The Toronto Star is a bullshit propaganda rag. The aboriginal grievance industry is a genuine problem, that appears to gaining momentum, although its just another grievance industry borne out of incompetent academia. Grave Error was a good start at getting actual reality documented for future generations.
Benjamin Franklin, along with many others, once said, "If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking." That to me is the essence of this problem. People either don't think, won't think or can't think and therefore readily accept what ever they see as the majority opinion. It is the most obvious form of social cowardice that exists.
For sure. And the 'land acknowledgments' are social poison, even if the majority employing them have no idea (they aren't thinking, they are feeling, and in many cases are just following the crowd) and the risk of serious unintended negative consequences is great.
The writer of this article may be subject to up to two years in jail for residential school denial should that specific recommendation in Murrays report be adopted. That recommendation is now being seriously considered by the government.
I am going to try to do my time in the new, government sponsored 12.5 mil healing lodge on the Kamloops reserve which allows for regular conjugal visits. With my adoptive Indian name of Kemosabe, I figure I am a shoe in.
The lodge was proposed in May 2023 but construction hasn't started yet. The land has just been approved to be taken out of the Agricultural Land Reserve, as it is on a former ranch. The Kamloops First Nation bought this ranch outright in 1999. An excellent investment under their enterpreneurial chief Manny Jules. They aren't short of funds, although like many such projects, the eventual cost will likely be much higher than anticipated.
Thanks to Woke Watch Canada for its questioning of the indigenous narrative, it’s much appreciated. At my local park volunteer group here in Vancouver a couple of our relatively new members, two young women, have suggested that we have a land acknowledgement before each event. Me and another member opposed this idea strongly (the other members seemed less bothered by the prospect and remained on the sidelines) to which the young women replied that “they know these conversations are hard” but we’ll have to work with the MST bands eventually (currently the Vancouver Parks Board is looking implement co-management of all parks in Vancouver with the MST). Our group has contacted the MST with regards to working with them somehow, to show willing, but we have not received a reply. For all their supposed “caring for the land” they show remarkably little interest in joining us to remove invasive plant species. And these ideological youngsters with such narrow views of the world and the arrogance and presumption with it! How is one supposed to combat this? As a Helen Pluckrose quote I read recently goes: “There are now many people in their twenties who are genuinely unable to distinguish between Critical Social Justice ideas and just being a good person, and who may be entirely unfamiliar with the rest of the world of political and philosophical thought . . . “
This is part of a larger trend towards Indigenous land acknowledgement that's been happening for some time, as Bob Dylan wrote "The Times They are a Changing." It's going further than mere acknowledgement, to name changes and land back....the Haida have now been granted Aboriginal title to the crown land area of what was formerly named the Queen Charlotte Islands. Some lawyers say private property rights there have been put in question. Another recent example, just a few days ago, the City of Esquimalt announced that The Esquimalt (Kosapsum) Nation’s flag and Songhees Nation’s flag will be flying permanently at both Esquimalt Municipal Hall and the Gorge Park Pavilion along with the Township Flag. There was no public consultation. Any opposition to this is immediately labelled racist, and nobody appears to be speaking out anyway. The BC electorate just voted back in the same NDP government that allowed Haida Gwaii Aboriginal Title. I don't think there's much anyone can do to combat this except opt out. If they insist everyone join in on a land acknowledgement, you may just have to quit the volunteer group. If they say it's ok to opt out, then that's a bit of a middle ground I could go with.
The only thing that will change this is if the RCMP are allowed to do their job at Kamloops and expose the blatant fraud that almost everyone has been ignoring.
Another example from a Nov. 2nd 2024 CBC news article:
Here's the Liǧʷiłdaxʷ First Nations response ... in a letter by hereditary chiefs....to Campbell River council's saying that maybe they need more time to make name changes, so that people get used to them.
"We have to say that not only are we disappointed but also frustrated and appalled by the remarks made by council members in regard to restoring the place names to the titles they have held since the beginning of time," the letter says.
"To say that reconciliation is moving too fast and that you struggle to pronounce the names of the lands on which you ride is spitting on the Indigenous people, as well as any hopes of working towards reconciliation with the Indigenous people."
I'm wondering... their definition of "reconciliation" seems different from mine.
THe councillor who's position they objected to so much said this:
"Coun. Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage (Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Passage pronounced lee-gwith-dow) to pronounce.
He then went on to say the name changes may be "moving out of step with the state of public opinion." He later added that the pace of reconciliation is "debatable" and "may do more harm" if accomplished too quickly.
"There is a rising level of opposition to these measures," he said. "This is just going ahead at a certain pace and I think this needs to be pulled back a bit."
And the Chief's response was to say this:
"Do you think the impacts of residential schools moved too quickly? Do you feel that stripping our people from their traditional lands and rights was too quick? Do you feel that the raping, abducting, beating, and killing of the Indigenous people moved too quickly?" the letter reads.
"The names of these places are our hereditary right and should be labelled as such and not be considered a move to promote tourism, but a motion to restore and building on a relationship with the Indigenous people."
I think their hyperbolic, undiplomatic response (to say the least) may have the opposite effect of building relationships.
Hi Jack, thanks for your comment. It's interesting to hear of real world examples of the effects of the indigenous narrative reaching its tentacles into every aspect of our lives. There is the spectre of DRIPA looming also and who knows what effect that will have, in British Columbia - and Canada - if carried out fully.
MST is a vastly rich organization and gets first dibs on any crown land disposals in the Vancouver area. They are not subject to the same rules as any other developers or governments. The big development down by Fisherman's wharf exemplifies this. No community consultation (consultation ain't for white folks), no planning, nothing. I used to wonder why the Canucks organization was so wrapped up in native stuff at the games. Then I realized it's because the Aquilinis want to get their hands on some of those billions of dollars of MST development potential.
Telling the truth is always the right thing to do. Now many who have conspired to sell a false set of facts as the truth to Canadians are working overtime to see that these false indigenous residential school stories continual to be what Canadians see. These corrupt and manipulative Liars are very afraid that the truth of how they have embellished and falsified the residential school narrative will come out.
In no small part because of efforts like yours and other honest people, the People of Canada are leaning what the Truth is. Thank you and keep up the great work!
"Who is really causing the 'intergenerational trauma' we keep hearing about?" What a great question! Probably governments, media, institutional leaders, woke moralists, virtue-signallers, Indigenous storytellers, corporations, leftists, social justice warriors.... The only ones who didn't cause it were the highly devoted priests, lay brothers, nuns, and Native teachers and staff at residential schools.
The Toronto Star is a bullshit propaganda rag. The aboriginal grievance industry is a genuine problem, that appears to gaining momentum, although its just another grievance industry borne out of incompetent academia. Grave Error was a good start at getting actual reality documented for future generations.
Benjamin Franklin, along with many others, once said, "If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking." That to me is the essence of this problem. People either don't think, won't think or can't think and therefore readily accept what ever they see as the majority opinion. It is the most obvious form of social cowardice that exists.
For sure. And the 'land acknowledgments' are social poison, even if the majority employing them have no idea (they aren't thinking, they are feeling, and in many cases are just following the crowd) and the risk of serious unintended negative consequences is great.
The writer of this article may be subject to up to two years in jail for residential school denial should that specific recommendation in Murrays report be adopted. That recommendation is now being seriously considered by the government.
I am going to try to do my time in the new, government sponsored 12.5 mil healing lodge on the Kamloops reserve which allows for regular conjugal visits. With my adoptive Indian name of Kemosabe, I figure I am a shoe in.
The lodge was proposed in May 2023 but construction hasn't started yet. The land has just been approved to be taken out of the Agricultural Land Reserve, as it is on a former ranch. The Kamloops First Nation bought this ranch outright in 1999. An excellent investment under their enterpreneurial chief Manny Jules. They aren't short of funds, although like many such projects, the eventual cost will likely be much higher than anticipated.
Thanks Jack. I guess I will have to look at other alternatives.
Very sad but true.
Thank you so much for this..... we need this for our records and history books moving forward.....
Thanks to Woke Watch Canada for its questioning of the indigenous narrative, it’s much appreciated. At my local park volunteer group here in Vancouver a couple of our relatively new members, two young women, have suggested that we have a land acknowledgement before each event. Me and another member opposed this idea strongly (the other members seemed less bothered by the prospect and remained on the sidelines) to which the young women replied that “they know these conversations are hard” but we’ll have to work with the MST bands eventually (currently the Vancouver Parks Board is looking implement co-management of all parks in Vancouver with the MST). Our group has contacted the MST with regards to working with them somehow, to show willing, but we have not received a reply. For all their supposed “caring for the land” they show remarkably little interest in joining us to remove invasive plant species. And these ideological youngsters with such narrow views of the world and the arrogance and presumption with it! How is one supposed to combat this? As a Helen Pluckrose quote I read recently goes: “There are now many people in their twenties who are genuinely unable to distinguish between Critical Social Justice ideas and just being a good person, and who may be entirely unfamiliar with the rest of the world of political and philosophical thought . . . “
This is part of a larger trend towards Indigenous land acknowledgement that's been happening for some time, as Bob Dylan wrote "The Times They are a Changing." It's going further than mere acknowledgement, to name changes and land back....the Haida have now been granted Aboriginal title to the crown land area of what was formerly named the Queen Charlotte Islands. Some lawyers say private property rights there have been put in question. Another recent example, just a few days ago, the City of Esquimalt announced that The Esquimalt (Kosapsum) Nation’s flag and Songhees Nation’s flag will be flying permanently at both Esquimalt Municipal Hall and the Gorge Park Pavilion along with the Township Flag. There was no public consultation. Any opposition to this is immediately labelled racist, and nobody appears to be speaking out anyway. The BC electorate just voted back in the same NDP government that allowed Haida Gwaii Aboriginal Title. I don't think there's much anyone can do to combat this except opt out. If they insist everyone join in on a land acknowledgement, you may just have to quit the volunteer group. If they say it's ok to opt out, then that's a bit of a middle ground I could go with.
The only thing that will change this is if the RCMP are allowed to do their job at Kamloops and expose the blatant fraud that almost everyone has been ignoring.
Another example from a Nov. 2nd 2024 CBC news article:
Here's the Liǧʷiłdaxʷ First Nations response ... in a letter by hereditary chiefs....to Campbell River council's saying that maybe they need more time to make name changes, so that people get used to them.
"We have to say that not only are we disappointed but also frustrated and appalled by the remarks made by council members in regard to restoring the place names to the titles they have held since the beginning of time," the letter says.
"To say that reconciliation is moving too fast and that you struggle to pronounce the names of the lands on which you ride is spitting on the Indigenous people, as well as any hopes of working towards reconciliation with the Indigenous people."
I'm wondering... their definition of "reconciliation" seems different from mine.
THe councillor who's position they objected to so much said this:
"Coun. Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage (Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Passage pronounced lee-gwith-dow) to pronounce.
He then went on to say the name changes may be "moving out of step with the state of public opinion." He later added that the pace of reconciliation is "debatable" and "may do more harm" if accomplished too quickly.
"There is a rising level of opposition to these measures," he said. "This is just going ahead at a certain pace and I think this needs to be pulled back a bit."
And the Chief's response was to say this:
"Do you think the impacts of residential schools moved too quickly? Do you feel that stripping our people from their traditional lands and rights was too quick? Do you feel that the raping, abducting, beating, and killing of the Indigenous people moved too quickly?" the letter reads.
"The names of these places are our hereditary right and should be labelled as such and not be considered a move to promote tourism, but a motion to restore and building on a relationship with the Indigenous people."
I think their hyperbolic, undiplomatic response (to say the least) may have the opposite effect of building relationships.
Hi Jack, thanks for your comment. It's interesting to hear of real world examples of the effects of the indigenous narrative reaching its tentacles into every aspect of our lives. There is the spectre of DRIPA looming also and who knows what effect that will have, in British Columbia - and Canada - if carried out fully.
MST is a vastly rich organization and gets first dibs on any crown land disposals in the Vancouver area. They are not subject to the same rules as any other developers or governments. The big development down by Fisherman's wharf exemplifies this. No community consultation (consultation ain't for white folks), no planning, nothing. I used to wonder why the Canucks organization was so wrapped up in native stuff at the games. Then I realized it's because the Aquilinis want to get their hands on some of those billions of dollars of MST development potential.
Are you sure those young ladies weren't preprogramed cyborgs in disguise ?
Telling the truth is always the right thing to do. Now many who have conspired to sell a false set of facts as the truth to Canadians are working overtime to see that these false indigenous residential school stories continual to be what Canadians see. These corrupt and manipulative Liars are very afraid that the truth of how they have embellished and falsified the residential school narrative will come out.
In no small part because of efforts like yours and other honest people, the People of Canada are leaning what the Truth is. Thank you and keep up the great work!
James Balkwill
These people, along with their sycophantic supporters, wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and bit them on the ass.
"Who is really causing the 'intergenerational trauma' we keep hearing about?" What a great question! Probably governments, media, institutional leaders, woke moralists, virtue-signallers, Indigenous storytellers, corporations, leftists, social justice warriors.... The only ones who didn't cause it were the highly devoted priests, lay brothers, nuns, and Native teachers and staff at residential schools.
The fn industry scam keeps promoting this huge, expensive mess. Needs to be stopped.
Good piece.
Welcome to "Trudeauland" very similar to the epic novel "Alice in Wonderland" where nothing is as it seems only this is in real life folks.
We are the laughingstock of the world, places like Uganda or Somalia have higher standing than we do.