I'm returning to writing. I've been withdrawn and burned out for what seems like months or years. Anyway, I'll be blogging about whatever I read, and commenting on whatever moves me, whether to joy or anger.
What I've read today:
CBC: First Nations relations with Ottawa tested over 'economic shutdown' threat
Nice way of avoiding the issue of why there is a bloc of First Nations chiefs opposed to Valcourt's Act. He, for one, slimes the chiefs who are opposed to the Act as being lazy. Are they? To me, it seems as though they're working hard to derail Valcourt's efforts, so perhaps they aren't.
For another, Valcourt's suggesting the chiefs who are working with him are the only hard working chiefs in the AFN. Woof woof! We hear your dog whistling racial politics loud and clear, Mr Valcourt!
It's a lazy, lazy way of deflecting attention away from the actual problem. That there's an influential faction radically opposed to this Act with legitimate criticisms of it.
This entire episode is illustrating quite nicely how the Canadian government has time and again dealt with First Nations. It's bulldozing. This isn't consensus. This is coercion, absolutely.
What I've read today:
CBC: First Nations relations with Ottawa tested over 'economic shutdown' threat
"I trust that the good, hard-working chiefs will speak up," Valcourt said.
Nice way of avoiding the issue of why there is a bloc of First Nations chiefs opposed to Valcourt's Act. He, for one, slimes the chiefs who are opposed to the Act as being lazy. Are they? To me, it seems as though they're working hard to derail Valcourt's efforts, so perhaps they aren't.
For another, Valcourt's suggesting the chiefs who are working with him are the only hard working chiefs in the AFN. Woof woof! We hear your dog whistling racial politics loud and clear, Mr Valcourt!
It's a lazy, lazy way of deflecting attention away from the actual problem. That there's an influential faction radically opposed to this Act with legitimate criticisms of it.
This entire episode is illustrating quite nicely how the Canadian government has time and again dealt with First Nations. It's bulldozing. This isn't consensus. This is coercion, absolutely.
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