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1Journey to Freedom Day (aka "Flag Raising Ceremony") is a partisan reference to the Vietnam war. The event is organized and conducted by former military officers of the defunct Saigon military regime, dressed in their uniforms.
The main feature of the event is a formal flag-raising ceremony wherein the government formally recognizes the Saigon military regime as a legitimate nation.
The event is characterized by government as an homage to former refugees. That implies a revision to Canada's history that is often, in the course of the event, made explicit. In that it is hostile to and exploits the former boat people in order to humanize the former Saigon regime.
The entire event is a dog whistle which the former boat people can hear clearly: "Canada will not consider you to be legitimate refugees unless you identify as nationals of the Saigon regime".
A respectful homage to the Vietnamese boat people would be non-partisan and would not reference the Vietnam war.
Refer to Canada's pro-Saigon policy is an offensive betrayal: Canadian politicians routinely expresses hostility toward Vietnamese Canadians for information.
2Wearing the national flag of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) is a partisan political reference to the Vietnam war.
It is a particularly strong acknowledgement that Canada recognizes the South Vietnam regime as a legitimate government and an ally of Canada, essentially a declaration that the Vietnam war is not settled yet.
Such partisan act denigrates and marginalizes the former boat people. Wearing the flag over the shoulders is understood as a threat -- that Canada is ordering them to fall into line and identify as nationals of the Saigon regime.
A respectful homage to the Vietnamese boat people would be non-partisan and would not reference the Vietnam war.
Refer to Canada's pro-Saigon policy is an offensive betrayal: Canadian politicians routinely expresses hostility toward Vietnamese Canadians for information.
3Re-framing the history of the boat people to describe them as part of the partisan exodus from the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) is hostile and exploitive toward the boat people.
It is exploitive because its purpose is to demonstrate that Canada was an ally of the former Saigon regime, or if not an ally, was at least sympathetic toward their cause.
4This public statement refers to the boat people or Canada's Vietnamese community in partisan terms of the Vietnam war.
Partisan statements like this denigrate and marginalize the former boat people. They exploit the boat people to deliver a political propaganda message intended to humanize the Saigon regime: "everything would have been fine in Vietnam if only the Saigon regime had not collapsed".
Any respectful reference to the boat people would be non-partisan and would not reference the Vietnam war at all.
Refer to Canada's pro-Saigon policy is an offensive betrayal: Canadian politicians routinely expresses hostility toward Vietnamese Canadians for information.
5This web posting contains partisan references to the Vietnam war and so divides the Vietnamese community.
Partisan statements like this denigrate and marginalize the former boat people. The former boat people understand this clearly -- the insult is not subtle when it comes from Canada's government.
Any respectful reference to the boat people would be non-partisan and ideally would not reference the Vietnam war at all.
Note: the dates on government web site postings are the date we last checked them, not the date they were posted. Web site postings are attributed to the minister responsible for the department on the date last checked.
Refer to Canada's pro-Saigon policy is an offensive betrayal: Canadian politicians routinely expresses hostility toward Vietnamese Canadians for information.