On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:57:55 -0400, snipped-for-privacy@ccanoemail.ca wrote: >
>>On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:05:47 -0400, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote: >>
>>>On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 06:28:24 -0400, snipped-for-privacy@ccanoemail.ca wrote: >>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Canada is dealing with the fallout of the many decades of atrocities
>>>>>>concerning the Indigenous peoples.
>>>>>> Residential schools :
>>>>>>formatting link>>>>>> The 60's Scoop :
>>>>>>formatting link>>>>>>Systemic racism ; ignoring Treaty Rights ; etc etc
>>>>>> John T.
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>>>>>But Canada seems to be trying, and somehow the tone seemed better, at
>>>>>least on As It Happens.
>>>>>Thank you both.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Our first Prime Minister " The Father Of Confederation " -
>>>> Sir John A. MacDonald has become the lightning rod
>>>>for many recent protests - similar to the Confederate monuments >>>>in the USA :
>>>>
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>>>>This statue has been removed now - it's supposed to
>>>>eventually find an indoor museum location where the
>>>>story of the atrocities can be told alongside.
>>>> John T.
>>>
>>>Doing a little looking, it appears most of your Indigenous people are
>>>out west, similar to here, until they discovered casinos, then
>>>"Indians" started crawling out of the woodwork in the North East, even
>>>when their tribal connections were dubious at best.
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>>
>>Nope.
>> You are not even close to describing Canada's situation.
>>... where have you been " doing a little looking " ?
>>
>>The stereo-types that you are describing -
>> are the root of the problem - big time.
>>
>> Easy lob-bombs though - but totally ignorant.
>
>Making s*it up? That doesn't sound like the Fretwell I know. Oh, wait, that
>sounds *exactly* like the Fretwell I know.
Yeah I made this up.