A while back (2019) I did a deep dive about Jody Wilson Raybould.
I found a lot. So many people believe she is an ethical indigenous woman.
She is indigenous and she is a woman, but she’s as crooked and corrupt as they come. And it breaks my heart to reveal that.
I wouldn’t want people getting the idea that all indigenous women are crooked and corrupt.
But it’s not just Jody. There are a few others with a hidden agenda that have captured the ears and hearts of many Canadians.
What’s ironic is none of them consider themselves Canadian.
Every indigenous person in Canada has their own reconciliation hopes and a backstory to make it necessary to reconcile. Jody and her faction of First Nations have every right to be angry, bitter, vengeful and full of contempt.
But operating with a hidden agenda is wrong.
I cannot support the FN hidden agenda. Because it denies my community full participation in reconciliation and UNDRIP.
And I’m not going to be silenced by threats or intimidation by calling me a colonizer or a “pretendian” which is a particularly harsh & disrespectful epithet.
I watched the events recorded in this mega thread in real time. I watched how it unfolded. Confused by the conflict, I thoroughly researched JWR and the SNC scandal.
I did not find a liberal scandal.
But I did find a very extensive CPC scandal that JWR actively sought to keep covered up.
Most people don’t remember past events. But when you assemble past events in one long 100+ tweet thread, it becomes quite simple to recognize the danger Canada is in.
With Cindy Blackstock and JWR re-emerging as key propagandists, protected by gender and ethnic identity as shields, during the 2021 federal election, to humiliate, assassinate character and make exceptionally deceptive partially true accusations, this thread is timely.
It’s long, but it’s worth your time if you commit to reading the attachments as well as the tweets.
If you’re serious about understanding indigenous issues, this will give you a broad overview and specific issues and how divided the 4 different indigenous communities are.
It’s a myth that all indigenous peoples in Canada share an affinity along with traditional beliefs.
They don’t.
Much of that is caused by the divisive and unequal treatment each community has received.
Historically the federal govt has treated each community differently.
Métis amd non status FN did not have Treaty Status until 2016. Yes you read that correctly. 2016 not 1916, 2016. Five years ago.
Until that point, Métis and non status FN were essentially ignored by the federal government and provincial governments. They were invisible.
That changed 5 years ago.
But, just like the CHRT correctly concluded that Children in FN CW were underfunded, so was everything else. Resources were scarce and racism high.
That 2016 decision to extend treaty status to Metis and non status FN has significantly expanded the indigenous population.
500K Métis and 250K non status. Almost doubling the indigenous population overnight.
It was not well received in some factions of the FN community.
Yes that means there are tensions. Conflict. Even more now than before because Liberals have made an extra 750K people party to reconciliation and UNDRIP reparations.
I’m being transparent about this. People with a hidden agenda are not transparent about their hidden agenda.
That hidden agenda includes the dismantling of Canadian constitution, including removal of the Indian Act, Treaty Rights, Human Rights and Freedoms and the judicial system.
It includes the return of land title and power to First Nations (excluding Métis and non status FN).
Individual First Nations would then be able to create their own laws, judicial system, administration and version of governance. Dividing the nation from one unified federation to 630 mini nations.
Generally when people hide their agenda, imposing a modern democracy is not high on the agenda.
And this radical faction of the FN community is no exception.
I don’t know what it would mean. But this is the Land Back movement.
I do not believe people with such venomous hatred are looking to create a welcoming nation for people who are not members of their FN.
Bear in mind, this is not every FN or every FN individual. And in the grand scheme of things it was indigenous land first.
But 37 million other people live here in Canada. The majority have roots here at least 30 years old. Rather than throw an entire nation into crisis, shouldn’t this be a public debate and joint decision?
Many don’t want it to be. Many are conducting the planning in silence.
I prefer a unified Canada. I don’t want to be anything other than Canadian.
There are too many inherent national security risks of annexation by adversarial entities who are promising relief from poverty and racism in exchange for guaranteed access to natural resources.
And a whole 2 continents who have made this deal with the devil with little to show for it but a few wealthy & corrupt indigenous people and a lot of war, suffering, violence and poverty for everyone else. (Africa & South America).
Anyway here is a long and interesting read about Canadian politics, known as the good guys, but actually kinda corrupt, petty, conspiratorial and as criminal as GOP.
No right exists to access crown land. And private land which abuts common/crown land must be protected from forest fires.
The forest is literally a tinderbox and every precaution must be taken. Individual rights don’t exist when the possibility of massive destruction is a risk.
The narratives being offered by libertarians, chaos agents, saboteurs, democratic subversion agents and “free-men-on-the-land” are designed to create doubt about the legality of the mandates and fines.
None of the rest of us are prepared to sacrifice the province.
Many Canadian’s lives and livelihoods are on the line. Trump has imposed additional tariffs to the 2.5% Canadian exporters would generally pay to avoid the costs of being CUSMA compliant. That’s no longer an option.
Changes in the environment require adaptation to preserve viability.
Canada is not forcing vendors and exporters to adopt one position over another. But the federal government has chosen to pivot and seek alternative markets rather than cow-tow to a maniacal wannabe dictator.
Exporters have options. Keep trading with US and become CUSMA compliant or find a new market.
Personally I believe doing both would be an easier transition for any vendor who is heavily reliant on US trade markets.
So I came across a post from this Postmedia journalist and had to use it in a lesson about propaganda.
It’s so blatant, and will make comprehension of complex issues easier for those who find policy discussions boring or difficult to follow.
My new project is tying current issues to policy content so everyone can understand what behaviours, values and opportunities policies are attempting to change, influence or create.
Deconstructing this propaganda is helpful to learn how policy works.
FDR was judged harshly when he shut down banks immediately after being elected.
In fact most of the sentiments being expressed now are not new. Similar sentiments were echoed across the US and Canada against FDR and Hoover & R.J. Bennett and Mackenzie King.
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes and right now it’s rhyming.
Past fascists didn’t have modern technology, but they did have memes and political cartoons.
However, this incident does indicate PMMC may require the assistance of professional comms team to emphasize what he is saying. I’m not a professional comms expert, but I can read bureaucratic speak. And that’s what this post is; clear concise bureaucratic language.
PMMC probably believes it is difficult to misinterpret. But there is a major discrediting campaign being conducted against him. And I don’t believe he has much experience with this level of disinformation.
So he requires an experienced professional counter propagandist’s help.
As an unrecognized Métis indigenous person, it has been my burden to endure discrimination and oppression by the mainstream white community as well as First Nations.
This is a burden of which most Canadians remain ignorant. But I’m going to set that straight, now!
I’m Métis. I’m not white and I’m not First Nations. I’m something in between. Métis have their own culture. It is not exactly like First Nations and is made up of elements of both sides of our ancestors. Not just the FN side.
In Canada, it’s FN and the Inuit who have suffered the most oppression. Their way of life was targeted for elimination. But so too were the Métis. Just in different ways.
Inuit & FN were oppressed thru apartheid type communities that treated people like second class citizens.