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Maxime Bernier honoured by local chief after Indigenous platform announcement

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Indigenous Issues: A New Relationship Based on Mutual Respect #VotePPC https://t.co/j7pX3KIjTL

— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) September 11, 2021

People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier’s message of freedom was endorsed by an Edmonton First Nations chief.

Papaschase First Nation Chief Calvin Bruneau said the PPC’s Indigenous platform is “on the right track,” particularly with Bernier’s commitment to abolish the Indian Act and address the drinking water crisis on reserves.

by Sarcasticat•September 13, 2021September 12, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Indigenous, PPC, PPC - People's Party of Canada

Co-chair of Liberals’ Indigenous commission resigns after questions emerge about ancestry

Radio-Canada reported on Wednesday that it could not confirm Kies’s claims to Indigenous ancestry. Kies told Radio-Canada in an interview that her father is of European descent and her mother is of Indigenous descent.

by Sarcasticat•September 9, 2021September 9, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Indigenous, Liberal Party Of Canada

Métis Nation–Saskatchewan launches vaccine incentive lottery

This week Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) launched This is Your Shot, a COVID-19 vaccination incentive program that offers a variety of prizes to fully-vaccinated Métis citizens in the province.

by Sarcasticat•September 3, 2021September 3, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Indigenous, vaccine controversy

Canadian academic won’t use capital letters – except to acknowledge Indigenous people’s struggle

dr. linda manyguns, associate vice-president of Indigenization and decolonization at Mount Royal University, said she was joining local leaders to reject symbols of hierarchy “wherever they are found,” and will not use capital letters “except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition.”

Why is she even speaking English?

by Sarcasticat•September 3, 2021September 3, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Batshit Loony, Canada, Indigenous, Language, Victims - culture of

Alberta won’t recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, angering advocates

Province says it will lower flags but puts onus on businesses to give employees day off.

by Sarcasticat•August 31, 2021August 31, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Alberta, Canada, Indigenous

Calgary community hosting weekend-long reconciliation event

The Calgary community of Lake Bonavista is hoping its residents will come together to learn more about Indigenous relations and their part in reconciliation this weekend.

by Sarcasticat•August 29, 2021August 28, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Calgary, Canada, Indigenous

‘The Delta variant is here’: Outbreak reported in First Nation care home in Manitoba

Sagkeeng First Nation Chief Derrick Henderson confirmed 23 cases of the Delta variant have been identified at the George M. Guimond Care Centre. Of these cases, he said, 19 are residents. No deaths have been reported.

by Sarcasticat•August 29, 2021August 28, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Indigenous, Manitoba

Catholic Church charity set up to pay residential school survivors spent $6.46-million on expenses

A Catholic Church organization formed to compensate residential school survivors spent more than a quarter of its funds on expenses, and returned nearly $600,000 to church organizations after a 2015 court settlement, financial records obtained by The Globe and Mail reveal.

by Sarcasticat•August 25, 2021August 24, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Catholic Church, history, History - distortion of, Indigenous

O’Toole government would make “amends for past injustices” to Indigenous community

The Conservative platform says an O’Toole government would implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) calls to action 71-76 as well as finance investigations “at all former residential schools in Canada where unmarked graves may exist, including the sites where children have already been discovered.”

by Sarcasticat•August 23, 2021August 22, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Conservative Party, Election 2021, history, History - distortion of, Indigenous

This performance is right up there with his Tik Tok videos

This performance is right up there with his Tik Tok videos. https://t.co/5CgAFbgJMd

— Ms. Donna (@DCTFTW) August 20, 2021

by Sarcasticat•August 22, 2021August 21, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Indigenous, NDP

Residential school graves ‘totally pushed to the wayside’ in shadow of election, Indigenous leaders say

Months of reckoning with the colonial genocide that upholds the framework of Canada’s history was sparked with the May discovery of 215 graves at the former Kamloops, B.C. residential school.

by Sarcasticat•August 20, 2021August 19, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Election 2021, history, History - distortion of, Indigenous

O’Kelly: Canada’s pandemic election is unfair to Indigenous communities

Holding an election during a pandemic is unfair to Canadians in remote communities. With Canada entering the fourth wave of COVID-19 thanks to the Delta variant and vaccinations plateauing, this election will not only be risky, but will diminish the voices of those who do not have the luxury of voting in person.

by Sarcasticat•August 19, 2021August 18, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Election 2021, Indigenous

Less than 2% of church destroying criminals arrested in Canada

Local police and the RCMP have made few arrests since domestic terrorists went on a non-stop church burning and vandalism spree throughout Canada earlier this year.

As far as The Counter Signal can tell, fewer people have been arrested for burning down churches in Canada than pastors have been arrested for simply trying to practice their religion during COVID-19.

h/t Marvin

by Sarcasticat•August 12, 2021August 12, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Catholic Church, history, History - distortion of, Indigenous

First Nations and Ottawa agree to $8-billion settlement on drinking water advisories

A proposed settlement agreement worth nearly $8 billion has been reached in two national class action lawsuits launched against the federal government by First Nations living under drinking water advisories.

The settlement, which is awaiting court approval, would offer $1.5 billion in compensation to individuals deprived of clean drinking water and modernize Canada’s First Nations drinking water legislation.

by Sarcasticat•August 8, 2021August 7, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Indigenous, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Canadians call upon Trudeau to publicly condemn church burnings

Ontarians are taking a stand against the chain of church burnings that has devastated communities across the country. Grassroots movement Civic Revival announced that they are holding an event in Mississauga this Saturday, August 7, to “Stop the Burning of Churches in Canada.”

by Sarcasticat•August 7, 2021August 6, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Catholic Church, Indigenous, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Ontario