The Washington January 6, 2021 Insurrection, and Racist and Ethnic Terrorism in Canada

Abstract

This article demonstrates the truth of this proposition: “The strength of a nation’s rights, freedoms and rule of law lies not in its Constitution, but in its politics.” And so, a racist government is a reflection of the success of racist groups—they are parts of the same political force, in spite of such declared protections in the written constitution upon which that government stands. The riotous insurrection at the Washington capitol building on January 6, 2021, and, Canada’s 1970 FLQ October Crises caused by Quebec terrorists wanting to have Quebec separate from Canada, are compared as examples of populist domestic terrorism. Both are populist-inspired terrorist attacks upon government. Conversely, as examples of government terror imposed upon severely abused sections of a country’s population, the World War Two (WWII) internments of the Japanese Pacific coastal populations by the federal governments of Canada and the U.S are contrasted. Also described is Canada’s 19th and 20th century history of racial discrimination against its Japanese and Chinese populations. Political events reflect upon the instant strength of constitutionally-guaranteed rights, freedoms, and rule of law. And judicially provided remedies and damages obtained later for their infringement and denial, determine their protective and deterrent value. Before and even after WWII, the Canadian population and its politics were still far too racist to support truly liberal, constitutionally-entrenched rights, freedoms, and the rule of law, such as has been established since April 17, 1982, by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.