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Or sign-in if you have an account.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2nd L) takes a knee during in a Black Lives Matter protest on Parliament Hill June 5, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)We are blessed to live in Canada, as is anyone fortunate enough to live in the wider western world. An inheritance of liberty, the rule of law, wealth and stability that’s unmatched in all of history is to be cherished and protected. And yet, in country after country, there have been movements to dismantle all that makes the West worth defending. It’s a project being advanced not by our enemies, external or domestic, but by the very governments tasked with stewarding this great inheritance.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorIt’s aimed at destroying the West from within. By rejecting our history, re-framing success as exploitative, privileging racial and gender identity above all else and dismissing evidence and facts for a destructive ideological agenda, nearly every institution in countries like Canada has been captured: elected governments, the bureaucracy, the courts, the police, the universities, private businesses and large portions of the media.This newsletter from NP Comment tackles the topics you care about. (Subscriber-exclusive edition on Fridays)By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againWelcome to The Western Surrender, a new series from NP Comment. Over the next two weeks, we will be focusing on how these trends have evolved in the five Anglosphere countries: the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. And we will be counting them down from the least captured to the most — or, put another way, ranking them based on wokeness.To get updates on the series, sign up for our NP Platformed newsletter at npplatformed.nationalpost.com. Send any feedback and questions to npplatformed@postmedia.com.The question for the West now is what kind of society do we want to live in. Is it one that protects the liberty and dignity of all, or one where there are racial hierarchies, some based on an objective history of being wronged, others less so? Do we want to live in a prosperous society where wealth generation is encouraged and nurtured as a way to lift everyone up, or a society whose commitment to a particular idea of equality ensures that no one is rich, but all are impoverished?Our essayists, writing from the five countries, found that “wokeness” has been a significant trend across the Anglosphere, but it has not affected each country equally. Some have been resistant, others less so. The key to warding off institutional capture is the existence of strong countervailing forces in the form of robust political and cultural opposition.It’s true that after a decade in which these ideas have dominated, the wider public has grown tired of DEI training, land acknowledgements, language policing, the twisting of laws for racial purposes, two-tiered justice systems and threats to free speech. That is an encouraging development. But it is also true that much of these cultural, legal and political changes have been so deeply embedded in our institutions that it could take years, or decades, to return to something approximating the relative normalcy of 10-15 years ago.We hope you’ll join us as we investigate The Western Surrender.Next up on Tuesday morning: The U.S. unleashed wokeness on a world incapable of handling itNational PostCarson Jerema is National Post’s managing editor, comment. 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