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16 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
People in other provinces might not know, but the new curriculum recommendations from Kenney's hand-picked advisors indicate there will be no mention of residential schools before jr high, if then. This is not just O'Toole, this is official conservative policy. 1/4 #ResignOToole
Let's not forget Lynn Beyak, a Harper=appointed senator, who insisted residential schools were good for some kids. 2/4

cbc.ca/news/politics/…
Andrew Scheer must have been under intense pressure for him to excommunicate Beyak. He showed his own racist streak while leader of the CPC. 3/4
We should not be surprised. It goes back to Harper saying MMIWG wasn't on his radar, and going to have a photo op with pandas instead of meeting with First Nations youth who had walked all the way to Ottawa to see him. 4/4

theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/…

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17 Dec
Ahem. I have some things to say that may come as news to a lot of Canadians. Pay attention. There is a test. It's called "Life".
1. Canada is a sovereign nation. We are not part of the United States.
1/? #cdnpoli
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Stupid argument from US right-wingers who want to put down Jill Biden: "She shouldn't have Dr in front of her name because she's not a REAL doctor. She doesn't deliver babies or anything." Some history: the word "Doctor" is derived from the Latin verb "docere", which means 1/5
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There is a narrative, incorrect but not uncommon, that says a) First Nations came over the Bering Strait, therefore, have no claims on land, & b) residential schools weren't all that bad, therefore First Nations deserve no special treatment. It is greed speaking here. 1/10
It is a travesty that the treaty relationships were not taught in our schools. This has allowed the belief to grow that the government just gives First Nations people money and they are a drain on the system, and even that our taxes could be lower if we could just get them 2/10
Off reliance on the government. That isn't how it works. Treaties were made. Contracts signed. Effectively, we are paying rent for the use of the land (to put it in the most basic of terms). People who understand this try to undermine it by claiming First Nations are... 3/10
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This argument that "Alberta has fossil fuel gunk in the ground so we have to dig it up and ship it out" is weird. It's like saying you have to keep eating a cake even after you start to feel sick and are having regrets... Because there's still cake... 1/6
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Conservatives like to talk about "corruption". A lot. But do they mean the same thing most people mean by the word? I think many people would consider a political party doing something that does not benefit the people, but rewards their friends as corruption. 1/22
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Say, for example, a Minister of the Crown who passes legislation liable to directly benefit a family member or themself, to the detriment of the public good. That seems like corruption.
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Or a government that invents panels & advisory positions for friends & donors & arranges for these panels and advisors to return reports and recommendations that mirror what the governing party wants to do, but with the guise of "research" and "impartiality". Seems corrupt.
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In 1955, the US Supreme Court issued its second Brown v. Board of Education ruling. They called for dismantling of segregation in public schools, across the US, "with all deliberate speed". #cndpoli
Now, some people in Virginia, including the president of the University of Virginia, Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr, were appalled by this. They felt it seriously over-reached into "states' rights".
Any state, they felt, should be able to discriminate against any people they felt were inferior, because of race, religion, gender, or whatever damn thing they chose. They saw it as a deliberate attack on the cherished values and way of life of southern Americans.
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