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The irish. The scots. Basically everyone who wasnt related to the vikings after 1066. The welsh trying to protect thier language are basically quebec. The sco

The irish. The scots. Basically everyone who wasnt related to the vikings after 1066. The welsh trying to protect thier language are basically quebec. The scots talking about leaving, but never actually doing it, are basically alberta. And thats just similarities in the british isles. Then there are all the little counties bordering giant countries (finland) that see parallels to the canada-us relationship.

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tsimionescu 2y ago
Your assertion is that the Scots, the Irish, and the Welsh are treated less fairly in the UK today than the First Nations people are in Canada? Because the article was claiming that EU countries have a lot to learn from Canada today. I personally very much disagree with the concept that First Nations people in Canada are afforded more rights and are freer to practice their cultural identity than the Scots, Welsh, and Irish in the UK in 2024.
- sandworm101 2y ago
  Whether they are or they aren't treated fairly today is beside the point. They were treated badly in the past and now their descendants want recompense for those past wrongs. The wounds in Canada are likely a little more fresh, but many peoples in Europe still remember wrongs done to grandparents.
  - andsoitis 2y ago
    > They were treated badly in the past and now their descendants want recompense for those past wrongs. They (we?) do? This is the first I hear of this. Where did you read about this?
  - tsimionescu 2y ago
    Are Frist Nations people in Canada receiving recompense for their past terrible treatment?
Wytwwww 2y ago
At least the Scots and Welsh still exist (e.g. unlike the Occitan people or the Bretons) and were actually allowed to have a referendum (unlike the Catalans).
wqaatwt 2y ago
Were the Scots (i.e. lowland ones) really ever treated that bad? If anything they had a much bigger part oppressing the highlanders than the English.

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tsimionescu 2y ago

Your assertion is that the Scots, the Irish, and the Welsh are treated less fairly in the UK today than the First Nations people are in Canada? Because the article was claiming that EU countries have a lot to learn from Canada today. I personally very much disagree with the concept that First Nations people in Canada are afforded more rights and are freer to practice their cultural identity than the Scots, Welsh, and Irish in the UK in 2024.

sandworm101 2y ago
Whether they are or they aren't treated fairly today is beside the point. They were treated badly in the past and now their descendants want recompense for those past wrongs. The wounds in Canada are likely a little more fresh, but many peoples in Europe still remember wrongs done to grandparents.
- andsoitis 2y ago
  > They were treated badly in the past and now their descendants want recompense for those past wrongs. They (we?) do? This is the first I hear of this. Where did you read about this?
- tsimionescu 2y ago
  Are Frist Nations people in Canada receiving recompense for their past terrible treatment?

Wytwwww 2y ago

At least the Scots and Welsh still exist (e.g. unlike the Occitan people or the Bretons) and were actually allowed to have a referendum (unlike the Catalans).

wqaatwt 2y ago

Were the Scots (i.e. lowland ones) really ever treated that bad? If anything they had a much bigger part oppressing the highlanders than the English.