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
Tag: Aboriginal Canadians
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
Mob rule: the Internet at its most thoughtless and hurtful
Reading Time: 4 minutes A story gets told, people instantly react, someone gets vilified. Sometimes they get destroyed. This time, the mob went after a mother who didn’t deserve it
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 silenced about Indigenous issues
Reading Time: 4 minutes The senator has enabled all of us to take the first step in honestly discussing race and culture
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
First Nations spending accountability is essential
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forward-looking Indigenous governments realize that transparency is the only way to improved social and economic conditions
Charity is not enough to fight poverty, social inequality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Food banks remain a symptom of bigger problems – poverty and social inequality. We need systemic change to fix those bigger problems
A fundamental flaw at the centre of the Truth and Reconciliation report
Reading Time: 3 minutes The commission seems to have begun its work with a conclusion in mind, then spent six years and more than $60 million amassing evidence to support it