Yes, the world order is fractured, but appeals to a so-called “rules-based” one relies on a fiction that obscures the oppression, human trafficking, genocide, and pervasive anti-Black, anti-Brown, anti-Muslim, and anti-Indigenous racism.
Dear editor,
Carney’s Davos speech exposed the hypocrisy of a system that is now turning inward to feast on itself.
Yes, the world order is fractured, but appeals to a so-called “rules-based” one relies on a fiction that obscures the oppression, human trafficking, genocide, and pervasive anti-Black, anti-Brown, anti-Muslim, and anti-Indigenous racism.
Our current order is rooted in colonialism and capitalism. People in the “global south” have been on the menu for centuries.
Carney is calling for intermediate powers to build a new order that values human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, but his government has already violated those values.
As professor of international human rights Alex Neve pointed out in the Hill Times, the US military strikes in Venezuela, the violence caused by ICE, and Israel’s renewed bombardment of Gaza are all directly supported by Canadian weapons systems, components, and military technology.
We also can’t forget that Carney considered a position on Trump’s Board of Peace, which experts are calling a real estate venture that will corral any remaining Palestinians into concentration camps.
Carney’s posturing might appear to some like he’s pointing his elbows up towards Trump, the reality is far different in a system that continues to funnel riches to the one per cent, who now control roughly 43 per cent of all financial assets worldwide.
Our economic system is killing life on earth, and Carney wants to preserve the status quo by assembling a bloc of intermediate powers to crush weaker ones.
Sincerely,
Nikki Mutch
Media Advocate
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
Oakville, ON