• snoons@lemmy.ca
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      19 days ago

      Nah they can just spend another 2 billion dollars on a pr campaign commission.

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        19 days ago

        You joke but the last few decades of commissions, court cases, and acknowledgements have played a big part in rebuilding our relationship with our indigenous Canadians, and is why indigenous Canadians tend to lean on our courts and themselves lend us our legitimacy as a nation. Britian signed deals with real nations to secure its place here, in doing so, recognized indigenous sovereignty within Canada. Joke all you want, these are positive developments in our journey together.

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          18 days ago

          Agreed. This is one of those things where legally binding agreements and a ton of money is the basic first step to reconciliation. It has to go so much further, but Canada is the only post-colonial (many argue still-colonial) country that has reparations on the agenda and in the curriculum.

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            18 days ago

            Which is fascinating because 10 years ago our governments on all levels were fighting tooth and nail against the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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    19 days ago

    It definitely should be debated and racism should be stamped out totally and completely, not just systemically but at a grassroots level. I just don’t get the emergency. It’s been around for a looong time.