With one guiding question, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand a movement and ignite a national conversation.
“How do we restore the North? ” Jivani asked roughly 50 people at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) last Friday.
“How do you make sure we restore the promise of Canada for as many people in this great country as possible?”
Jivani, 37, had already launched his “Restore the North” initiative last month, aimed at addressing policy gaps to help young men, a demographic that he says is overrepresented in crime, overdose and homelessness statistics.
But following the assassination of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his initiative expanded into campus tours, creating an event that is part rally, part recruitment drive, and part debate.
Participants are given a mic to debate or discuss issues with three Conservative MPs sitting at the front of the room. It's a rotating cast, except for Jivani, who acts as the event’s host and main spokesperson.
It’s a northern facsimile and tribute to Kirk’s campus events, which drew thousands and were credited with spreading the MAGA message at American universities.
Last week's short tour of campuses in southern Ontario, including one Friday at UTM, attracted young men who say they feel dismayed by dwindling job prosp
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