Juno Jump Start | Parks Canada calls national parks a “colonial injustice”
Parks Canada is facing criticism after a report described national parks as a “colonial injustice,” a former CPC candidate has acknowledged slaughtering birds for for his family’s consumption, & more.
Parks Canada calls national parks a “colonial injustice”
Parks Canada is facing criticism after an internal report described national parks as a “colonial injustice,” with critics arguing Canadians should instead be proud of them.
“For millennia Indigenous people have cultivated reciprocal relationships with land, water and ice guided by cultural practices, values and knowledge systems,” said the report Evaluation Of The Indigenous Guardians Initiative Internal Review.
The 2024 Parks Canada document says national parks displaced Indigenous people and barred them from traditional lands. It was quietly released Jun. 22, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
Management admitted to withholding the unsigned report for two years. Parks Canada did not respond to a Juno News request for comment. Keep Reading
A former Conservative candidate denied slaughtering birds — then admitted he does
Former Conservative candidate for Scarborough Southwest, Mohsin Bhuiyan, has acknowledged slaughtering birds at his Bowmanville property for his family’s consumption, after spending weeks claiming there is no slaughtering occurring at his farm while fighting against allegations that he was operating an illegal halal slaughter business.
Following a public controversy that drew in community members, media coverage, and discussions about alleged Islamophobia, Bhuiyan maintained that claims he was running a slaughter operation were false. However, after repeatedly saying that no slaughtering occurs on his property, he later confirmed that he does slaughter birds for his family’s personal use.
Bhuyian denies selling or distributing the meat and rejects allegations that he operates a commercial or illegal slaughter enterprise. Both provincial and municipal authorities have deemed that his Bowmanville “hobby farm” was not operating as an illegal abattoir. Keep Reading
Conservative MP blasts Liberal plan to sue Canadians over “misinformation”
Civil liberties critic Roman Baber is blasting the Liberal government over a proposal that could see Canadians hit with lawsuits for allegedly spreading “misinformation,” calling it a direct threat to free expression.
“I understand that the Memo is not clear on legal strategies that may be implemented against Canadians who are alleged to spread misleading information,” Baber writes in a letter dated Jul. 9. Keep Reading
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WATCH: Peter MacKay warns against Carney’s massive defence spending
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Ontario government censored COVID billboard, violated Charter: court
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So that is the reason for the free park passes!! What a bunch of fools! Now the govt opened up these parks to everyone that has no respect for the parks beauty! There is garbage, too many people, restrictions on where to go... Again, fools from Ottawa making decisions they have no idea about! Back in the day, Banff Celebrated"pow wow days". Was fun time for everyone! So tired of everything being blamed on white people and natives were victims from the start! Our children are taught this everywhere they go, even to taxpayer funded national parks! That has to be healthy for our children!!?? Ottawa-backoff and just let the children have fun! Put a group of5yr olds in a room, of any race, and just let them play!
opening up “historical” wrongs the parks, governments and railways involved in keeping prisoners in wartime- Canadian citizens- Ukrainian etc in as prisons of wartime in the parks building their log fortresses and their facilities - better start paying their families for those wrongs and unjustifiable deaths