Conversations That Matter - Ep 74 - Ujjal Dosanjh - Self Censoring

Episode 74

Ujjal Dosanjh

Why are people in authority positions self censoring?

Conversations That Matter features Former Premier of B.C. and free speech advocate Ujjal Dosanjh who contends people in power in Canada are self censoring and in doing so are preventing open and honest discourse about issues that form the fabric of Canadian society.

In a January opinion piece, Dosanjh appeared to be coming to the defense of white men, he says, “I was not defending white men; it was more about saying to everyone, how can you have a free exchange of ideas on important issues of race, ethnicity, discrimination, prejudice, racism. How can you have a free exchange of ideas, an honest exchange, if some men who have power, generally, aren't expressing themselves freely. I want to know what they think.”

Dosanjh has been attacked and beaten for saying what he think and continues to do so because he maintains if we cower from vigorous debate then we deprive ourselves, “ If you give into those with pipes or iron bars, then you won't get very far. And it's the same if you give into people who want to shut you out because you differ with them, or you challenge their ideas, or their world view.”

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