This is such a shameful blight on Canada, particularly on Canada's government and media.
It has touched small communities across our nation (including my own) where the narrative has shifted between communities since the disinformation campaign began and (excepting a few individuals, some of who you mention/quote) continued essentially unchallenged for months.
Like Terry, I consider myself an ally to First Nations, who have been treated abysmally since colonial times. This travesty is just the latest example of the blatant disrespect the powerful in Canada have for First Nations peoples - to use them as a political prop and manipulate their genuine internalized trauma over their heritage and interactions with those outside their historical culture.
Please continue to shine a light on this mess. It's awful, but more people need to see it.
I wish first nation leaders would stop letting politicians used them when it suits them. It's shameful that all of this had done nothing got reconciliation but make it impossible.
There remain many around the table truly committed to achieving reconciliation but there are certainly those whose interests lie in wrecking reconciliation.
One more oiled slide in the pathetic decline of Canada. Journalism, our "democratic" institutions, our wanting concept of government, particularly when it is headed up by a "17" year old. Pick your poison...this country is a sneeze away from being reduced to a garbage heap.
It's always a blight on any excellent story when the author includes his own adherence to another false narrative in a story about a false narrative: "....... George Floyd killed by a brutish cop kneeling on his neck....."
Good luck with any type of self reflection o the part of Canada's MSM. They have all entered an unholy alliance with the powers that be. Not only do they get federal subsidies; they demand them and claim these payments are necessary. The CBC is the worst offender, but CTV, the Globe and the Toronto Star aren't far behind. IMHO, they have reached the conclusion that they are no longer the purveyors of news; they are in the business of proselytizing on behalf of what they think Canadians should be thinking.
Agree, I believe they truly feel that their role is to tell what they consider the lesser educated icky Blue Collar Christian and conservative people how to think about the issues of the day. Fuckwits all of them. It's got so bad I cannot even listen to 2 seconds of CBC, TV or radio. I have to shut it off if I'm in the car, it's ridiculous.
I have cousins by marriage who are Natives. We always got along as family and Canadians. Different story now of course. I now have no time for any person who plays a race or gender card. Sick and tired of the lies.
This is such a shameful blight on Canada, particularly on Canada's government and media.
It has touched small communities across our nation (including my own) where the narrative has shifted between communities since the disinformation campaign began and (excepting a few individuals, some of who you mention/quote) continued essentially unchallenged for months.
Like Terry, I consider myself an ally to First Nations, who have been treated abysmally since colonial times. This travesty is just the latest example of the blatant disrespect the powerful in Canada have for First Nations peoples - to use them as a political prop and manipulate their genuine internalized trauma over their heritage and interactions with those outside their historical culture.
Please continue to shine a light on this mess. It's awful, but more people need to see it.
I wish first nation leaders would stop letting politicians used them when it suits them. It's shameful that all of this had done nothing got reconciliation but make it impossible.
There remain many around the table truly committed to achieving reconciliation but there are certainly those whose interests lie in wrecking reconciliation.
You’ve nailed it.
One more oiled slide in the pathetic decline of Canada. Journalism, our "democratic" institutions, our wanting concept of government, particularly when it is headed up by a "17" year old. Pick your poison...this country is a sneeze away from being reduced to a garbage heap.
Unfortunately too much of the media nowadays have abandoned searching for facts and the truth in stories and are instead pushing an ideology.
Thank you Terry Glavin for being the exception, and Peter Stockland for giving him the opportunity to speak about it.
It's always a blight on any excellent story when the author includes his own adherence to another false narrative in a story about a false narrative: "....... George Floyd killed by a brutish cop kneeling on his neck....."
You are absolutely right. That editorializing was completely unnecessary. Thanks for the reminder.
What I don’t understand is that MSM still doesn’t get it. They think they have their excrement together. Why do they smell ALL the time.
A sniff of sarcasm there?
Perhaps a bit
‘The biggest setback, he says, was to the cause of reconciliation.’
Absolutely.
Good luck with any type of self reflection o the part of Canada's MSM. They have all entered an unholy alliance with the powers that be. Not only do they get federal subsidies; they demand them and claim these payments are necessary. The CBC is the worst offender, but CTV, the Globe and the Toronto Star aren't far behind. IMHO, they have reached the conclusion that they are no longer the purveyors of news; they are in the business of proselytizing on behalf of what they think Canadians should be thinking.
Agree, I believe they truly feel that their role is to tell what they consider the lesser educated icky Blue Collar Christian and conservative people how to think about the issues of the day. Fuckwits all of them. It's got so bad I cannot even listen to 2 seconds of CBC, TV or radio. I have to shut it off if I'm in the car, it's ridiculous.
I have cousins by marriage who are Natives. We always got along as family and Canadians. Different story now of course. I now have no time for any person who plays a race or gender card. Sick and tired of the lies.