Brad Sallows
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There is no relationship more important to the Government of Canada than the one with Indigenous Peoples.
Good to know where everyone stands.
There is no relationship more important to the Government of Canada than the one with Indigenous Peoples.
Constitutionally speaking, that's true, but if Indigenous reserve members are also considered citizens of each province*, there's a certain level of responsibility there to serve provincial citizens, too. There's approximately a range of responses from "happy to offer help & support with the local government's consent" all the way to "reserve land = fed land = zero provincial responsibility - talk to Ottawa", with various positions in between.Tricky, given that, constitutionally, indigenous affairs are strictly federal. It makes the overlap with provincial heads of power (eg, natural resources) trickier. Top-down federalism on indigenous issues would be hard to slide out from under in the best of circumstances.
It would be super interesting if he were to throw his name in the hat for leader of the BC Liberals….
This guy brings up a good perspective and a good argument. That's the sort of thing and ideas that should be capitalised on.
I’ve never heard of him until now. Is he someone that’s well known there?It would be super interesting if he were to throw his name in the hat for leader of the BC Liberals….
He has been slowly building a name for himself. I think he is actually the real deal and if took the leadership of the BC Liberals, he could conceivably run the table on both the NDP and the Greens.I’ve never heard of him until now. Is he someone that’s well known there?
A voice of reason and sense. He'll be railroaded by the others who feel he's a threat. Sorry about the dim view but I have zero faith in our system where good people are "witch hunted" and burnt at the stake (figuratively) to satisfy the ego of the fair haired boy.
This guy brings up a good perspective and a good argument. That's the sort of thing and ideas that should be capitalised on.
I think the appetite for common sense & reason is hungry enough that views like his will resonate with most.A voice of reason and sense. He'll be railroaded by the others who feel he's a threat. Sorry about the dim view but I have zero faith in our system where good people are "witch hunted" and burnt at the stake (figuratively) to satisfy the ego of the fair haired boy.
I’ve never heard of him until now. Is he someone that’s well known there?
So, if one was to replace “Church” with ”Mosque” in that article, how well would that play? How okay have people been with churches being burnt down in the southern US?Didn't take The Beaverton very long: "Catholic church asked to keep in mind the good arson has done"
Amen brother - yes I am being facetious.So, if one was to replace “Church” with ”Mosque” in that article, how well would that play? How okay have people been with churches being burnt down in the southern US?
Sure, the Catholic Church as an institution, is a big fat target right now, but if this behaviour is normalized, where does it end?
Arson is wrong. Period.
Sure, arson is wrong, but it's satirizing the proposition that when condemning residential schools, we should think of all the good things that they did, which is BS. If the residential schools were run by Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists or whatever and they had similarly acted oblivious to the damage it's caused I don't think people would feel too sorry if a few of their mosques or temples burned down either. But they weren't involved, so that's a bit of irrelevant whataboutism to deflect from the long running institutional failing of the Catholic Church. They've found over a 1000 graves now but I'm sure there are thousands more tiny broken skeletons buried in holes in the ground.So, if one was to replace “Church” with ”Mosque” in that article, how well would that play? How okay have people been with churches being burnt down in the southern US?
Sure, the Catholic Church as an institution, is a big fat target right now, but if this behaviour is normalized, where does it end?
Arson is wrong. Period.
So, if one was to replace “Church” with ”Mosque” in that article, how well would that play? How okay have people been with churches being burnt down in the southern US?
Sure, the Catholic Church as an institution, is a big fat target right now, but if this behaviour is normalized, where does it end?
Arson is wrong. Period.
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Ok. the rhetoric that has developed around this issue is becoming absurd. You state that "I'm sure there are thousands more tiny broken skeletons buried in holes in the ground.'Sure, arson is wrong, but it's satirizing the proposition that when condemning residential schools, we should think of all the good things that they did, which is BS. If the residential schools were run by Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists or whatever and they had similarly acted oblivious to the damage it's caused I don't think people would feel too sorry if a few of their mosques or temples burned down either. But they weren't involved, so that's a bit of irrelevant whataboutism to deflect from the long running institutional failing of the Catholic Church. They've found over a 1000 graves now but I'm sure there are thousands more tiny broken skeletons buried in holes in the ground.
This is the same organization that has yet to apologize or pay the fairly paltry $25M in damages they agreed to to compensate victims. Sure, it wasn't these individual churches but the anger against the organization didn't come out of nowhere. They are the biggest land owner in the world, have assets worth billions, and a fairly lucrative bank.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/critics-blast-catholic-church-1.6086030
Similarly, they are still protecting child molesters from prosecution. Must have missed the part of the bible were murder, violent sexual and physical abuse of children was totally cool once someone served their contrition and didn't need reported to legal authorities. The organization has yet to make any real public contrition or make real changes to bring any of these criminals to justice.
They've f*d around for a few millennia and are starting to find out. Probably lots of relevant bible quotes along the lines of 'reaping what you sow', and also 'protecting the children' that are worth pondering, and they lost any claim of being viable moral authorities long ago.
Plenty of practicing Catholics that do a lot of good in their communities, and really live the basic tenets of the Golden Rule, but doesn't change the fact that the institution is completely rotten. Plus, fun story, if you read the bible, Jesus was preaching against exactly the kind of golden temples with idols that is exactly what a lot of the big Cathedrals are, so it strayed from it's roots about 1700 years ago, which is around when Constantine decided it was easier to win the church over via bribery of the priesthood than fight the zealots.
Are you referring to unmarked graves? Or graveyards?Ok. the rhetoric that has developed around this issue is becoming absurd. You state that "I'm sure there are thousands more tiny broken skeletons buried in holes in the ground.'
There are millions of tiny broken skeletons buried in holes in the ground across North America and Europe and Africa. That was reality in the 19th and early 20th century. Disease was the number 1-5 killers of people in that period. Disassociate reality at that time, and political thinking now, and then post.
I'm referring to why people died.Are you referring to unmarked graves? Or graveyards?
Did the Canadian government or Catholic Church bury non-Indigenous bodies in unmarked graves?
Should we assume that all schoolyards from, say, before 1950 have bodies buried around them?
Yes, people die. No, not all graves are marked.I'm referring to why people died.
Did everyone get buried in a marked grave in the 19th century? Do those markers still exist?
Why would you assume that?