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Ruth Bard's avatar

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: I have yet to hear of any FN event beginning with an acknowledgement of the tremendous benefits of the European colonists' medical knowledge and technology, freely shared, without which, not to mention the Pax Britannica, they would likely be extinct by now from starvation, disease, inbreeding, and inter-tribal conflict.

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Lynda Beyer's avatar

Agree whole heartedly. The First Nations were starving during winters and involved in killing each other. Settlers taught them basic farming skills so they could survive winters. There were subways already in Europe when the first “white” people came to Canada!

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Jacob Smith's avatar

Ruthie,

Pro tip: if you’re going to praise colonization for “saving” people from starvation and disease, don’t forget to mention the ships that brought the diseases in the first place, and the policies that turned thriving communities into marginalized ones. History’s messy — and your take leaves out the parts that don’t fit the fairy tale.

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Craig's avatar

They weren't thriving communities first of all... and there wouldn't be millions of FN if they still had to hunt and fish to survive... there's not enough animals and they never knew how to fish for quantity...

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Allan Groat's avatar

Revisionist

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Albertian's avatar

This whole thing is a joke, sadly it is causing division with people, most likely it's intended purpose.

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Ionedery2's avatar

Yeah a joke, but not very funny to see how serious the consequences can be. Now they're telling homeowners in BC. to get ready because their land title is invalid and belongs to a tribe of indigenous people.

It's gone way too far, and the country is in decline.

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Marion Leyland's avatar

Canada is "in decline" is far too polite!

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CLo's avatar

Indeed, more like Kanada is drowning in pool of cow manure 30' feet and we're currently up to our nostrils.

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CLo's avatar

Great observation! I actually avoid listening to these stupid things; play with my phone during them, talk, whatever I feel like. Anyone gives me the 'eye', they get the 'salute'. Worse now though, corporations do them at group meetings...like a friggin' cult of libtards.

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Rob Thorndyke's avatar

Imagine justifying intensely rude behaviour just because you're asked to listen to some words. 🙄

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Jacob Smith's avatar

Alberta is a Joke, Hurtin Albertians

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James Turner's avatar

Even in this post-Trudeau era, Canada continues to be an international laughingstock.

How long will it take for this disease he inflicted on us to be flushed from our system?

"Embarrassing" is no longer adequate.

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CLo's avatar

It will take every voter East of Manitoba to suddenly have a heart attack and drop dead. Or, maybe more likely, Quebec will finally the Get the Fu** Out....then some semblance of 'normal' can start to return - but that too would require all the middle aged woman voters in Ontario who think "a banker with nice hair sure is a great leader" to still drop dead.

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James Turner's avatar

Sadly, you may be correct. These voters you mention are the same ones who voted for he-who-must-not-be-named. Simply because he had nice hair and fancy socks. They ignored his empty head.

It's still surprising to me that the few Liberal voters I talk to or get into any political discourse with, have so little real idea of what the Liberals have done to us. They epitomise the phrase "uninformed electorate". Maybe Canada is getting just what it deserves for being so laissez faire, or lazy, about politics.

It's mostly Quebec that keeps them in power. Along with the millions of immigrants who all vote Liberal. Quebec has the added advantage of having something called a BLOC Quebecois in our national parliament. That is truly a crime, perpetrated on us by another Liberal PM, Jean Chretien.

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Andrew's avatar

Canadians need to start booing land acknowledgements.

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Kevin Hardy's avatar

Way ahead of you.

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CLo's avatar

Brilliant sir. Well done.

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Kevin Hardy's avatar

I seen the name Macintosh. Beautiful Scottish name. I miss our heritage.

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William's avatar

At events, that have our changed National Anthem ,the moment when "all of us " is sung I shoot loudly "SONS". I encourage this and also the booing .

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CLo's avatar

Damn, I wish I'd thought of that....thank you for the idea sir!

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Greg's avatar

So if 27% of poll respondents believe they’re living on stolen land, why are they living on it?

If they had any integrity wouldn’t they move?

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CLo's avatar

The Samurai defined what they should do.....

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Kevin Hardy's avatar

It's not stolen land. I was fought for and won. Just like every piece of land on earth.

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CLo's avatar

Indeed, war defines ownership...speaking of which, is it easier for Alberta to go to war with Eastern Canada than it is waiting for us to get votes proportional to our population?? Then we could build our economy on merit and markets....

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Craig's avatar

Alberta 51... market for your energy resources, no Federal taxes and no State taxes, although you'd get such an influx of Sane Canadians wanting to leave their WOKE Provinces it might drive up the cost of housing..

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Boba fett's avatar

I'm hoping for it alberta 51 too. Living in BC we can shut down the tmx and stop sending oil to the communist regime in China that conservatives love to support.

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Joe Zucchiatti's avatar

I would be ok with an acknowledgment of the colonizers who developed the land and civilized the Indians. Sir John A should be acknowledged for feeding them and keeping them alive even though the Liberal opposition were dead against supporting the Indians and giving them 320 acres each to farm. In retrospect the nomads couldn’t adapt to working the soil and had to be fed or left to die.

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RobertM's avatar

Went to my swearing in to become a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. The meeting started with the phony land acknowledgement totally blew me away. Armed forces veterans that fought for freedom apologizing to natives sad, never been back.

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Roger Graves's avatar

Living as I did in London, England, I was always mindful that as someone with Norman blood in his veins (only a small amount, but who’s counting) I was living on land that had been stolen from its Anglo-Saxon owners. But then as someone with Anglo-Saxon blood in his veins (quite a lot this time) I was living on land that had been stolen from its Celtic owners, who themselves had stolen it from the original Ancient Britons, whoever they may have been. And I’ve left out the Norse (Vikings) and the Romans who probably owned the land at some time or other in the past. So who did I actually steal the land from?

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{Logan} Untitled's avatar

I have been keeping that in mind. What gets me is europeans have put down canadians for miss treating the indian. Yet we give them multi billions each year. Maybe Europe should do a little looking in the mirror. When will England give their land back to the originals. The europeans who came to this land took it over laid claim to it. And like any other country have held it and have the right to fight for it. If not, then jump on the first ship out.

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Elizabeth Mcintosh's avatar

Let’s see how many people will get off their legally purchased, land paid for with hard work sacrifice, when push comes to shove…get out the bows and arrows baby..

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{Logan} Untitled's avatar

If I was forced off, I'd make sure the place was burned down.

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Janet Buhler's avatar

Why don’t those who believe they live on stolen land, give it back? That would be the logical conclusion. If they don’t, do they really believe it?

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Gina Bisaillon's avatar

Hey, Columbus was Italian!

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Clay's avatar

I hope they're telling new arrivals that they are immigrating onto stolen land and they should feel bad about it and maybe think about giving it back.

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Craig's avatar

Did the FN really think that a culture that was 2000 years behind the world leaders would remain secluded forever... they should just be thankful it wasn't the Spanish that conquered North America

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John Stiel's avatar

I show up after the land acknowledgments. If my timing is off, I walk out. Sorry, not sorry.

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K Brooker's avatar

And now Canadians are being forced to “give back” the land in BC and elsewhere. Where does this end? Nowhere good!

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