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1 Thanks Rue. 2 The rail interruptions, especially Tyendinaga, are the ONLY thing that has brought the Federal government to the Wet'suet'en table to talk about "rights and title" issues arising from Delgamuukw 1997. ... And the only thing that has brought the BC government to the Wet'suet'en table to carry out the duty of the Crown to consult, and to accommodate their Aboriginal rights and title. Both are long overdue. Ya gotta hit'em in the moneybags: Freight.

1 It was a rhetorical question, like yours. But I can't imagine anyone but a right-wing white-superiority complex trying to dictate what another culture 'should' do, as you do. 2 Not always directly. Again, there is a consensus decision making process among the women of a Clan. It isn't a hierarchical system. It isn't directly hereditary like the British Monarchy, and it isn't always the same across different Indigenous Nations, so the term 'traditional' is more appropriate than "hereditary".

Of interest: In matriarchal systems, Clan Mothers choose Chiefs from among eligible relatives. (Not direct heredity.) Clan Mothers hold the power, the titles and the will of the Clan, through consensus decision-making. Chiefs are the spokespeople. Beyond that interest, it is not our business. Are you a white supremacist?

1) This isn't about "reserve" land. It's about the entire 22,000 sq km of traditional territory of the Wet'suet'en Nation, recognized in our law as unceded land with Aboriginal rights and title intact. (Delgamuukw 1997) 2) RCMP have no jurisdiction in Toronto, except for certain Federal offenses, but Toronto City Council could tell RCMP to take a hike, otherwise. 3) RCMP are not harassing people on reserves where elected Band Councils have a say. 4) It's a matter of Canadian law, and governments' failure to abide by the law. The Crown has a duty to consult with Wet'suet'en Aboriginal rights and title holders. Premier Horgan paid lip service to that for one tiny minute, but then refused to do so: (Wearing a ceremonial Indigenous 'blanket', congratulating himself on making UNDRIP law in BC ...) BC NDP Premier John Horgan, December 2019: ""Let's sit down *with the title holders* whose land we want to conduct economic activity on and create partnerships as a way forward. That works," " ------- BC NDP Premier John Horgan, January 2020: "Wet'suwet'en territory ... telling CBC he wasn't going to "drop everything I'm doing to come running when someone is saying they need to speak with me." ... "the rule of law needs to prevail in B.C." to ensure work continues on the 670-km pipeline, "

1) I said clearly that if unions disappeared, "rights" ... ie, the laws that currently protect them ... would also quickly disappear. I can think of few things Doug Ford would like better than to gut the Labour laws and cut the Labour boards. Without organized union opposition, he would do it in the blink of an eye. 2) You think there should be a union for teachers but nobody else? Lol 3) Nonsense. That is not union money: It's pension contributions that go directly from teachers' paycheques via the employer to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, an independent agency that invests teachers' pension contributions and pays their pensions in retirement. The teachers' unions never "have" that pension money. 4) EA's are unionized - CUPE (elementary) and OSSTF (secondary) represent them and other Educational Support Staff. Teachers unions do support ESS on picket lines, in bargaining, etc. Teachers definitely understand the critical value of EA's in their classrooms. It is the employer - the province - that makes the cuts.

Those workers' rights are not guaranteed forever. If we don't have unions, all of those 'rights' will cease to exist for everyone so fast your head will spin. It's a constant balance of power that must be maintained.

Union agreements set the standard. Non union shop agreements and government legislation follow their example. That's how unions contribute to the rights of others and the laws. Do you like the weekends that unions won for you? 8 hour days? Overtime pay? Workplace safety? Workers Comp? Health care? Pensions? Parental leave? Job protection during illness? Etc. Etc. Etc. Thank a union.

Democracy by consensus is the model used in traditional Indigenous societies. Representative democracy is a less robust model.

Your propensity to incite others to violence is noted.

Excuse me?! No one 'negated' election results. They just didn't vote for him next time, a huge and unexpected loss due to his fascist attempts to use police violence against dissenting voters. Democracy in action, people pushing back against fascism, voting with their feet and at the ballot box.

Nonsense. Influencing government and public opinion is democracy in action. Jean Charest's fascism lost him an election and his career when he tried to squash democratic dissent. That's how democracy works. It squashes fascism ... with pots and pans. Of course conservatives don't want to get their shiny shoes dirty, so they just throw money around and buy governments. That's fascism.

You are free to choose to quit and get a job in a non union shop.

Democracy is also freedom of thought, expression, association, assembly.

It's a misleading term. Traditional Chiefs is more accurate. It's a matrilineal system. Chiefs are chosen by Clan Mothers, who actually hold the rights, titles and the power. The Chiefs are spokespeople.

They did. Delgamuukw 1997. BC and federal governments have ignored it. Therefore, civil disobedience is in progress.

How so? Feet in the street is democracy in action. Shutting it down is fascism.

You have the freedom to choose to work in a non union shop.

Ya, let's just go all totally fascist! Ya know ya wanna! Democracy is a fine idea ... as long as nobody ever speaks up! Lol

CoastalGasLink's environmental report rejected. Construction will be delayed months. https://ricochet.media/en/2945/coastal-gaslink-environmental-assessment-rejected-construction-to-be-delayed Now CGL and RCMP can leave Wet'suet'en Territory and the governments can get to work to reconcile Aboriginal rights and title with Crown rights, as directed by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1997.

Because they were there.

Those were the white supremacists who took over United we Roll. They are the reason the oil workers pulled out of the convoy.

The government ist trying to tell the RCMP to get their asses out of there... without actually saying it, of course. Lol

Random Indigenous person on FB, target of the filthy mouth racist creeps.

They were there. Ugly mouth fks.

Why have the RCMP not yet moved out of Wet'suet'en Territory? They're the ones holding things up! IF police start arresting people ... well ... I think we all know how it will spread here, there and everywhere.