Great article - Lindsay/Juno; I feel for this poor lady, she said nothing but facts. It was not emotional, her post was stated in a non-offensive way. Let me say the offensive side that wasn't in her post - why are the Natives who received millions and millions of dollars to exhume bodies not spending it on that? Why is it spent on 'consultants' and 'grief coucilling'? There is nothing to grieve on this topic of graves that are completely unproven. This whole thing is a scam - pure and simple, it is being used to steal money to line the pockets of chiefs and the 'elites' of the tribes. No bodies = these aren't graves.
If you tell a lie often enough and loud enough it will be believed. The natives have learned well from the Liberals. The ones that suffer are the Canadian taxpayers, again.
We should demand an apology from the first nations regarding their false claim of mass graves at residential schools - these claims are false and we can't have "truth or reconciliation" until the first nations step up and publish an apology for their falsehoods. Ms. Shepherd should not have been fired - the first nations should be called out and the $40billion from Trudeau returned.
Yes Canadians/Taxpayers should insist on at least One Call to Action from indigenous, an apology for the unearthed bodies scam perpetrated to feed White Guilt (baseless as it is) and extract more dollars and concessions.
The fact is NO BODIES HAVE BEE FOUND. How is this "racist?" It's baffling to me that NO ONE seems to be asking for PROOF of said bodies. It's because there is none & its being used to promote a racism that doesn't exist. Human Rights Tribunals have been corrupted as well. The fact that Canadians are either too apathetic or too lazy to question crap that is disseminated as truths is worrisome & our country is at risk because free speech isn't allowed anymore - just propaganda that the mainstream media & government spews! It's disgusting!!
Good riddance..I heard CBC is looking for gullible, manipulative cowards to spread their hate and lies..Gotta feeling you're looking for a job pretty quick..and you'll be a great fit..
..OH...I have 2 bro-in-laws..one Mohawk and one Ojibwa who, during the first weeks of the Res. School report going public, said it was bullshit..started by Justin..to cause division and chaos..something Trudeau proved when he announced a National Truth and Reconciliation Day (paid ONLY for Gov't "workers" ) then F$#Ked off to Tofino....and that same Gov't cancelled supporting the "search" for and recovery of the remains...THEN paid billions of OUR tax $$$ (about $300,000 EACH) to reconcile (bribe) the qualifying Natives across Canada. Those same Natives who were furious when Justine pulled the plug on the recovery now have the funds to pool and contribute to recover those bodies..I'm sure they'll keep us updated on their efforts..
We need to hear from more natives like your bro-in-laws. There have to be some out there with the courage to put pressure on the Chiefs to prove these horrendous claims. Canadians REALLY want to know!
It is no surprise that all this stonewalling dressed up in "truth and reconciliation" rhetoric is causing resentment and suspicion. Where is all the money which was allocated for investigation? And why is there NO investigation yet??
..because many of the Native councils have been corrupted..for decades..WE don't hear about it much in MSM...and nobody's gonna bother with an investigation..on themselves..
Thank you for kicking the door open Lindsay/Juno News.
John Rustad poisoned the well when he welcomed BC United members into the BC Conservative Party. Many true conservatives questioned the decision then. It was a very poor choice.
It is time for a new leader with realistic expectations on power. Better to be a strong voice for conservatism than a pale blue liberal.
Originally, I glossed over the news that Ms. Shepherd had done 'something wrong.' Now I find that Mr Rustad had caved over 'pressure' from two skittery politicians. For shame! Ms. Shepherd should receive back pay, reinstatement and an official apology.
"Residential school denial is a terrible, racist sickness that is given public expression with impunity in this province and in this country." Stewart Phillip Chief
This is how he set you up. You were NOT denying that there were Residential Schools in Canada. You were saying it is ridiculous to have an Orange Shirt/Flag Day in remembrance of a story that was likely invented and never PROVED…that unmarked graves were found at a Kamloops school. I am so SICK of this story and agree 100% that historical invention should not be promoted nor celebrated. How much more of indigenous history is invented? That is the question stories like this, unless proven, promote.
Thank you for the article Lindsay. I personally have to say I have no problem with your “Statement” or anything in your article. The biggest shock is you were fired by the leader of the party that should know better and should also be shouting your message from the mountain tops. Facts fortunately always matter but the madness of non factual information has to stop.
It appears that the B.C. Cons. party is slowly unravelling. Rustad's heavy handed approach in managing his party's caucus is going to give the public the appearance that they are not ready or fit to govern. His inability to unite the various factions and to show the strength of conviction in addressing public issues demonstrates his inability to show leadership, take a stand and show your caucus you are resolute in your convictions. Now it is all about him and not the concerns of those who elected him, too bad, just handing more ammo to the N.D.P. and alienating his base.
Lindsay Shepherd is paying a steep price for telling the truth. She joins truth tellers, like Frances Widdowson, Jim McMurtry, Dallas Brodie and Jim Heller on what is a growing list. Here’s what should happen: Canadians should insist that the ground penetrating radar work at Kamloops be repeated by the RCMP with a competent operator and the plans of the 1924 sewage trenches that the original operator almost certainly detected. No soil needs to be disturbed.
I did not know about the sewage trenches. I knew about the scam it was turned into. How awful that some Indians conspired to turn sewage trenches into fictional 'Mass Graves" in a massive Liberal-run psy op against Canada - for money and power. Why has no one been charged for these criminal offences? Why were Barber and Lich tormented for two years instead? What kind of country has this become?
And what an unpardonable insult to the Indians (from "Indigenes" (eng. Indigenous Peoples).
I see little wrong with the old convention. For the unignorant, ‘Indian’ is just an anglification of ‘Indigenes’. In other words it just means Indigenous people.
That is what I mean by it and rather than being a slave to fashion, by believing that cosmetics and mandated speech ever do any good, I will just wait for the rest of us to come around and start ‘calling a spade a spade again’ and not a triangular excavating instrument.
I fervently await the general reclamation of a perfectly good word, seconded to sinister ends by small group of noisy self-proclaimed activists (a minority within a minorty) - “gay”.
The Indians were never asked, by the totally corrupt tribal Agency system, founded by ostensibly well-meaning hypocrites such as yourself, what they wish to be called and why.
I refer to the supposedly “native-run” system, funded by the Laurentian Elites and the G of C, providing them with bullshit, like the discovery - through ‘ground radar’ - of mass graves, which end up proving to be an abandoned sewage treatment bed - instead of clean drinking water.
You and your maliciously, pretend pre-conscious, type are offensive to me.
I am going to not listen to you any longer which is exactly how such things should be handled in a civilizational society and not by denunciation, snitching and performative, weak outrage.
Great article - Lindsay/Juno; I feel for this poor lady, she said nothing but facts. It was not emotional, her post was stated in a non-offensive way. Let me say the offensive side that wasn't in her post - why are the Natives who received millions and millions of dollars to exhume bodies not spending it on that? Why is it spent on 'consultants' and 'grief coucilling'? There is nothing to grieve on this topic of graves that are completely unproven. This whole thing is a scam - pure and simple, it is being used to steal money to line the pockets of chiefs and the 'elites' of the tribes. No bodies = these aren't graves.
I am with you,we’re is the truth and Rustad is wrong,he should resign if he does not believe in the truth,he just his party in the gut,not the toe.
I do agree with her. This is what Canada has come to a lot of untruths being told across the country, mostly by MSM
If you tell a lie often enough and loud enough it will be believed. The natives have learned well from the Liberals. The ones that suffer are the Canadian taxpayers, again.
We should demand an apology from the first nations regarding their false claim of mass graves at residential schools - these claims are false and we can't have "truth or reconciliation" until the first nations step up and publish an apology for their falsehoods. Ms. Shepherd should not have been fired - the first nations should be called out and the $40billion from Trudeau returned.
Yes Canadians/Taxpayers should insist on at least One Call to Action from indigenous, an apology for the unearthed bodies scam perpetrated to feed White Guilt (baseless as it is) and extract more dollars and concessions.
Same with Traitor Doug Ford, Tim Houston, all ' Conservatives' but act like liberals!
..waiting patiently...
The BC Conservatives seemed like a breath of fresh air up to the last election. But now the mask is off. Scratch a Rustad, and you find an Eby.
Twin dickheads???
The fact is NO BODIES HAVE BEE FOUND. How is this "racist?" It's baffling to me that NO ONE seems to be asking for PROOF of said bodies. It's because there is none & its being used to promote a racism that doesn't exist. Human Rights Tribunals have been corrupted as well. The fact that Canadians are either too apathetic or too lazy to question crap that is disseminated as truths is worrisome & our country is at risk because free speech isn't allowed anymore - just propaganda that the mainstream media & government spews! It's disgusting!!
Boy did Rustad fuck up. Loosing someone like Lindsey will be his final undoing as Conservative leader.
Rusted a Liberal in Sheep’s clothing
Good riddance..I heard CBC is looking for gullible, manipulative cowards to spread their hate and lies..Gotta feeling you're looking for a job pretty quick..and you'll be a great fit..
..OH...I have 2 bro-in-laws..one Mohawk and one Ojibwa who, during the first weeks of the Res. School report going public, said it was bullshit..started by Justin..to cause division and chaos..something Trudeau proved when he announced a National Truth and Reconciliation Day (paid ONLY for Gov't "workers" ) then F$#Ked off to Tofino....and that same Gov't cancelled supporting the "search" for and recovery of the remains...THEN paid billions of OUR tax $$$ (about $300,000 EACH) to reconcile (bribe) the qualifying Natives across Canada. Those same Natives who were furious when Justine pulled the plug on the recovery now have the funds to pool and contribute to recover those bodies..I'm sure they'll keep us updated on their efforts..
We need to hear from more natives like your bro-in-laws. There have to be some out there with the courage to put pressure on the Chiefs to prove these horrendous claims. Canadians REALLY want to know!
It is no surprise that all this stonewalling dressed up in "truth and reconciliation" rhetoric is causing resentment and suspicion. Where is all the money which was allocated for investigation? And why is there NO investigation yet??
..because many of the Native councils have been corrupted..for decades..WE don't hear about it much in MSM...and nobody's gonna bother with an investigation..on themselves..
Thank you for kicking the door open Lindsay/Juno News.
John Rustad poisoned the well when he welcomed BC United members into the BC Conservative Party. Many true conservatives questioned the decision then. It was a very poor choice.
It is time for a new leader with realistic expectations on power. Better to be a strong voice for conservatism than a pale blue liberal.
Would you consider the One BC Party to take the helm for conservatives in BC?
Originally, I glossed over the news that Ms. Shepherd had done 'something wrong.' Now I find that Mr Rustad had caved over 'pressure' from two skittery politicians. For shame! Ms. Shepherd should receive back pay, reinstatement and an official apology.
"Residential school denial is a terrible, racist sickness that is given public expression with impunity in this province and in this country." Stewart Phillip Chief
This is how he set you up. You were NOT denying that there were Residential Schools in Canada. You were saying it is ridiculous to have an Orange Shirt/Flag Day in remembrance of a story that was likely invented and never PROVED…that unmarked graves were found at a Kamloops school. I am so SICK of this story and agree 100% that historical invention should not be promoted nor celebrated. How much more of indigenous history is invented? That is the question stories like this, unless proven, promote.
Thank you for the article Lindsay. I personally have to say I have no problem with your “Statement” or anything in your article. The biggest shock is you were fired by the leader of the party that should know better and should also be shouting your message from the mountain tops. Facts fortunately always matter but the madness of non factual information has to stop.
This country is so F******’d.
It appears that the B.C. Cons. party is slowly unravelling. Rustad's heavy handed approach in managing his party's caucus is going to give the public the appearance that they are not ready or fit to govern. His inability to unite the various factions and to show the strength of conviction in addressing public issues demonstrates his inability to show leadership, take a stand and show your caucus you are resolute in your convictions. Now it is all about him and not the concerns of those who elected him, too bad, just handing more ammo to the N.D.P. and alienating his base.
Lindsay Shepherd is paying a steep price for telling the truth. She joins truth tellers, like Frances Widdowson, Jim McMurtry, Dallas Brodie and Jim Heller on what is a growing list. Here’s what should happen: Canadians should insist that the ground penetrating radar work at Kamloops be repeated by the RCMP with a competent operator and the plans of the 1924 sewage trenches that the original operator almost certainly detected. No soil needs to be disturbed.
I did not know about the sewage trenches. I knew about the scam it was turned into. How awful that some Indians conspired to turn sewage trenches into fictional 'Mass Graves" in a massive Liberal-run psy op against Canada - for money and power. Why has no one been charged for these criminal offences? Why were Barber and Lich tormented for two years instead? What kind of country has this become?
And what an unpardonable insult to the Indians (from "Indigenes" (eng. Indigenous Peoples).
I see little wrong with the old convention. For the unignorant, ‘Indian’ is just an anglification of ‘Indigenes’. In other words it just means Indigenous people.
That is what I mean by it and rather than being a slave to fashion, by believing that cosmetics and mandated speech ever do any good, I will just wait for the rest of us to come around and start ‘calling a spade a spade again’ and not a triangular excavating instrument.
I fervently await the general reclamation of a perfectly good word, seconded to sinister ends by small group of noisy self-proclaimed activists (a minority within a minorty) - “gay”.
The Indians were never asked, by the totally corrupt tribal Agency system, founded by ostensibly well-meaning hypocrites such as yourself, what they wish to be called and why.
I refer to the supposedly “native-run” system, funded by the Laurentian Elites and the G of C, providing them with bullshit, like the discovery - through ‘ground radar’ - of mass graves, which end up proving to be an abandoned sewage treatment bed - instead of clean drinking water.
You and your maliciously, pretend pre-conscious, type are offensive to me.
I am going to not listen to you any longer which is exactly how such things should be handled in a civilizational society and not by denunciation, snitching and performative, weak outrage.
So, you are not American?
There are NO graves! The BS some people believe is unbelievable
Sorry for your demise. Welcome to the ranks of the fired without (true) just cause.