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Who exactly changed everything around? More “settlers” are coming than ever before, as many as 600,000 this year. Life on the successful reserves looks much like life off the reserve. We need to stop pretending that there are these purist people living a thousands-year-old lifestyle. It’s a myth. Integration to a life with better outcomes was inevitable, except perhaps in the far north and remote locations. It’s often the reserves in the remote locations that have the most deplorable conditions. Indigenous want them modernized with water purification systems and all the conveniences. Who wouldn’t? But there’s nothing pre-contact about that. And who is paying for and building these modern systems? It’s like saying I’d like to be taken care of like a child yet also have the freedom of an adult. A good parent says, when you can work and pay for things yourself, you can have all the freedom you want. Self-determination means self-reliance. As long as Indigenous don’t have to pay towards their own care through taxation, they will continue to be seen as and feel like dependents. The old ways disappeared a long time ago. What are we propping up here? The racist Indian Act? Special privileges based on ethnicity? If it was up to me I’d allow and encourage private ownership of reserve land and I’d phase out status cards and the special privileges, because they’ve only incentivized dependence and staying on mostly unsustainable reserves. I’d at least grandfather the privileges and give bands the option to privatize reserves. But I’m not stupid enough to believe that this wouldn’t be held against our government as yet a further example of colonialism, so instead we have to drag this out until the Indigenous themselves change their situation. Of course there’s a small minority of Indigenous, especially at the chief level, who benefit from the current arrangement and want to keep it. Language and culture can be protected quite easily without the Indian Act. I just can’t help but see the whole current system as an ineffectual money pit, which is why I’d cap funding rises for Indigenous Affairs at the level of inflation and write it off because it’s a counterproductive system. It’s like a controlled hemorrhage that won’t heal. More examples of “colonialism” will be cited and more handouts will be asked and it will never be enough. It’s a broken cycle of dependence. We can no longer blame Canada for a system that Indigenous are free to change. Nor can we blame the current population of Canadians, most of whom are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants who arrived within the last century, long after the Indian Act was established. Canadians alive today didn’t build this system and want it gone.

The world is in a state of transition. Some systems and policies are stale, because it takes time for governments to go through these changes and adapt. Those in power don't like change, because they are gaining based on the system we have now. They are put into power, through financial incentives, by companies and organizations that hold a large piece of the pie, and who want to milk the system as much as they could. There are many variables involved in how we function. There are negatives and positives. It's important to note that we are, in many ways, better off now than we were in the past, when you take into consideration education, poverty and life expectancy. This doesn't mean that we should not note the negatives and try to improve. Immigration too has its positives and negatives. Canada's immigration system, for the most part, focuses on the highly educated and financially well off applicants. At the end, they will bring skills and $, that will be injected into the economy. Baby boomers are retiring and there are emerging markets, mostly in tech, that need to be responded to. We don't have the workforce to respond to that. We could create insentives to try to have more children in Canada. But that's not going to work. Ask the Japanese. At the end, I think we will end up abandoning the old working system, and materialism. We will finally see that 9-5, 5 days a week of work is not normal anymore. That it's no longer needed. We have enough resources and wealth, and technology (like A.I. and blockchain) is finally at a stage where we can get out of the stale, inefficient system.

I don't know anyone who is "fed up with natives", and I live in rural Ontario. I live very close to the Tyendinaga reserve. These people aren't living in filth and squalor. In fact they are doing quite well. I for one am a bit envious when I drive through their town and see the well kept houses and land, multiple cars, boats and quads they own. To be honest, I think they're living better than most people and have the best of both worlds, quiet rural living with quick access to a nearby small city for resources. But I do know many people who are fed up with the government and media narrative on this. Watch the TV news and they come out like this is a total shock, look we found children's graves. Older folks know, it was already known a long time ago that these deaths occurred and there are grave sites at many if not all residential schools. Young folks do not know. It angers me to hear the media go on like this, as though they intend to inflame the anger in our youth towards Canada. Our youth don't know the history of Canada very well and they are hearing about this, and asking, wtf are we. That's how to subvert a society, by fomenting dissent from within through ahistorical narratives. In other words, lies. It's not a lie that the kids died. It's a lie that they all died of abuse and that this was not known. Now ask yourself who would want to subvert Canadian society, why, and how.

Today is the birth of the best country in the world. We have every reason to celebrate it even in the privacy of our homes if we wish not to risk going out or take part in parties and gatherings. We are coming out of this long pandemic, the economic outlook is much brighter and we look forward to many happy days ahead as we live in the best country in the world where people are judged by the majority based on the size of their hearts and minds rather than the color of their skin or national origin. The country where all citizens are equal before the law and individual freedoms are respected. The country where women are equal and respected by a majority and we can live in the safety of our homes not fearing the security or intelligence agents busting in and arresting innocent people because they don't agree with the ruling government. A country which is prosperous and shares the prosperity with its citizens rather than 99% of the wealth to be in the hands of 1% ruling thieves and so called ruling elite. We have had some bumpy roads in our way in the past and no one claims perfection in Canada but lets work and hope for even better Canada and that the future would be much brighter for all of us. Happy birthday Canada.

Thanks to the promotion of homosexuality, white guilt, mixed race marriages, white abortions, massive third world immigration, the promotion of multiculturalism(white genocide)and diversity it is not hard to see that white people are out to commit white racial genocide. But ask most of them if they care/? They will probably shrug their shoulders and say so what who cares. They will probably then ask you if you are one of those white racists? White people are well on their way to committing white racial genocide against themselves and they appear to not really give a shit. So sad indeed. ?

White people today have become their own worse enemy. They appear to be out to destroy themselves and their race and culture. They believe all the lies that are spewed out by those lying leftist liberals and communists that white people have and always will be the problem. Funny though as to why so many non whites from around the world always seems to want to immigrate to those terrible white privileged countries around the world. White people are fast becoming a minority in their own white homelands and so many of them seem to be all for it. The writing is on the wall for all to see. The majority of white people have truly become a bunch of stupid white and brain dead buffoons and they will pay dearly for what they have sown and will soon reap by not fighting for their white homelands and white race. Once they become a minority they are pretty much dead. Just my opinion of course. ?

This is what will always happen when people continue to listen to the likes and liars of the communist globalist controlled United Nations and other globalist controlled world bodies. They all spread bull shit every day to keep the stupid gullible masses in a constant state of fear and panic. That is how this globalist cabal keeps people in their grasp. Always keep trying to scare the shit out of those many stupid gullible people out there. It works all the time. And this is what our dear lying pro globalist politicians and the lying and fake MSM keep doing all the time also. They constantly try to instill fear and panic into their citizen's stupid heads so as to keep total control of their lives. The world would be a far better place to live without those stupid gullible people around who will believe anything told to them by their lying politicians and the lying media and outfits like the UN. Tell those same stupid people that the sky is falling down over and over again and they will start to believe it. The world would be a much better place to live in today if those stupid people would only try to start to think for themselves rather than let those mentioned above think for them. Sadly, I cannot see that happening anytime soon. ?

You came from a communist country , do you really think that is part of their doctrine to show weakness to anyone..., how'd did that work out for Ukraine when Stalin was having all the food shipped to Russia...how is working for the Uyghurs right now.. For a man that claims he lived in a communist country you don't know much about how they operate. And why do you fear them so much ? so much that we have to hide our heads in the sand while they paddle our bums when ever they want..

I think all MP, MPP, and city councillor salaries should be cut by 30% below 1990 levels like greenhouse gases. Additionally, I think we should move to semi-annual digital referenda on internet for most policy. If a party puts forward an idea for a bill or policy, people can vote on it with the click of a button inexpensively from their computer terminal. Tired of the ribbon cutting, grandstanding, and virtue purity contests politicians play. Get them out of the way.

So sick of the Liberal BS ravaging this country. Nicely called out in this article: https://apple.news/A-rLqcShzQT2JqfJjME7jjg

You make a lot of good points and your last paragraph is a positive outlook on what could happen if we make the right social priorities: more leisure time and more control over work hours, more self-determination in general. Countries are experimenting with the four day work week and universal basic income. We’re realizing that the amount of time humans produce can be reduced without reducing the tax base or economic growth. Automation, A.I., and the digital economy bring more productivity for less human labour. On the population front, however, I’m less rosy. Pandemics, climate change, housing affordability, mass extinctions, restrictions on movement, and many other crises today are the result of the impact of humans on the planet. While the data shows that as people become more educated and urbanized they have smaller families, that doesn’t solve the problem of endlessly expanding urban areas, people living in close quarters in overly dense neighborhoods (vertical sprawl), or building continuously over farmland and countryside (urban sprawl). Our transportation infrastructure and environment are stretched. Cultural and other social tensions are heightened. It seems that our ability to manage influxes of up to 400,000 people a year, most of whom choose the same few cities to inhabit, isn’t up to the task. We’re often looking in the rearview mirror lamenting the lifestyle we’ve lost and worrying about the flood of problems to come. I simply don’t trust that our government has a bigger plan than to pay today’s bills with tomorrow’s new labour. Where is it going and how does it end? I think we either put more conditions on the immigration process, especially with regard to settlement (for example, incentives to live and work up north for a minimum period) or we need to scale down the number of immigrants. Our land and population can’t absorb the environmental and social change if people keep flooding the same crowded southern city-regions, especially if governments won’t invest in or set better policies around infrastructure, housing, and more liveable urban design. And yes, we have to make sure we’re not importing problem people who either oppose our rights and freedoms, bring criminal activity, or won’t contribute to the economy. Accepting refugees who are clearly fleeing a crisis through no fault of their own is reasonable on humanitarian grounds, but only if our population knows and has accepted the costs in advance, because if we’re not equipped with the shelters and other necessary supports, and we can’t even help those who are already here, we’re not helping anyone.

A lot of governments have been cutting taxes, and replacing the revenue with user fees.

Ontario license plate cost: 2011: $74 to $120, 2020. Over 60% in one not two decades. Why? And whose prosperity is rising here?

For arguments sake, please explain exactly what you mean by integrating to them? You might also explain why immigrants to Canada should have to subsume their individual identities in order to appease a small minority of the population.

Integrate with what? Copying a pre-contact Indigenous lifestyle is not something people would willingly do, including Indigenous. Also, there’d be no status card or Indigenous blood to allow non-Indigenous to live on the reserve, so I guess non-Indigenous would have to live off reserve and pay for their own land and services. Oh wait that already happens. If non-Indigenous got the same perks as Indigenous, such as not having to pay taxes, there’d be no money to pay for health, education, and infrastructure, including for Indigenous. No break from taxes or the work needed to pay them for non-Indigenous.

"But maybe it is not entirely their fault. If they do not have the knowledge or comprehension on how to deal with garbage, the problem lies with those who produced the items and sold the items to them." I find it very hard to believe that in 2021 the band council of such reserves don't have the knowledge necessary to deal with garbage. I agree that manufacturers should be more responsible for the goods they produce and the packaging especially. I do not agree that with you that they are the sole problem. Personal responsibility for one's own environment must also play a part. "The part of integrating the natives into Canada, I find amusing to say the least. In my view it should be the other way round." The Indigenous population represent less than 5% of the Canadian public which is a mosaic of many different ethnicities. The idea that the majority should be subsumed by the minority is totally unfeasible and thoroughly unreasonable.

I know that area, and you just have to look at the history to understand what happened. They were imported into Upper Canada with the Loyalists and lived beside us as we grew into a nation unlike the western tribes.

Well it becomes obvious mainstream media has greatly mis-represented the residential school graves report. It seems they were very quick to report and sensationalize the story without any background investigation or reporting. They reported on it repeatedly in a way that caused hysteria among the Canadian population and did not present the true facts. As a result many people reacted in a predictable way, with anger and hysteria. Some went as far as pulling down and destroying statues. Others defaced churches and others burned churches down to the ground. Many politicians seemed to have accepted the media reports at face value and many did not strongly condemn the illegal acts and arson. As a result of these inflammatory reports, many cities even went as far as to cancel Canada Day celebrations. This new report goes into the details of what the misinformation was. Six things the media got wrong about the graves found near Residential Schools | True North (tnc.news) Since mainstream media got this issue so wrong, can they really be trusted in anything they report? Are they prone to automatically take the side of the left wing radical woke anarchists who seem bent on tearing down Canada? "A recent study by the consultancy firm Edelman found that 52% of Canadians believe most news outlets are more concerned with promoting their own ideology than telling the truth. Another 49% of Canadians surveyed believe journalists are “purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations.” CBC restricts comments section to hide opposing voices | True North (tnc.news)

This is a new generation and we didn't treat them terribly , so honestly I am sick of hearing about the pass history because it isn't happening now , yes history is good to learn but why use it to hurt us like in the history everyone was treated terribly at one point of the time and native has a status card and discounts etc , the question I want to know when is this going to stop , so we can all live a normal life and I am tired of my people getting treated like we victimized the natives when it was us that was history and All children matter, everyone should be treated equal.

The Globe and Mail keeps pushing stories which I believe they feel they need to in order to qualify for government cash. Recognizing that doesn't mean I'm going to embrace conspiracy crap though. I'm a little too cynical for that.

If you are born white in Canada you are automatically indigenous.

The idea of white privilege and the victimhood of minorities is pushed by liberals and left as a tool to gain votes. If you are born white in Canada you are automatically a suspect.

Multiculturalism is a way to wipe out ethnonationalism, but it can also bring cultural conflict when certain cultures see the world very differently. It also of course gradually erases the founding cultures, which in Canada are French, English, and Indigenous. By protecting some ethnic groups with special status and benefits, i.e. Indigenous and Québécois, we are permanently privileging some ethnicities over others. Interestingly, from a systemic and policy standpoint, those with ethnically English background are the least privileged of the aforementioned groups. They have no more privileges than any recent immigrant. The colonial privilege argument no longer holds for the power that once controlled British North America.

I don't have much trust in the MSM and I agree with those that think promoting ideology is more important than simple reporting of facts. The MSM is also more about entertainment and flashy headlines, just like clickbait. There are too many Charlie Chester's running the news/entertainment industry.

It might disappoint you but there were no "mass graves". That was fake news. There were unmarked graves, which could have easily happened because wooden markers or crosses rot and disappear. Mass graves are the kind found in the holocaust where a large hole is dug and a large number of bodies are dumped in the same hole. That is not what occurred at residential schools.

" Since this news came out, there has been a near universal assumption in the media that these graves are evidence of Canada’s Holocaust, as if the children had been deliberately killed. Genocide requires intent. It requires a concerted and systematic effort to conduct mass murder and eliminate an entire race of people. Canada’s residential schools, however misguided, had the intent of educating children, assimilating them into the broader Canadian population, and ultimately lifting them out of poverty. The policy was wrong, clearly. It was flawed and much harm resulted. But there are a few orders of magnitude that separate the misguided intent of Catholic priests, nuns and Canadian government officials versus those of Nazi firing squads and gas chambers. " Six things the media got wrong about the graves found near Residential Schools | True North (tnc.news) Let's face it; the woke left hates Canada and are trying to lie about Canada's past as much as possible to generate as much against Canada as possible. The media and many politicians are part of the problem.

The world was very different then, including in the most progressive countries. We don’t live in an eternal 21st century. There wasn’t the same oversight as today. These stories lack context. The government apologized and paid out 12 years ago. The healing will take generations, I’m sure. Not sure what more the vast majority of Canadians alive today should do apart from acknowledge that it happened and try to do better going forward.

Death was a familiar visitor for almost all families during this time. And while some native kids were indeed forced to go to residential schools, the great majority returned home again. No need to overly dramatize.

Just because you heard some woke leftists in the media call it genocide, you decide to go with that without having a clue of what it is all about. About 150,000 attended residential schools in a 100 year period and several thousand (4,000 to 6,000) died of likely mostly diseases and illness. No they did not wipe out the 150,000 aboriginals in schools. It impossible to have a rational discussion with someone who believes the red power radicals claims of genocide when you have no facts or proof of anything. The people who ran the schools were not killing students. We already know there was sexual abuse, physical abuse. But a lot of the people who worked in those schools are gone now. There may be some still alive from more recent times. But if you have any proof or factual information of crime, you should report it to the police.

Sadly, your posts may be an indication of head trauma at some time. Why do you invite me to call you names? Why do you continually use the word 'genocide' in a very inappropriate and disrespectful way to both Indians/Whites?

A timely look on what the situation is in Canadian universities, and in particular, Wilfred Laurier, which pulled the cultural revolution thing with the grad student Shepherd. As we can see from this story from a professor at Laurier, nothing has improved there. If anything, the indoctrination and harsh suppression of contrary views has gotten worse. As a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford, Ontario campus for the past 15 years, I’ve witnessed what happens when liberal professors deem their conservative students an “enemy to be openly opposed.” My public writing and presentations in support of conservative ideas often lead like-minded students to reach out to me. Many are Christians, although not all. Before Covid-19, it was common for me to have students sobbing in my office. Now I hear their stories via email. Many who write have never taken one of my courses; some don’t even attend Laurier. But their stories are always similar. Typically, a professor will have brought up a social issue in class. Sometimes it relates to the course content but most times the issue is tangential to the pedagogical topic. The instructor is taking advantage of a captive audience to assert a personal conviction. The conviction, or claim, will include a contemptuous condemnation of one of the university’s approved scapegoats: white people, heterosexuals, men, Christians or Western society. If a student falls into one or more of the groups approved for derision, they can either take the abuse in silence or speak up and become a target. Regarding option two, once a student is identified as a heretic, their grades may suddenly and mysteriously decline. https://c2cjournal.ca/2021/07/discrimination-approved-for-conservatives-on-campus/?fbclid=IwAR24e0Kto7wnPGFoHcrmQI6XmuGbKh2aBKgE006-Hkpd6YRMWDdSqHDYXOg

Thanks Conrad. Few have the brains or courage to tell it like it is. Canada is a great country and there’s no shame in celebrating it. https://apple.news/AZi9SYDzVQoyXJAIgVt3uUA

If the problem would be the capacity of making babies, we would have ten times more adoptions than we actually are. Other societies are having the same issues with birth rate. Japan and China are both facing issues with that now. But they are so many, they do not have the need to compensate with more immigrants. Now if I compare with Canada, the Quebec's birth rate is 1,58 and the Canada's birth rate is 1,50. It seems that your speedo is a little bit tighter than ours. But since the rest of america is english, it is more interesting for the immigrants to choose english over french, or chinese... well, for now.

? We did not have an electric chair in my school either. But then, we did not have a mass grave in the school yard too. What can I say - keep beating around the bush, maybe a rabbit will magically appear.