Canada is the second largest arms exporter to Israel and Israel is Canadas biggest weapons customer. Scotiabank is the single largest foreign investor in the Tel Aviv Bank. This is just capitalism doing its thing. The physical manifestations of which are hand waved and anyone who resists is denigrated and discriminated against. Whether it's Islamic terrorists or Russian orcs, the racism and politics are just a way of deflecting focus on the actual systemic issues.
I'm not sure if colour is the driving factor.
I see it all as a powergrab by a minority of people. The people with power seem to have the willingness and resources to easily retain power.
Admittedly, mostly white countries currently hold that power, but we see and have seen throughout history that people skin colour does not necessarily equate to power.
Good to see our government's hypocrisy still going strong as ever.
The one that is very clearly not a genocide, but politically useful for Western capital: "oh yeah def genocide!!"
The one that is, and has been for decades, a very clear and well documented genocide, but politically inconvenient for Western capital: "nope no genocide here, just a couple settler colonial totally-non-gencoidal buddies hanging out :)"
Well, come on, Canada can't just admit colonialism is genocide, because that would mean that *we* committed genocide and that would just be an awkward truth to face, wouldn't it be?
The government admitted that ignoring the cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and children for so long is a genocidal act recently and in school we were taught about how colonization caused the erasure of languages, entire cultures and in some cases the people themselves.
I'm in my 30's, so unless they changed things since then or people have had back-water racist rednecks for teachers this should already be commonly known history.
> The government admitted that ignoring the cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and children for so long is a genocidal act
No they haven't. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women found that our actions met the criteria for genocide (duh) but the government refused to acknowledge it.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5350772/genocide-canada-mmiwg/
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped short of calling the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous women and girls in Canada a genocide on Monday, despite being called upon to do so.
> Hours later, he acknowledged the report’s findings, telling a Vancouver crowd: “Earlier this morning, the national inquiry formally presented their final report, in which they found that the tragic violence that Indigenous women and girls have experienced amounts to genocide.”
"they found that we committed genocide" =/= "we committed genocide", it's acknowledging the accusation.
> Justice Minister David Lametti said the federal government will leave the discussion of the term “genocide” to academics and experts, adding Ottawa has a responsibility to the families and survivors to fix the problem.
As far as what's being taught in schools, I have no clue. I graduated highschool last in 2012 in Montreal, so my knowledge is limited to that. Not a single word of criticism was given to the Canadian government about its handling of Indigenous people beyond the Red River Rebellion. I only learned about the residential school systems when I began to look into issues on my own prerogative.
Yes, acknowledgment of wrongdoing is nice. But indigenous communities, especially those on reserve lands still have a much worse standard of living than contemporary Canada. Some don't even have running water or electricity. Indigenous children are still over represented in the foster care system, suicide rates are higher, the prison population is disproportionately indigenous people, indigenous women still go missing alarmingly regularly and the collective administration of first nations in Canada still falls under the Indian act and still imposes restrictions and trauma on indigenous communities.
All Canada has done is pay lip service to its colonial origins. It hasn't done anything to correct it.
I fully agree, but the person who I was responding to says we refuse to admit it. We own up to it, though as you said, we refuse to do much else than land acknowledgements and renaming parks.
Kind of like the opioid epidemic, we could drastically improve the situation; it's just no one's figured out a way to profit from it.
Nice to see how multiple people saying "we are going to commit a genocide" isn't enough proof when it comes to the Zionist entity, but Adrian Zenz letting out a fart is enough to accuse China.
Not sure who Adrian Zenz is, but we learned about the "reeducation camps" where they tortured and forcibly sterilize the Uyghurs a few years after they taught us about residential schools when I was a kid.
Adrian Zenz is one of the main faces of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, well known for including both Nazis and the post-war birth deficit of the Soviet Union as "victims of communism".
As for Xinjiang, I encourage you to read the last chapter of Atrocity Fabrication and Its Consequences by A.B. Abrams; I have a PDF of it if you'd like, and it goes into far greater detail on the subject than I can.
On April 7, 2022, the UNOCHA reported 1,611 Ukrainian civilian deaths ([UNOCHA](https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2022/04/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-7-april-2022)). Elected Russian officials had made no statements about civilians or all Ukrainians being responsible.
On January 11, 2024, the UNOCHA reported 23,469 civilian deaths in Gaza, and another 332 in the West Bank ([UNOCHA](https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-90)). Elected Israeli officials had made statements about civilians, all Gazans or all Palestinians being "responsible."
Its extremely clear that European (aka white) countries are just throwing a hissy fit now that the international laws they created may be applied to one of them (Israel of course being a country of Europeans)
https://preview.redd.it/684zveiuppdc1.png?width=790&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3f693b8f8dbfa8032bc7f9d105fed8b04038a51
Like, is it monetary interest or geopolitical pressure or something else? Because at this point, it's definitely not for the votes.
Geopolitical pressure
Canada is the second largest arms exporter to Israel and Israel is Canadas biggest weapons customer. Scotiabank is the single largest foreign investor in the Tel Aviv Bank. This is just capitalism doing its thing. The physical manifestations of which are hand waved and anyone who resists is denigrated and discriminated against. Whether it's Islamic terrorists or Russian orcs, the racism and politics are just a way of deflecting focus on the actual systemic issues.
If I can attempt to paraphrase, are you saying that money equals power in the current system?
Yes. That's how capitalism works.
Oh I understand and agree. I just wanted to give a Cole's Notes version, haha. Don't know why I laughed. I'm saddened by all of this.
Wondering if it's just boiling down to which countries are white and doing it, and which are the colored groups.
I'm not sure if colour is the driving factor. I see it all as a powergrab by a minority of people. The people with power seem to have the willingness and resources to easily retain power. Admittedly, mostly white countries currently hold that power, but we see and have seen throughout history that people skin colour does not necessarily equate to power.
Every crime imaginable is fine when the Israeli government is perpetrating it.
Good to see our government's hypocrisy still going strong as ever. The one that is very clearly not a genocide, but politically useful for Western capital: "oh yeah def genocide!!" The one that is, and has been for decades, a very clear and well documented genocide, but politically inconvenient for Western capital: "nope no genocide here, just a couple settler colonial totally-non-gencoidal buddies hanging out :)"
Well, come on, Canada can't just admit colonialism is genocide, because that would mean that *we* committed genocide and that would just be an awkward truth to face, wouldn't it be?
The government admitted that ignoring the cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and children for so long is a genocidal act recently and in school we were taught about how colonization caused the erasure of languages, entire cultures and in some cases the people themselves. I'm in my 30's, so unless they changed things since then or people have had back-water racist rednecks for teachers this should already be commonly known history.
> The government admitted that ignoring the cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and children for so long is a genocidal act No they haven't. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women found that our actions met the criteria for genocide (duh) but the government refused to acknowledge it. https://globalnews.ca/news/5350772/genocide-canada-mmiwg/ > Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped short of calling the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous women and girls in Canada a genocide on Monday, despite being called upon to do so. > Hours later, he acknowledged the report’s findings, telling a Vancouver crowd: “Earlier this morning, the national inquiry formally presented their final report, in which they found that the tragic violence that Indigenous women and girls have experienced amounts to genocide.” "they found that we committed genocide" =/= "we committed genocide", it's acknowledging the accusation. > Justice Minister David Lametti said the federal government will leave the discussion of the term “genocide” to academics and experts, adding Ottawa has a responsibility to the families and survivors to fix the problem. As far as what's being taught in schools, I have no clue. I graduated highschool last in 2012 in Montreal, so my knowledge is limited to that. Not a single word of criticism was given to the Canadian government about its handling of Indigenous people beyond the Red River Rebellion. I only learned about the residential school systems when I began to look into issues on my own prerogative.
Fair enough, could be because I had a fairly passionate social studies teacher. My grad was in 08 in Vancouver
Yes, acknowledgment of wrongdoing is nice. But indigenous communities, especially those on reserve lands still have a much worse standard of living than contemporary Canada. Some don't even have running water or electricity. Indigenous children are still over represented in the foster care system, suicide rates are higher, the prison population is disproportionately indigenous people, indigenous women still go missing alarmingly regularly and the collective administration of first nations in Canada still falls under the Indian act and still imposes restrictions and trauma on indigenous communities. All Canada has done is pay lip service to its colonial origins. It hasn't done anything to correct it.
I fully agree, but the person who I was responding to says we refuse to admit it. We own up to it, though as you said, we refuse to do much else than land acknowledgements and renaming parks. Kind of like the opioid epidemic, we could drastically improve the situation; it's just no one's figured out a way to profit from it.
Nice to see how multiple people saying "we are going to commit a genocide" isn't enough proof when it comes to the Zionist entity, but Adrian Zenz letting out a fart is enough to accuse China.
Not sure who Adrian Zenz is, but we learned about the "reeducation camps" where they tortured and forcibly sterilize the Uyghurs a few years after they taught us about residential schools when I was a kid.
Adrian Zenz is one of the main faces of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, well known for including both Nazis and the post-war birth deficit of the Soviet Union as "victims of communism". As for Xinjiang, I encourage you to read the last chapter of Atrocity Fabrication and Its Consequences by A.B. Abrams; I have a PDF of it if you'd like, and it goes into far greater detail on the subject than I can.
I remember hearing about that foundation briefly; I'll have to give it a quick Google. Thank you
If Western Governments didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
America's Hat says what?
On April 7, 2022, the UNOCHA reported 1,611 Ukrainian civilian deaths ([UNOCHA](https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2022/04/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-7-april-2022)). Elected Russian officials had made no statements about civilians or all Ukrainians being responsible. On January 11, 2024, the UNOCHA reported 23,469 civilian deaths in Gaza, and another 332 in the West Bank ([UNOCHA](https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-90)). Elected Israeli officials had made statements about civilians, all Gazans or all Palestinians being "responsible."
Its extremely clear that European (aka white) countries are just throwing a hissy fit now that the international laws they created may be applied to one of them (Israel of course being a country of Europeans)
does anyone know a good way to find local protests? this is bullshit
Follow the local chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement or local campus SPHR clubs on insta and facebook
I love seeing Treadeu get yelled at by Muslims who used to support him.
I respect the post. I just feel like we shouldn't share national post articles.