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Canada doesn't have a great track record with its treatment of indigenous people. It seems related that this happened to a journalist who supports their cause.

by fwip 9y ago

ficklepickle 9y ago
Exactly! This is an example of the systemic racism still present in Canada. This is clearly politically motivated. They don't want people to empathise with the indigenous, they want us to care about corporate profits. We called them savages for living in harmony with the land. We are now starting to see what happens when you don't. Who is the savage, now?
- 4bpp 9y ago
  > We called them savages for living in harmony with the land. I thought the "living in harmony with the land" thing has generally been considered discredited along with the rest of the "noble savage" tropes out there... (e.g. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/60/7/516/234159 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/60/7/516/234159 )
- 52-6F-62 9y ago
  > They don't want people to empathise with the indigenous, they want us to care about corporate profits. Not sure who they are. But the world is turning. What the British had done in the past is being undone (though all too slowly). I can’t speak to the conditions elsewhere, but I know recently the government has partnered with Six Nations reserve groups to build a new solar farm where there was once one of the worlds largest coal fired generating stations. I grew up near there and grew up playing softball with those guys. It’s not all plight down there. It’s not all good either. The North needs so much more help than they’re getting but not many people volunteer to go do anything about it. It’s not just up to the government, but I happen to know they’re doing little bits. My brother volunteered to fly up there to work with isolated communities well north of the Sault with a program run by the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police). Just don’t vote Doug Ford or what you’re saying will certainly be on the agenda. Otherwise, there are plenty of programs to get involved in, and it’s closer to a front lying issue as it ever has been, also thanks in part to Gord Downies final days being quite vocal about it. Enough? No it’s not. Will they see retribution? Who knows. Still waiting on the same from the British for the land and life lost in the Highland Clearances. I don’t think that’s coming either. Best bet is to band together and push for something better. I don’t think the case is politically motivated. Like others have pointed out, the case has to go to the courts yet. That’s where the interpretation of the law will truly happen.
JeremyBanks 9y ago
The current governments are about as sympathetic as you can get, so I doubt that's the reason for this prosecution.
- coldacid 9y ago
  Canadian here. Ottawa and the provinces are really only sympathetic to FN issues when the cameras are on. They don't give a damn any other time of day.
  - JeremyBanks 9y ago
    We'll have to agree to disagree.

Canada doesn't have a great track record with its treatment of indigenous people. It seems related that this happened to a journalist who supports their cause.

by fwip 9y ago

Canada doesn't have a great track record with its treatment of indigenous people. It seems related that this happened to a journalist who supports their cause.

ficklepickle 9y ago

Exactly! This is an example of the systemic racism still present in Canada. This is clearly politically motivated. They don't want people to empathise with the indigenous, they want us to care about corporate profits. We called them savages for living in harmony with the land. We are now starting to see what happens when you don't. Who is the savage, now?

4bpp 9y ago
> We called them savages for living in harmony with the land. I thought the "living in harmony with the land" thing has generally been considered discredited along with the rest of the "noble savage" tropes out there... (e.g. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/60/7/516/234159 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/60/7/516/234159 )
52-6F-62 9y ago
> They don't want people to empathise with the indigenous, they want us to care about corporate profits. Not sure who they are. But the world is turning. What the British had done in the past is being undone (though all too slowly). I can’t speak to the conditions elsewhere, but I know recently the government has partnered with Six Nations reserve groups to build a new solar farm where there was once one of the worlds largest coal fired generating stations. I grew up near there and grew up playing softball with those guys. It’s not all plight down there. It’s not all good either. The North needs so much more help than they’re getting but not many people volunteer to go do anything about it. It’s not just up to the government, but I happen to know they’re doing little bits. My brother volunteered to fly up there to work with isolated communities well north of the Sault with a program run by the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police). Just don’t vote Doug Ford or what you’re saying will certainly be on the agenda. Otherwise, there are plenty of programs to get involved in, and it’s closer to a front lying issue as it ever has been, also thanks in part to Gord Downies final days being quite vocal about it. Enough? No it’s not. Will they see retribution? Who knows. Still waiting on the same from the British for the land and life lost in the Highland Clearances. I don’t think that’s coming either. Best bet is to band together and push for something better. I don’t think the case is politically motivated. Like others have pointed out, the case has to go to the courts yet. That’s where the interpretation of the law will truly happen.

JeremyBanks 9y ago

The current governments are about as sympathetic as you can get, so I doubt that's the reason for this prosecution.

coldacid 9y ago
Canadian here. Ottawa and the provinces are really only sympathetic to FN issues when the cameras are on. They don't give a damn any other time of day.
- JeremyBanks 9y ago
  We'll have to agree to disagree.