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Genocide
The final report of the Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls came out last week. It's 1200 pages and you can read it here (note: I have not). Among its conclusions and recommendations, it refers to the ongoing disinterest-to-outright-complicity of Canadians and the Canadian state in the deaths and disappearances of at least 1200 women and girls since 1980 constitutes an ongoing genocide.
This, to me, is a no-brainer. The relationship between the settler state and Indigenous peoples in general can really only be described as genocidal, to the point where Canada pushed quite heavily to redefine genocide at the UN in 1948 so that it couldn't be held accountable for trying to wipe out the vibrant cultures of Turtle Island.
For some reason, though, both Trudeau and the ambulatory bag of raw sewage threatening to ooze into Parliament after the next election have a really difficult time saying the G-word. So much for nation-to-nation and Haida tattoos in the former case; in the latter it's not exactly surprising that Yellow Vest ally Andrew Scheer is a goddamned racist. I'm nowhere near as active and involved in decolonization and Indigenous solidarity as I should be—as we all should be—but. Just. Gross.
History will judge us for this. History is already judging us for this. There was a very low bar and we as a country couldn't even stumble over it.
This, to me, is a no-brainer. The relationship between the settler state and Indigenous peoples in general can really only be described as genocidal, to the point where Canada pushed quite heavily to redefine genocide at the UN in 1948 so that it couldn't be held accountable for trying to wipe out the vibrant cultures of Turtle Island.
For some reason, though, both Trudeau and the ambulatory bag of raw sewage threatening to ooze into Parliament after the next election have a really difficult time saying the G-word. So much for nation-to-nation and Haida tattoos in the former case; in the latter it's not exactly surprising that Yellow Vest ally Andrew Scheer is a goddamned racist. I'm nowhere near as active and involved in decolonization and Indigenous solidarity as I should be—as we all should be—but. Just. Gross.
History will judge us for this. History is already judging us for this. There was a very low bar and we as a country couldn't even stumble over it.