Although NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh quickly apologized and held a Zoom meeting with chiefs this week, the misstep may have repercussions at the ballot box.
Teegee said he is disappointed that Indigenous issues have not been at the fore of this year’s campaigns, a far cry from 2015 when Justin Trudeauthat “No relationship is more important to me and to Canada than the one with First Nations, Metis Nation and Inuit Peoples.” “For thousands of years, Indigenous people were here with their own governance systems. With the establishment of Canada there were treaty partnerships in some places and a paternalistic relationship within the Indian act, and the imposition of a liberal democratic system in communities with elected chief and councils. Many people in many communities still view it as a foreign system, an imposed system by outsiders.
“The 215+ is something our families are dealing with on a daily basis, plus COVID, and the opioid crisis, the wildfires. Our community members are dealing with a constant circle of grief and death and life. I don’t know how much capacity our people have for anything outside of our work, keeping our families together, and our grief,” said Thomas.Article content
First Nation will be important to bring the Canadian society back into balance.
Housing flips tax havens stagnant wages ...issues that decide quality of life for wage earning Cdns. Singh offers to close tax loopholes put wage earning fsmilies interests first