With tariffs and other political threats, we must remember ‘Canada’ was built on a foundation of Indigenous title, write Jody Wilson-Raybould and Christine Boyle
  • Arkouda@lemmy.ca
    56·
    19 days ago

    Shit or get off the pot.

    If the Tribes want full autonomy they should get it without question; If they want to be seen as a part of Canada as a self Governing province they should get it without question; If they want to assimilate their territory into Canada they should be able to do it without question.

    But it needs to be done yesterday.

    Enough of this bullshit debate and give these people the right to choose for real so we can be done with this.

      • Underfreyja@lemmy.ca
        5·
        19 days ago

        Yeah what’s happening there is absolutely insane and is just the tip of the iceberg because it gets a bit of news coverage during fishing season

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        35·
        18 days ago

        Umm catching fish to eat with your tribe family whatever is different then commercial fishing and selling over seas. I thought everyone thinks they are the nobel Savage yet they are fishing during the animals breeding season commercially.

        Take a guess what the outcome is going to be.

      • Arkouda@lemmy.ca
        14·
        18 days ago

        Well said, and thank you for adding this information to the conversation. It is rightly fucked what is, and has always, been going on and more people need to be aware of this nonsense.

    • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
      1·
      15 days ago

      Damn right. Who the fuck are we to tell them what to do with their land and their nation? That’s entirely up to them.

      And heck, I’m Québécois and I know that Québec is a distinct nation and it should have a right to self determination. It would be hypocritical to deny the same right to the first nations of this country, who were there first, whose lands were stolen, and have suffered so much injustice. So let them choose and be done with it.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      37·
      18 days ago

      They want to be a nation and self govern fine but no more money you want self autonomy then be self sufficient.