Re: what happened today w/ the PM and Chief Rosanne Casimir. Does the chief feel her people would do better with a CPC government? Because objectively, they would not. I'm really not sure what the game is here. Perfection is rare in any situation, but kicking the best thing 1/12
That has come along in 200 years suggests reconciliation really isn't the goal. Sorry, I'm just a settler. But I don't get what is going on here. We all have to sometimes take the best, not the ultimate perfect option, as we go through life. 2/12
It's not just Th'emlups te Secwepemc. It's JWR, it's other band councils across Canada. It's Cindy Blackstock, as much as I admire her work for Indigenous children. I do not understand why some Indigenous people & groups seem to be trying to undermine the current government. 3/12
118 long-term boil water advisories lifted. Significant work towards reconciliation. MMIWG Inquiry. What did the CPC do for Indigenous people? They want to carve an energy corridor through Canada and screw any territorial rights. 4/12
OK, I get that some Indigenous people don't acknowledge Canada and feel they are somehow in a perpetual war with the current situation. Fair enough. It's very complicated. But if leaders are actually concerned about the lives of their people, shouldn't they not try to topple 5/12
The only government that has actually done anything useful towards that goal? If the CPC get in, there will be no more water advisory work. There will be land-owner rights legislation that will make it legal to shoot to kill anyone trespassing, 6/12
Look at the way conservatives rallied around Gerald Stanley, and gave money for his defence fund. The conservatives are not friends or allies of Indigenous people. 7/12
I know it is not the responsibility of Indigenous People to educate me. I know I am way out of my depth here. But I find it freakin' weird how some Indigenous people seem to hate PMJT even more than PMSH, or the old stock Canadian tribe represented by the CPC. 8/12
It just doesn't make any sense to me. There isn't any perfect political leader about to emerge who will make everyone happy. It just never works that way. But we have a government now that is actually trying. They are not perfect. Absolutely, there are shortfalls. 9/12
But, given the alternatives, wouldn't it be better to pressure the government to do better than to try to undermine them? We all can see how the Canadian media are running with this story. It is a gift to the CPC. Why? Why give them this? I just don't get it. 10/12
And, perhaps, that is because I am a stupid settler. I can't see any advantage to people to give the most racist party going more ammunition. I really would like to understand. 11/12
@FNstrongvoice @sunnshiiny and others, can you enlighten me? What political agenda is served here? What are the goals? Again, I know it is not your job to educate us, but we are in the dark here. 12/12

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