What this response from a UCP MLA reveals is the terror on the right if the public actually figures out that this is the system UCP is in the process of recreating in Alberta.
https://twitter.com/cjmelenchuk/status/1409592337341186050
The “govt in power” ranged from colonial governance for British aristocracy and crown to Canadian Conservatives and Liberals of a former era.
Pierre Trudeau liberals began the process of removing IRS from faith institution’s control, and ultimately the closure of most schools.
Pierre Trudeau liberals began the process of removing IRS from faith institution’s control, and ultimately the closure of most schools.
This was completed in 1997. But the vast majority were closed in the 1970’s under P. Trudeau Liberal government.
Remember, conservatives held federal power from 1984 to 1993. It’s unsurprising few IRS were closed during the Mulroney era.
Remember, conservatives held federal power from 1984 to 1993. It’s unsurprising few IRS were closed during the Mulroney era.
Chrétien, the man who wrote the white paper in 1969, closed the last Residential School in 1997.
What the public hasn’t quite connected the dots to reveal is the belief system underlying the rationalization of residential schools and an assimilation policy is inherently conservative in nature.
Both Christianity as a faith and conservatism as the political protector of Christianity’s continued dominance in Canadian politics, adhere to a very rigid and longstanding patriarchal hierarchy and social order established centuries ago.
Both faith leaders and conservative politicians (& some progressive faith leaders) are dancing very carefully around this issue.
It was the churches and monarchies who declared terra nullius valid and indigenous people of the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia as savages.
It was the churches and monarchies who declared terra nullius valid and indigenous people of the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia as savages.
This was done after the same leadership had erased the cultures, beliefs and values of indigenous Europeans.
The church and monarchies have been doing this for centuries in an effort to evangelize, subordinate and profit from their annexation of land and it’s resources.
The church and monarchies have been doing this for centuries in an effort to evangelize, subordinate and profit from their annexation of land and it’s resources.
This is the conservative institutional power base.
Christianity has become so bastardized from its original incarnation, there is hardly anything recognizable that began a social movement in the first century of the common era.
Christianity has become so bastardized from its original incarnation, there is hardly anything recognizable that began a social movement in the first century of the common era.
We can’t even blame Ancient Romans or Ancient Greeks that also created large empires of annexed land to expand their tax base.
Certainly they altered societies. But not to this degree.
Certainly they altered societies. But not to this degree.
Christianity’s sole purpose has been to expand its land holdings, enrich itself and subjugate entire populations with dogmatic efficiency in a quid pro quo relationship with monarchies and various other forms of governance institutions to stabilize the “Natural Order.”
It’s liberalism, humanism and secularism that has challenged that 1600 year old monopoly on power & threatens to topple the hierarchy for decades.
Which is precisely what UCP & other Canadian conservatives rail on about daily.
Which is precisely what UCP & other Canadian conservatives rail on about daily.
How many times has Kenney and other UCP MLAs devalued opposition opinion, demoralized publicly funded support services, labelled dissent as treason, supported far right domination in the political realm?
One look at the new curriculum confirms UCP seeks to indoctrinate the next generation in far right ideology, beliefs, values and rejection of BIPOC, LGBTQ & feminist egalitarian beliefs.
That’s the gaslighting game that’s been played on the electorate & public in general in Alberta since 1935. Social Credit is a Christian centre right conservative interpretation of socialism.
Unable to create their own currency policy, Social Credit abandoned their election promises & implemented regressive policies that maintained the religious and social order. For 36 years. Lougheed made some progressive changes, but never moved beyond the accepted social order.
When Lougheed retired, the buried Social Credit operatives came out of the woodwork to halt progressive policy and return to regressive conservative stagnation and social order.
The same religious and political partnership decided to go federal and prevent any progress from ever happening again in Alberta. Reform, Canadian Alliance, and Conservative Party of Canada are all spawned from Social Credit of Aberhart and Manning religious conservatism.
The same political partnership that spawned the Alberta Eugenics Program, had the most Residential Schools of any province, opposed national healthcare and the transfer of responsibility for social safety nets to non religious government institutions.
Conservatives and Christian religious institutions are terrified that the public will figure this out.
But overall, the public is quite capable to add 2+2 together.
Especially when an indigenous researcher spent 5 years preparing for this moment with documentation galore.
But overall, the public is quite capable to add 2+2 together.
Especially when an indigenous researcher spent 5 years preparing for this moment with documentation galore.
Aligning all the dots in a row and describing the intent in easy to consume threads published for the past 4 years. Most available here.
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As if this needs proof. But I can supply it anyway.
It has become dangerous to dissent UCP policy.
It has become dangerous to dissent UCP policy.
https://twitter.com/hollyhoye/status/1409524510802399235
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