Reading Time: 2 minutes Politicians are beginning to signal they feel they have the right to tweet their disagreement with any court decision they donʼt like
Author: Brian Giesbrecht
Brian Giesbrecht was a Provincial Court Judge in Manitoba from 1976 to 2007. During that time he served as Acting Chief Judge, and Associate Chief Judge. He is now retired and lives in western Manitoba.
Enduring words of wisdom on reconciliation
Reading Time: 4 minutes If we had listened to Pierre Trudeau, we would no longer be talking about reconciliation – we would be at least part way there
The silence over Indigenous woes is deafening
Reading Time: 5 minutes You can’t solve problems that can’t be discussed, yet we refuse to have frank and open discussions about a very real crisis
The soft racism of low expectations
Reading Time: 3 minutes You take away people’s independence and their pride by placing them in a different category than everyone else
Ripples from ’60s Indigenous children Scoop continue
Reading Time: 3 minutes If governments hadn’t protected Indigenous children, they would have faced lawsuits for failure to honour their commitments to those children
Beyak should not be punished for demanding a broader perspective
Reading Time: 4 minutes The bad experiences at residential schools have been well documented. But we can’t forget that there were good experiences as well
Changing attitudes, changing platitudes
Reading Time: 5 minutes We’re rather smug in our belief that our modern take on things reflects a perfect and compassionate view for all time
How alcohol is killing Aboriginal Canadians
Reading Time: 6 minutes In his important book Firewater, Harold Johnson talks about the enormous problem of alcohol abuse that plagues so many Indigenous communities
Wab Kinew proof that Manitoba can work for everyone
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fact that an Indigenous person is now the leader of Manitoba’s main opposition party, and a possible Premier, is very good news
In defence of Sen. Lynn Beyak’s stance on Indigenous rights
Reading Time: 4 minutes Racial purity laws – status cards – have no place in a modern country. They should have been gone long ago