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Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada. June 30th, 2017.
Denman Island, BC, June 30, 2017
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As if I wasn't riled up about Canada's "birthday" before today???? We all love to throw around the term "reconciliation" when it comes to Canada's indigenous population but at the end of the damn day, the Canadian government cannot even stand a teepee going up and sharing space with "official" Canada day celebrations on Parliament Hill. Why? Because we aren't supposed to exist, and any display of agency that indigenous peoples show is a threat.
Can we celebrate "progress" while indigenous communities in Quebec and Ontario remain without water? Can we celebrate our rumoured kindness when we contribute to crimes against humanity abroad?
“In Quebec, the community of Kitigan Zibi has been without safe water since 1993.
In the case of this particular community, uranium was discovered in the tap water approximately 24 years ago, but it was not until 1999 that the government finally declared the tap water unsafe for drinking following reports of residents getting cancer.
Similarly, in Ontario, Neskantaga has remained without drinking water for 23 years. The Huffington Post cited testimony from an 18 year old girl who said showering at home left her body with blisters...
While the Canadian Federal government spends 500 million dollars on Canada Day celebrations, Inuit communities in Nunavut live in debilitating poverty, unable to feed their families...”
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Report on anti-colonial actions against the Canada 150 celebrations
y’all think Canada is such a nice lovely place full of love and manners but that’s just to try and cover up one of the largest-scale genocides in history and the fact it lowkey hasn’t ended
But yay fireworks???
I didn't think ASAP Science was this rad. Kudos for bringing discussions of indigenous genocide to their audience.