Thread by @StephenPunwasi

Cover of the newspaper? How the dairy cartel is hard struck.

Nova Scotia yesterday? First Nations fishery was ransacked, because the lobster industry doesn't want "competition."

🇨🇦 seems less racist than 🇺🇸 because Canadians just ignore it.

#cdnpoli

aptnnews.ca/national-news/…

2/ Okay, white people are filling my inbox with why First Nations are "wrong."

First, that doesn't justify intimidation used by fisherman. They ransacked their building, torched their van, then 200 fisherman engaged in intimidation with the RCMP watching.
thestar.com/news/canada/20…

3/ Second, the claims of "over fishing" are incorrect. The government has said the stocks are fine. They're using the term to falsely appeal to environmentalists.

What they're actually referencing though is the collapse of prices from increased competition. They left this out...

4/ Lobster is a luxury food, in the middle of a global recession with restaurants closed. Demand evaporated.

The US and China are ordering about 10% of what they used to. This leaves a massive oversupply by collapse of demand. The US is now domestically oversupplied.

5/ Fishermen are blaming the collapse of a market product on a single fishery operation.

Third, yes. This is racism. If a group is intimidated out of market participation because of race, it is racist.

If you're not a settler or benefiting their operation, you're locked out.

6/ If you want to participate by the rules of capitalism, you need to be prepared for it to swing back. You can't use your pre-determined position in society to lock out other players.

Also, screw the dairy cartel.