Via email, an announcement from a noble member “of an oppressed minority asserting their civil rights”;
ANTI-CANADA DAY RALLY
Saturday July 1, 2006
12 Noon @ Oppenheimer Park
(Powell & Dunlevy, 1 block North of E. Hastings St. in DTES Vancouver)
Drumming & Singing * Speakers
Community Feast * Take the Streets
This is a CALL TO ACTION.
Canada portrays itself as a “peaceful multicultural” society when in fact, Canada is responsible for an ongoing assault on the identities, lives, and lands of the Original Peoples of these lands. In light of recent mainstream media smears and intimidation tactics and police/military threats against the Six Nations people, lets us demonstrate once more that our peoples do have power when we stand together and communicate with our feet and our shouts in the streets of Vancouver, in the occupied territories of the Coast Salish.
These, including numerous other systemic issues, will be discussed and the subjects of focus in how we can shame Canada and improve the situation of all of our peoples:
Over 500 dead and/or Missing Aboriginal Women across Canada;
Routine police abuse, racism & violence against Indigenous Peoples;
Indigenous Peoples in Canada have the highest rates of cancer, aids/HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases;
Indigenous peoples have the highest levels of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and imprisonment;
Indigenous peoples have the highest suicide rates in Canada;
Indigenous lands & territories remain under attack by government and corporate forces;
Canada is guilty of the attempted genocide of Indigenous peoples;
Canada is guilty of the theft of Indigenous lands;
No Olympics on stolen land (and get the fu*k out of Haiti & Afghanistan).
If everyone remembers the good feelings we all had on April 26th, when 400-500 of us took the streets of Vancouver and blocked the Lions Gate Bridge, we demanded an end to state violence and the racist provocation against Six Nations and all Indigenous peoples. Let us do that again on July 1st, and shame Canada for all that it has done and continues to do against Indigenous peoples.
There will be a workshop on security and safety during a rally as well as direct action tactics the week following and leading up to July 1st.
SDA Flashback – July 2005 Canada Day swarming in Saskatoon – “this is what you get for celebrating the day you stole our land”.
If you’d like to know more, the contact is sixnationsolidarity@gmail.com
It looks like extreme left “(and get the fu*k out of Haiti & Afghanistan)” is taking over the naitive people cause.
saga… It is OUR land now. Get the over it. 99% of Canadians don’t give a sh@t about stupid indians and what they think is their right. The land NOW BELONGS TO IT’S RIGHTFULL OWNERS!
saga: You’re barking up the wrong tree, knocking at the wrong door, wading into the wrong stream: You’re defending Natives who don’t want to be Canadians? You’re defending a two-Nations within one country? ‘Won’t work. ‘Can’t work.
There’s one solution if Natives don’t want to live in Canadato or be Canadians. They can get out of Canada. If they live here, they have an obligation, just like the rest of us, to live by Canadian laws and to live with, and like, the rest of us.
A house divided is a recipe for disaster: It can’t stand; there’s no way that Canada can accommodate two “nations” living together in one country. Our lily-livered, wimpy, girlie-men Ontario government members had better get this straight, and say “NO!” once and for all to this retrograde and nonsensical idea.
Short-term pain for long-term gain is the phrase I’m looking for. Parents have to do it with their kids, say “NO!” for their kids own good. The kids, in their teens especially, don’t like it, but I’ll wager it’s protected and/or saved many a kid’s life.
The wheels are falling off the present “two Nations within one” contraption, and it’s time to construct a new vehicle. And that would be ONE CANADA, where Natives learn to live with the rest of the population, the way we all live–or get out. They’ll not be treated any better in any other country and, IMO, they’ll be treated much worse.
Get with the program, saga, or vamanoose, amigo.
The Indians sure don’t want to be Canadian’s but they sure like living off of our hard earned tax dollars! All I can say is they better be carefull of what they ask for! Read the Nisga challenge, not all Indians want to loss their citizenship. Look at the extent that Cheif Mountain has gone to (5 years of legal/political rangling,) just to fight for his right to protect his Canadian citizenship.
Steve D. The way you have commented on the issue just reinforces the fact that you are a “Troll” who will do anything to create some controvery about yourself. Go back to La-la land.
I thought it was “DumbIndian Day” the day the giveaway was sealed. Methinks the official name for the big pink bit at the top of the map may still be “Dominion of Canada”
then the Trudeudopias changed it to “Canada Day” instead of “Canadian Day” as they francophoned the language. no more Department of Revenue , it was Revenue Canada, no more National Parks, it was Parks Canada, and finally not even Unemployment Insurance , it was glamourized as Employment Insurance. Call it “Speak Canada” where there are no adjectives just nouns.
PS saga: “Stealing Native land” is another way of saying that the Natives were conquered by a more highly technologized people: That’s called the way it is and has been from time immemorial.
The Natives in Canada, as has been said on this blog many times before, are fortunate that their conquerors were “civilized” Brits, who made far more concessions to the Native population than most winners of wars in other countries did.
The Canadian Native Problem is that they don’t know how fortunate they are, while all the time insisting on regarding very generous monetary largesse from the Canadian taxpayer as “not enough.” My hope is that our politicians will finally realize the fool’s game in all of this and will make a ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL payout to Native Canadians, after which they will be expected, like the rest of us “immigrants’ (me: Irish, Scottish, British: Yorkshire) to get a life and start living it.
Native ghettoes (aka reservations) are obscene “holding tanks” for Natives and it seems that any self-respecting person with Native blood has fled them, as from a plague, in order to be successful. All you have to do is drive through a reservation to see dereliction on a scale not usually seen even in inner cities anymore: shacks in need of repair, unkempt yards, loads of junk, and often a brand new vehicle of some kind. Children living on these reservations suffer far more diseases and hardships, including academic deficits and drug and alcohol abuse, than in the rest of the Canadian population. And the sad thing is, from my observation of Native children in the classroom, is not that they’re not smart–many of the Native students I’ve taught are smarter than the average–it’s that they lack discipline and ambition and play off the “race card,” making them Hell on Wheels to deal with. The system backs off every time, thus perpetuating the “poor me,” “I can get away with anything because I’m an Indian” mentality, which just digs the hole deeper for any Aboriginal person wanting to escape the ever downward spiral of the lifestyle of money-for-life sponsored by the Canadian taxpayer of far too many of them.
To everything there is a season: And now is the season for the Aboriginal People of Canada to stop whining, to put their native smarts to work, and to get with the program: which is assimilation into North American life, where we all live by the same laws and standards of behaviour. Any other way is doomed to failure, which should be clear to anyone with eyes to see with and ears to hear with.
If they are separate nations why do they want me to buy them houses?
When Canada negotiated nafta as a country we didn’t say the USA had to build us houses….
They whole thing is a joke and the reserves need to be made into municipalities.
I agree that what is happening in Caledonia is a complete nightmare for the citizens of Caledonia and us Canadians in general. The question is how do we fix it so that there is no liberal govt next time? I have no idea myself.
Keep in mind the next provincial election is a long way off. The general population has a very short memory. Then throw in some empty promises and excuses for any screw ups, and you have another liberal govt. The promises in the last election were so obviously a lie, but people voted for McStinky anyways.
We can complain till we are blue in the face but the general population has no clue what is going on. They do not look at alternative media. Instead they listen and believe sheepishly to the mainstream news which is not really covering what is happening in Caledonia. Some people I have spoken to do not even know about Caledonia. Even people that are aware, have been brainwashed into the Natives are victims mantra. Most have no clue what the possible long term reprecussions of this are. They have a “at least it is not in my backyard” type attitude, not realizing the Natives could easily want their backyard next.
So how does this change?
“Indigenous Peoples in Canada have the highest rates of cancer, aids/HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases;”
Well i don’t know if the cancer is true but if you don’t want hiv try monogamy, and if you don’t want diabetes eat less, isn’t tb acaused be a lack of cleanliness?
“Indigenous peoples have the highest levels of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and imprisonment; ”
but no matter what they don’t want to change the system.
“Indigenous peoples have the highest suicide rates in Canada; ”
Well lets keep doing what worked so well the last few hundred years….
I came upon this website by accident, and took it for what it claims to be – a forum to discuss the deception of the media.
Quickly I learned that in fact it was not an open discussion, but one limited to the trumpeting of right wing ideals. That’s fine by me. Not my politics, but I was interested to read the viewpoints of the majority of the people here with an open mind.
What I can’t believe is that anyone who disagrees with the majority here is automatically a troll, an idiot, a bleeding heart, etc., while people can freely express their wish to see a whole race of human beings extinct and nobody says a word.
There’s something very wrong there.
So anyway, I’ll leave you all to your party, especially Mr. Happy blockaded in his house with rifles and ammo.
‘Good riddance’ is implied so don’t trip over yourselves.
If they really are a seperate nation then why are they using our money? Why don’t they have their own banks and money? If these Indians really believe what they are saying then they should immediatly renounce using Canadian currency and give back any they are currently holding. Problem is they might have a tough time eating tonight.
Saga,
Indians have no choice over the long term but to bow to the inevitable. It isn’t 1492 any more. Times change. Indians have to get with the times.
No one lost any land today. No one alive today was around when the Brits and Frogs came over the pond to join the party. No one alive today lost anything. No one alive today is any more “native” than anyone else born here.
I’m native to the place I was born. You can find it easily on a map under the heading “CANADA.” Provided you can read of course.
If you think you have a moral right to anything more than what the rest of us have you’re not only the fool but the racist.
The racist policies of 300 year old laws needs to be changed. The only thing it has accomplished is to keep Indians in a perpetual state of loser/victimhood and has resulted in generations of losers with chips on their shoulders whining about their entitlements while living on welfare.
The Indians with merit, skills and self-respect have moved on to the real world and have found success when they joined society. The reserves are filled with the dregs too pathetic to grow up and offer something useful for society and themselves.
Anyone who thinks they are owed a living for nothing is a loser, a child, and is unworthy of help.
Hey Guys & Gals Taking a break in the action & just going to say one thing!!
…HAPPY CANADA DAY TO EVERYONE…
Get out & celebrate the best country in the world’s birthday on saturday, have a couple of brews, relax & take part in your local festivities with your family & don’t miss the fireworks!!
bryanr
Steve D, I was pleasantly surprised at your firt comment here… five down from top.
I noticed others made note of your logic as well.
Then you commented again around 8:15 or so and there your logic seemed solid as well.
What a refreshing surprise.
Angry great white north suggests that Caledonia will be explosive tomorrow. I hope not.
That is a serious can of worms and should have been diffused by an alert Ontario government.
Alas, they are anything but *alert*. TG
Residential schools for 150 years???
Unbelievable that someone actually wrote this!
ROFLMAO!
For others who want to see microfiche records of life in Canada in the 17 and 18 centuries, have a peruse through Acadian history on-line, very interesting. Numerations were conducted albeit sporadically, by both England and France.
Life was brutal and cruel for everyone (except the richest) and with France and England getting control alternately about every 11 years or so by invading established settlements and farms and killing or starving whomever were being invaded at that point.
Oh and saga, Native children were sent to residential school only starting in the 30’s and 40’s…
You do understand that access to these areas didn’t really open up until planes, specifically float planes were able to get into these remote areas?
Oh and saga, one more time: Did you know that the reason for residential schools is that 80% of the Native chiefs back then ASKED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN ENGLISH. They were not dummies.
“We” are the dummies, years later, for taking the blame for the non-abuses that took place in those schools. For the 3% who did abuse Native children the book should be, rightfully, thrown at them. But for the other 97% of the teachers, mostly from Christian Churches because the Feds ASKED the churches to take on the job, who lived sacrificial lives and were paid a pittance to educate Native children so they could live in the North America of evolving technologies, there should have been, and there should be, NO PAYOUTS.
The Native School payouts were initiated by activist lawyers, wanting to make big bucks themselves. And they have. Who will rid Canada of these meddlesome legal vultures?
One of the great ironies in all of this is that the only diocese, so far, to have gone bankrupt because of the costly payouts is the Diocese of Cariboo, a largely Native diocese. Now there is no Anglican Church in that region of BC to give social assistance to a people they had been supporting for many years.
These lawyers don’t want to help Natives. They want to bleed everyone in sight to make themselves rich. Blood suckers, pure and simple.
Kate, if I may be indulged, please.
O/T but still in the anti-Canada Day vein to me: Here is the info for Just a Laugh Comedy Festival… I have written and called in my disgust at these people for having a self-loathing Jew, bashing Jews as entertainment this week and next.
http://www.northernlife.com/justforlaughs.html
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Customer Service and Corporate Sales
Sylvia O’Hayon
Director of Customer Service
Phone: 514-845-2083
E-mail: sohayon@hahaha.com
Call and let them know what you think of them hiring this anti-Semitic comedian to give comfort to our enemies – you know, just for laughs…
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6b500b60-a4b8-4d27-9ca8-b8472b5a7ff1
I hear all this crying about past and present injustices,but no answers for the future…Just what do native supporters have planned to solve the innumerable problems they face?
Apart from never-ending bitching about the evil whiteman and then demanding billions more from him,what are natives actively doing to change their future?…I submit they are doing NOTHING,exactly what they are famous for doing…yet,I would be very pleased if someone here could prove me wrong!
BTW,don’t try to tell me blockades and demonstrations are anything more than another way to bitch at the whiteman and demand money.
Hey, Dirk, —-follow your own advice—-“while keeping in mind ,”judge not least you be judged”
Something interesting I just came across. This is from the CDC US govt website. It is the estimated number of persons living with AIDS by race/ethinicity.
I am not sure what the ratios are Healthy native population vs. AIDS infected natives, and Healthy others vs. AIDS others, but it seems to me that the natives are just above the zero line. The ratio could be high for the natives, but they are definitely not the only ones living with this disease.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/epidemiology/slides/EPI-AIDS_5.pdf
“The story of the Caledonia lands began when the British were beaten in the American War of Independence in 1783 and Six Nations natives who supported the Brits were kicked out of the United States.” http://sisis.nativeweb.org/actionalert/updates/060421cp-b.html
The area of present day Southern Ontario first came under European control as part of New France. It passed from French control into British control with the Treaty of Paris (1763).
L’Anse aux Meadows is the only authenticated Viking site in North America. It was established 1000 years ago by the explorer Leif Eiriksson during his adventures in eastern North America – 500 years before Columbus’ exploits in the “New World”.(maybe we should try giving it all back to the “vikings”)!!!
Or maybe we should all just live in the PRESENT, not in the PAST
new kid on the block :
As usual you caught the flavor of this plot by lawyers in conjunction with Native groups looking for another hand out. So far in Alberta natives who made supercilious claims, have been still paid out.
It was proved they didn’t even attend a school!!! Let alone a one of these type.
As for abuse, lol who hasn’t been treated cruel in grade, junior, or high school? I used to get my knuckles rapped by a ruler for saying ain’t!!!
As for sexual abuse. well let me just say we had pederasts long before the Natives where abused in there schools. I had one male teacher who walked about putting there hands in young males pockets & moving about there genitals. Should I or those who it happened too sue as well? This was the early sixties.
Its another con by the blue eyed faux Natives, with there drooling lawyers in tow. The rest just march in lock step for a little free cash at your expense & mine.
To bad the money is running out with most Canadians patience, for bums on a mission of “ You owe me a living “ fill in the blank for victim status.
HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY DOMINION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All Canada needs to be the best nation on earth is deport her liberal assholes to Cuba but many of these sphincter culture claim to be indigenous.
“All Canada needs to be the best nation on earth …” is for a small, rabid “conservative” minority with a monstrous inferiority complex to grow up.
(Sgd.) “Commie-ass-pansy-pinko-idiot-scumbag”
Damn you guys gotta be the Dumbist things on earth.
What winners As I recall it was the cowardly brits that would run from the nasty Americans leaving the Indians to win the day and save their sorry souls.
What was this War you Won?
You signed a Treaty because you were to scared to figth. Lying, stealing and murdering people in the dark was the English way.
Most Canadians, when they did meet the Half-Breeds on the field, ran like Custers men did at Little Big Horn.
You guys give the Canadian Educational system a Bad Name!
“Over 500 dead and/or Missing Aboriginal Women across Canada;
Routine police abuse, racism & violence against Indigenous Peoples;
Indigenous Peoples in Canada have the highest rates of cancer, aids/HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases;
Indigenous peoples have the highest levels of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and imprisonment;
Indigenous peoples have the highest suicide rates in Canada;
Indigenous lands & territories remain under attack by government and corporate forces;
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Well, thank heavens for the above. If more of them
lived, stayed healthy and fit we would have a civil war on our hands right now.”
This is very offensive.
Bloggers are not above the laws and conventions of Canada. Decency take a bit of effort, but it’s what allows us to live together.
However, the final statement is not far from the truth: If Canada doesn’t soon abide by the laws and address aboriginal land claims and self governance reasonably instead of by deceit and delay, we will have a war of commerce on our hands: Aboriginals can shut down the economy of Canada in one day.
Nasty rhetoric like on this site does not contribute to healthy solutions.