associate Professor | Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning | McGill University |
| Niki Kiepek | Assistant Professor | Occupational Therapy | Dalhousie University |
| Nima Naghibi | Associate Professor | English | Ryerson University |
| Nissim Mannathukkaren | Associate Professor | International Development Studies | Dalhousie University |
| Pablo Gilabert | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Concordia University |
| Pamela E. Klassen | Professor | Study of Religion | University of Toronto |
| Pamela Miller | Retired | Osler Library | McGill University |
| Pascale Dufour | Full Professor | Political Science | University of Montreal |
| Patricia D. McGuire | Faculty | Social Work | Carleton University |
| Patricia Dold | Associate Professor | Religious Studies | Memorial University |
| Patricia Rae | Full Professor | English | Queen’s University |
| Patrick Fafard | Associate Professor | Graduate School of Public and International Affairs | University of Ottawa |
| Patrick Macklem | Professor | Faculty of Law | Unversity of Toronto |
| Patrick Turmel | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Université Laval |
| Patrizia Gentile | Associate Professor | Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies/Human Rights | Carleton University |
| Paul Bramadat | Associate Professor and Director | Centre for Studies in Religion and Society | University of Victoria |
| Paul Leduc Browne | Professeur | Département des sciences sociales | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
| Paul Morris | Associate Professor | English | Université de Saint-Boniface |
| Paul Orlowski | Associate Professor | Educational Foundations | University of Saskatchewan |
| Paul Shaffer | Associate Professor | Intl. Development Studies | Trent University |
| Paul Yachnin | Professor | Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas | McGill University |
| Pauline Gardiner Barber | Professor | Sociology & Social Anthropology | Dalhousie University |
| Peter C. van Wyck | Professor | Department of Communication Studies | Concordia University |
| Peter Dietsch | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Université de Montréal |
| Peter Ives | Professor | Political Science | University of Winnipeg |
| Peter Stoett | Professor | Political Science | Concordia University |
| Peter Walmsley | Professor | English and Cultural Studies | McMaster University |
| Philip S. Zachernuk | Associate Professor | History | Dalhousie University |
| Phyllis L. F. Rippey | Associate Professor | School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies | University of Ottawa |
| Pierre Bosset | Professor | Law | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Pierre-Yves Bonin | Professeur titulaire | Philosophie et des arts | UQTR |
| Rachael Van Fossen | Affiliate Associate Professor | Theatre | Concordia University |
| Rachel Berger | Associate Professor | History | Concordia University |
| Rachel Brickner | Associate Professor | Politics | Acadia University |
| Rachel Warburton | Associate Professor | English | Lakehead University |
| Rahul Kumar | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Queen’s University |
| Randall Hansen | Full Professor | Political Science | University of Toronto |
| Randy Allen Harris | Professor | English Language and Literature | University of Waterloo |
| Rebecca Coulter | Professor Emerita | Faculty of Education | University of Western Ontario |
| Rebecca Johnson | Professor | Faculty of Law | University of Victoria |
| Rebecca Kingston | Professor | Political Science | University of Toronto |
| Rebecca Schein | Assistant Professor | Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies | Carleton University |
| Reg Whitaker | Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus | Political Science | York University |
| Rémi Léger | Assistant Professor | Political Science | Simon Fraser University |
| Renée Biodeau | Professor | Philosophy | Université Laval |
| Reuben Rose-Redwood | Associate Professor | Department of Geography | University of Victoria |
| Rianne Mahon | Professor | Political Science | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Richard Moon | Professor | Law | University of Windsor |
| Richard Sandbrook | Professor Emeritus | Political Science | University of Toronto |
| Richard Vernon | Distinguished University Professor | Politics | University of Western Ontario |
| Robert Englebert | Assistant Professor | History | University of Saskatchewan |
| Robert Huish | Associate Professor | International Development Studies | Dalhousie University |
| Robert Leckey | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | McGill University |
| Robert Tittler | Distinguished Professor Emeritus | History | Concordia University |
| Robert W. Gray | Associate Professor | English | University of New Brunswick |
| Robert Whitney | Professor | Dept. of History and Politics | University of New Brunswick |
| Robert Wisnovsky | Professor | Institute of Islamic Studies | McGill University |
| Roberta Hamilton | Professor Emerita | Sociology | Queen’s University |
| Robin Whitaker | Associate Professor | Anthropology | Memorial University |
| Robyn Jackman | MSWC | Social Work | Dalhousie University |
| Roni Gechtman | Associate Professor and Chair | Department of History | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Rosemary Cairns Way | Professor | Faculty of Law, Common Law | University of Ottawa |
| Roxanne Mykitiuk | Associate Professor of Law | Osgoode Hall Law School | York University |
| Ruth Marshall | Associate Professor | Political Science & Study of Religion | University of Toronto |
| Ryoa Chung | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Université de Montréal |
| Saeed Rahnema | Professor, rtd. | Equity Studies and Political Science | York University |
| Samantha Brennan | Professor | Women’s Studies and Feminist Research | Western University |
| Samantha King | Professor | School of Kinesiology and Health Studies | Queen’s University |
| San Patten | Instructor | School of Public Health | University of Alberta |
| Sanda Rodgers | Professor Emerita | Law | University of Ottawa |
| Sandra Bamford | Associate Professor | Anthropology | University of Toronto |
| Sandrine Jean | Professor | Anthropology | Memorial University |
| Sara Bannerman | Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia | McMaster University |
| Sara Eisler | Associate Professor | Chemistry | University of New Brunswick |
| Sara Humphreys | Lecturer | English | St. Jerome’s University |
| Sarah Bassnett | Associate Professor | Visual Arts | Western University |
| Sarah Brophy | Professor | English and Cultural Studies | McMaster University |
| Sarah Marie Wiebe | Postdoctoral Fellow | Institute for Studies and Innovation in Community University Engagement | University of Victoria |
| Sarah Todd | Associate Professor | Social Work | Carleton University |
| Sasha Mullally | Associate Professor | History | University of New Brunswick |
| Scott Matthews | Associate professor | Political Science | Memorial University |
| Sean Mills | Assistant Professor | History | University of Toronto |
| Shannon Dea | Associate Professor | Dept. of Philosophy/ Women’s Studies Program | University of Waterloo |
| Sharry Aiken | Associate Professor | Law | Queen’s University |
| Shawna Ferris | Assistant Professor | Women’s and Gender Studies | University of Manitoba |
| Sheila McIntyre | Professor (Retired) | Faculty of Law common law | University of Ottawa |
| Shelley Butler | Lecturer | Institute for the Study of Canada | McGill University |
| Shirley Pettifer | Sociology Teacher and Strategic Plan Process Coordinator | Dept. of Social and Cultural Sciences/Strategic Plan | Vanier College |
| Shoshana Magnet | Associate Professor | Department of Criminology | University of Ottawa |
| Sid Frankel | Associate Professor | Faculty of Social Work | University of Manitoba |
| Silke Lach | Professor | History | Vanier College |
| Simon Glezos | Assistant Professor | Political Science | University of Victoria |
| Simone Chambers | Professeur | Political Science | University of Toronto |
| Sirma Bilge | Associate Professor | Sociology | Universite de Montreal |
| Sneja Gunew | Professor Emerita | English | University of British Columbia |
| Sonja Boon | Associate Professor | Gender Studies | Memorial University |
| Sophie Cloutier | Assistant Professor | Philosophy | Saint Paul University |
| Sophie M. Lavoie | Associate Professor | Culture & Language Studies | University of New Brunswick, Fredericton |
| Sophie McCall | Associate Professor | English | Simon Fraser University |
| Srdja Pavlovic | Contract Instructor | History & Classics | University of Alberta |
| Stéphan Gervais | Scientific Coordinator | Quebec Studies | McGill University |
| Stéphanie Demers | Professor | Education | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
| Stephanie Schwartz | Postdoctoral Fellow | History | Concordia University |
| Stephen Brooke | Professor | History | York University |
| Stephen Schryer | Associate Professor | English | University of New Brunswick |
| Steven Baur | Associate Professor | Performing Arts | Dalhousie University |
| Steven Lecce | Associate Professor/Associate Dean | Political Studies | University of Manitoba |
| Steven Maynard | Lecturer | History | Queen’s University |
| Stuart J. Murray | Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor | English Language and Literature | Carleton University |
| Susan B Boyd | Professor Emerita, FRSC | Law | University of British Columbia |
| Susan Braedley | Associate Professor | School of Social Work | Carleton University |
| Susan Dieleman | Assistant Professor | Philosophy | University of Saskatchewan |
| Susan Drummond | Associate Professor | Law | Osgoode Hall Law School, York University |
| Susan Fast | Professor | English/Gender Studies | McMaster University |
| Susan Gingell | Professor Emerita | English | University of Saskatchewan |
| Susan L Smith | Professor | Department of History and Classics | University of Alberta |
| Susan Spronk | Associate Professor | School of International Development and Global Studies | University of Ottawa |
| Suzan Ilcan | Professor | Sociology and Legal Studies | University of Waterloo |
| Suzanne Morton | Professor | History and Classical Studies | McGill University |
| Suzanne Urbanczyk | Associate Professor | Linguistics | University of Victoria |
| Tammy Findlay | Associate Professor | Political and Canadian Studies | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Tania Das Gupta | Professor | Equity Studies | York University |
| Ted Monchesky | Professor | Physics and Atmospheric Science | Dalhousie University |
| Terry Goldie | Professor | English | York University |
| Theodore McLauchlin | Assistant Professor | Political Science | Université de Montréal |
| Theresa Ulicki | Assistant Professor | International Development Studies | Dalhousie University |
| Thomas Collombat | Professor | Social Sciences | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
| Tim Kenyon | Professor | Philosophy | University of Waterloo |
| Tina Loo | Professor | History | University of British Columbia |
| Tolly Bradford | Assistant Professor | History | Concordia University of Edmonton |
| Tom Baird | Assistant Professor | Mathematics and Statistics | Memorial University |
| Toni Pickard | Associate Professor (Retired) | Law | Queen’s University |
| Tracy Isaacs | Professor | Philosophy / Women’s Studies and Feminist Research | University of Western Ontario |
| Trevor Holmes | Instructor | Women’s Studies | University of Waterloo |
| Ubaka Ogbogu | Assistant Professor | Law / Pharmacy | University of Alberta |
| Valérie Amiraux | Full Professor | Sociology | University of Montreal |
| Veena Dwivedi | Associate Professor | Applied Ling/Neuroscience | Brock University |
| Veronica Auste | Assistant Professor | English | St. Jerome’s University |
| Veronica Strong-Boag | Professor Emerita | Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice/Educational Studies | University of British Columbia |
| Vicky Simpson | Instructor | English | University of New Brunswick |
| Vida Panitch | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Carleton University |
| VJ Korinek | Professor | History | University of Saskatchewan |
| Vrinda Narain | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | McGill University |
| Wayne C. Myrvold | Professor | Philosophy | University of Western Ontario |
| Wendy A. Adams | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law | McGill University |
| Will Straw | Full Professor | McGill Institute for the Study of Canada | McGill University |
| Willeen Keough | Associate Professor | History | Simon Fraser University |
| William Clare Roberts | Assistant Professor | Political Science | McGill University |
| William K. Carroll | Professor | Sociology | University of Victoria |
| Winnie Lem | Professor | International Development Studies | Trent University |
| Zelda Abramson | Associate Professor | Sociology | Acadia University |
| Zoë Sinel | Assistant Professor | Law | University of Western Ontario |
