If there’s one thing urban politicians excel at, it’s creating nature reserves where wild animals can live next to things that run over them.
Gifts For Grifters
The headline needs a correction: taxpayers bought a share in the terminal, not First Nations.
The three equal partners say the deepsea terminal’s primary purpose is transporting critical minerals such as copper concentrate to market from sources including Newmont’s Brucejack and Red Chris mines in Nisga’a and Tahltan territories.
The price of the terminal isn’t included in the statement, but it says the province provided a $5-million grant to the Tahltan and Nisga’a nations to support the purchase.
This Land Is Our Land
Conrad Black- B.C. Aboriginal title case underlines what’s wrong with reconciliation
This process isn’t reconciliation. It is collective national self-abasement accompanied by hurling money at plaintiffs like mad abstract artists throwing paint at canvases. Justice Young’s decision is a legal Swiss cheese. Of course, there is a legal eminent domain establishing the rights of property owners, including native persons. Some framework for dealing with these cases has to be legislated and enforced and it must be equitable to the natives but practical for the country.
This Land Is Our Land
Kevin Klein- Aboriginal title ruling raises alarm over property certainty in Canada
This is the first slippery edge of the slope. Today, it’s public waterfront land. Tomorrow, it could be any parcel of Crown land in an urban area — land that borders your home, your business, your industrial site. Even if private titles remain intact, the value and usability of your property can be directly affected by who controls the land next to it.
We Are All Treaty People
Globe and Mail- Métis Nation of Ontario received nearly $1-billion in federal funding over 20 years, data show
First Nations in Ontario and the Manitoba Métis Federation say nearly $1-billion in federal funding went to a group they allege is fraudulently claiming Métis identity.
Renaming Everything On Turtle Island
Canada is not a serious country. True North – Reconciliation used to bypass public in Powell River name change.
And the Okanagan farce. (CBC)
“Cows and Plows”
Sun- Ottawa’s land claims program is spiralling out of control
In the 2024-25 fiscal year alone, Ottawa settled 69 claims worth $7.1 billion. Just a decade earlier, in 2014-15, only 15 claims were settled, at a total cost of $36 million — an increase of nearly 200 times in dollar value.
We Are All Treaty People
A bombshell judgement was released yesterday by BC’s Supreme Court, declaring Aboriginal title over land in Richmond, including private property.
If this stands, it has massive implications for private property across BC.
Read the highlighted sections for yourself: pic.twitter.com/kzuawETGeg
— Caroline Elliott (@NVanCaroline) August 8, 2025
Things You’ll Never See On The CBC
Candice Malcolm (threadrolled);
Meet Jordan Tucker, a former CBC reporter.
This is her own profile picture – note the pride progress CBC logo. It’s too perfect.
Last Spring, Tucker attempted to do what CBC does everyday: push a woke activist agenda and pretend it’s real journalism.
She interviewed Professor Frances Widdowson on April 1, 2024 for a hit piece
But what she didn’t expect is that @FrancesWiddows1 also RECORDED the conversation and posted it on Youtube in July 2025.
Here is a preview of the absolute TRAIN WRECK that unfolded.
I Want A New Country
Somebody make it stop.
Winnipeg Police: "One of our senior officers is a psychopathic serial criminal who—while maybe high on coke and mushrooms—sold drugs, extorted people and took grotesque pictures with dead women in their underwear. But before we get to that, let's do a dozen land acknowledgments." pic.twitter.com/YjvTgXIbAj
— Alex Zoltan (@AmazingZoltan) August 7, 2025
No Projects For You
Save the sacred tree frog!
Blacklocks – Indigenous ok is mandatory for any projects on Turtle Island. (paywall)
And So It Begins…
That didn’t take long. I guess canoe routes take moral and legal precedence over mining development. Who knew?
Chief Bruce Achneepineskum says his people have seen the ill-effects of development on their territory without their consent, with the water diversion destroying fish populations and drying up canoe routes, and they do not want it to happen again.
Free Capital
Just imagine how wealthy you could be if taxpayers could be forced to pony up most of your investment capital. The sky’s the limit when it comes to ventures with unpronounceable names.
The money is going to Lil’wat Business Group to help it build Tseqwtsúqum, a housing and commercial space planned for the Function Junction neighbourhood of the mountain town.
The federal agency agreed last year to put up to $100 million to support the program, which provides below-market rate loans to help Indigenous communities realize their development goals.
It’s Not About The Money
Blacklock’s- $704M Graves Fund Requests
A federal fund for exhumation of suspected graves at Indian Residential Schools is heavily oversubscribed, says a report. First Nations have applied for more than $700 million in funding, triple the original budget.
Rebel- First Nations request $704M to exhume alleged graves
In 2021, following the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation’s claim of 215 graves at a Kamloops Residential School site, cabinet announced the fund. Though no remains were found, the First Nation received $12.1 million for exhumations and DNA testing.
I Want A New Country
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew chose not to sign a new interprovincial trade agreement unveiled Tuesday by Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, citing the need for Indigenous consensus before moving forward with major infrastructure projects.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed during the Council of the Federation meeting in Huntsville, Ontario, commits the three provinces to collaborate on the construction of new pipelines, rail lines, and trade infrastructure. The goal is to expand market access for Canadian oil, gas, and critical minerals while reducing reliance on foreign trade partners.
Kinew’s absence from the agreement raises questions, especially given Manitoba’s geographic location as a natural link in any east–west corridor. However, in a public statement, the premier said Manitoba’s decision not to participate was intentional.
The time for end paying into equalization is now. Stop the talk and start the walk.
Diversity, Equity, Quackery
Burn The Church
Great Success!
Sun- Indigenous spending nears $32B, but results still lacking
Ottawa has invested approximately $200 billion since 2015 in Indigenous priorities including education, housing, child welfare, water infrastructure, and more. Yet despite this decade-long investment, persistent gaps remain — and the public has few clear answers on how these funds are making a measurable difference.
Feel The Love
Douglas Murray- Who really built this country?
Anyone who has visited Canada or Australia in recent years might have noticed an interesting new tradition. This is the trend for issuing a ‘land acknowledgement’ at the start of any public event. Before discussion gets under way, some bureaucrat or other will get up and note that we are all fortunate enough to be on the land of X, and then garble the name of some not-especially-ancient tribe. The moment gives everyone a feeling of deep meaning and naturally achieves nothing.
Why Would They Turn Off The Comments?
Nothing says “togetherness and understanding” like a one way conversation.
