The Manitoba Metis Federation is the only nationally recognised Metis government in Canada. The Metis National Council has two member provinces and they lost the rest because - wait for it - they continue to give legitimacy to Metis Nation Ontario. Understanding certain intricacies is important.
🍁 Christine 🍁
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Unapologetically opinionated and a true smart ass. Sarcasm is my mother tongue. Registered member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Former federal public servant who has had my fill of the Conservative agenda. Mental health advocate and fierce ally for all.
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So it's not just about damage control after ignoring the first nations peoples when pushing your projects through?
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You promised Canada would lead if America wouldn't. Where is your leadership on ending the Gaza genocide? How many children are fed today by recognizing Palestine in September? Gaza needs the land borders open immediately, and they need doctors and aid workers and journalists to be allowed in.
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They weren't there though. Without the Manitoba Metis Federation, they won't get one thing built under this bill. Period.
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Right. First thing he did was cancel a tax hike on the rich. He doesn't GAF about people like me.
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RESPECT Indigenous Rights and TRUTH n RECONCILIATION! We did NOT vote for you to DESTROY our Environmental Protections and our PRECIOUS Wilderness for your dirty $$$!!!
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He caved on billions in much needed revenue from the DST. Give me a break.
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UNDRIP is now federal law. BC only did it when they did because they were sick of Ottawa dicking around (thanks to Conservatives). They finally got it passed and now Carney is ignoring it. It won't matter if it's adopted provincially when they're already ignoring a federal law.
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The court cases have already been filed. This bill won't build a thing. What it's going to do is destroy all progress on reconciliation. And that's no problem for a man who is a Harper puppet.
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He and Ford are already salivating at the money they'll make from the Ring of Fire. That in and of itself is problematic. Ford believes he has a yes from a number of First Nations but they only consulted on a road for the communities to connect to each other, not mines.
Inside the Fight for the Ring of Fire - Macleans.ca
In Ontario’s hinterlands, a battle is brewing between First Nations, prospectors and the provincial government over a multi-billion-dollar motherlode of metals
