NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Believes His Social Justice Ideology Will Give Saudi Women More Rights

Because Leftist tend to treat trade and barter like relics of the past, they tend to be the political party of revenge. I think the term is Cutting off the nose to spite the face, never a good idea, but it’s an idea none the less. Hey, Trudeau at one point praised the Chinese government for their ability to control their population, so at the very least NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is only trying to force his own ideology on the Saudi’s

Jagmeet made the following statements that should be considered if you’re thinking of voting NDP

“I think we should look at that as an alternative to dealing with a nation that has a serious track record of human rights violations, oppression of women, oppression of those who have voiced criticism of the government,” – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

he goes onto say:

“We should take a hard look. Does it make sense for us to continue to have trade relations with a country that has such a bad track record?”

Hey, as a Canadian I’m all for this, but good luck on selling that to oil manufacturers in Canada that will have to take a pay cut if Canada limits or puts additional tariffs on one of the largest oil producers in the world. Part of the reason Alberta’s oil has so many obstacles revolves around the policies The New Democratic Party fights for. The NDP is a union party, the NDP is pro-higher wages, well guess what problem Saudi Arabian oil and their extensive foreign workforce don’t have? wages and unions, plus it’s a lot easier for them to extract their oil.

I’ve often said the Canadian dollar would be better off if it were stronger than the U.S dollar at all times as it would give our oil industry an economic boost over the United States because Oil is still purchased in U.S dollars. A stronger Loonie and lower tax environment would give Canada a competitive advantage economically over Saudi Arabia. It would also allow us to purchase investments for growth in our energy sector at a far cheaper rate which could combat Saudi Arabia whose oil has to travel further to get to the United States.

But Canadians prefer the dependence and welfare model, so our business fight for a lower loonie and we’re forced into positions where a principled stance, in reality, is our only hope to compete with Saudi Arabia economically. When your market is open money pours in, money already pours into Canada, the problem is our liabilities, our costs, our deficits in Canada are too high and they’re high because we’ve made too many promises for the future.

Canada has made promises that the unborn will have to pay for. Many of these unborn will be future Canadian female taxpayers. A lot of women in Saudi Arabia don’t work nor do they have to worry about things like debt. I’m sure many of them would like to be able to enjoy the freedoms Canadian women enjoy, but that doesn’t mean that these women want to be forced to comply with the demands of Canadian politicians who demand social justice now.

Current Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman is more moderate than past Saudi Prince’s and who knows maybe, in the end, these outspoken Canadian politicians might have a point. But forcing or putting pressure on a country like Saudi Arabia to be more like Canada I don’t think is a good stance to have. Because you’re effectively making the argument that Canada is not without its flaws. There’s a huge difference between barter and social justice.

As an example when Abraham Lincoln and the racist south couldn’t work out their differences the north had to go to war to free the slaves in the south. If you’re not willing to go to war and mean an actual war, it’s best to do a trade. When you cut off the trade or you use bullying tactics to make another country conform to the socialist agenda you end up like Cuba. Fidel Castro’s Cuba was supposed to be a socialist utopia, but Castro made a grave mistake, he nationalised privately owned companies and when America retaliated, Castro was forced to retaliate some more and the tit-for-tat trade war began and ended with the small, weaker country with more costs to service being on the losing end of a social justice battle.

The Cubans who understood business fled Cuba before it was too late. It should be noted that prior to Castro taking over Cuba, Cuba was not a perfect country, many said the country was racist and the poorer classes had limited opportunities and options, but when Castro took over did those people get more options? Did the Cuban people become richer when Castro put limits on the Cuban people’s options in trade? Did the Cuban revolution that resulted in communism help or hurt the Cuban people?

Saudi Arabia can drop the price of oil and keep it there for an extended period of time because their costs are low and despite Saudi Arabia’s human rights records, there are women from Catholic regions like the Philippines that would rather work in Saudi Arabia than work in their own countries.

Canada can disrupt it’s relationship with Saudi Arabia if it wants but the market goes where there’s opportunity and if Canadian leaders want to limit our trade options for social justice causes? Well, all I can say is.

Interesting times ahead.