RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Westcoast In regard to your message.... NO, "we" did not steal the land and I find it insulting.
I'm the decendant of eastern europeans that arrived here over 100 years ago. My great grandfather was the first to arrive before the start of the first world war, and his wife was to follow. When the 1st world war broke out he was rounded up and placed in an internment camp and forced into labor. He actually died in the camp and family never notified.
My great grandmother then came to find him when letters and small pittance he could send back to family simply stopped. She wanted to pick up the search in Toronto as that was his last confirmed residence. When she arrived she was told she could not, and instead was placed on a train and forced to work on a farm for 3 years before she could leave to start the search.
My other side of the family had similar experiences. All arrived in Canada and required to work for years on sustenance wage on farms before receiving the "priviledge" to travel freely. I use that word lightly as "travel freely" just meant they could go find work elsewhere. They rode the rails going from job to job trying to survive. Then during periods of war, picked up arms to fight on behalf of the country.
Amazing thing though is that even though they gave up their youth and early years, they never complained. When war ended and there was finally some global stability, they were able to spend the next 30 years working long hours, doing meanial jobs to provide for their families. Each scraped to save and paid the cost for property and taxes for their small plot of land and tiny home.
So no.... my ancestors did not "steal" any land from anyone. You are either naive or willingly parroting the narrative the globalists are indoctrintating Canadians with. This idea that indigenous are somehow entitled to everything by birthright is wrong, and forms a large part of the base for the entire DEI agenda. To suggest that some are inherently more acceptable/employable due to their race is absolutely appalling to practically everyone that has decended from immigrants and worked their entire lives to have a family, shelter and food.
The issue with Canada and all western nations is that we are under attack from within by a cabal of globalist that realize their days are numbered, UNLESS they can re-enslave the 99%. By the globalist's definition, too many have become "priviledged" and a threat to their way of life. Too many of the unwashed have studied, worked hard, amassed wealth, and have unprecedented access to information. The globalists see that they're losing grip and have weaponized the generally good nature of people, thereby attracting liberals, progressives and socialists to support their cause. Too many Canadians either don't know their heritage, have forgotten, or have been indoctrinated into false beliefs by biased/perverse socialist based academia.
If you can't see it, your're not looking. Look to Australia for what's coming to Canada. Farmers pushed off land with no remuneration or required to pay new fees and taxes to aboriginal councils staffed with government appointees. Then look at how practically none of the money raised is actually being disbursed to aboroginal community members and families. Instead the money is pooled and being used to weaponize government aligned NGO groups to further attack farms and property owners. The EXACT SAME tactic is and will be used here. The land acknowledgement claims is a necessary step as it indoctrinates everyone into this false belief that we are all thieves, guilty, and should repent while endlessly self-flagelating.
Land acknowledgements are escalating. What started as a statement at the beginning of a conference, is now being embedded in the policies of government funded organizations and must be said at the start of every meeting regardless of size/scope. The most recent addition is that further to mandatory statement, staff are being compelled to further internalize through forced requirement that they describe personally how they have benefitted from the theft of the land and their personal "priviledge". Anyone that thinks this is all for show is fooling themselves. It's indoctrination and people are complying out of fear and reprecussion.
I agree with you that Trudeau has been a disaster for this country, but it really makes no difference. Trudeau has been nothing more than a puppet, taking orders from globalists. He was picked and placed because he is naive, stupid and a narcissit at heart. His family name to play on the nostalgia of a new generation was a bonus. He has ZERO critical thinking skills.
The placement of these fools into leadership positions has occurred throughout western democracies. It was done with intention as the globalists only have a window of time in which to succeed. Please wake up. We are losing the country, culture, constitutional laws, and our way of life.
Now back to CPG.... wow what a drop for Canadian E&Ps today. Looks like the decline in the price of oil into the November US federal election is starting a month earlier than I expected. My projection is WTI will be in the $60s by November. Good luck to all.
Citizen13 wrote: Iif thats the case then we all should pack up and leave . Because unless you are aboriginal none of us belong here . We kind of stole the land other people were living on. We gave them disease , alcoholism, diabetes , a few guns and ammo and called it even steven . My parents came here in 1955 fleeing Europe when the Russians made their way through the continent after the war. So I guess we are " those people" Now what I do agree on is they let way too many immigrants come in in a very short time span and we had no plan whatsoever . Think about that . NO PLAN WHATSOEVER on housing and the strain on resources . Seems to me everything this government touches is an unmitigated disaster .