• @OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Canadian here, ashamed of our history big time. Myself and government believe truth and reconsiliation. So there is shame in our past. Also, I don’t think the country representing Jerry is a good use…

    • Jaytreeman
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      207 months ago

      Canadian here. I believe in reconciliation with the indigenous population, but I’ve yet to see anything but words from provincial and federal governments

      • @nonailsleft@lemm.ee
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        67 months ago

        Well, there’s always the practical question of: how do you reconcile for genocide? Leave the country and hand it back to the natives? It would honestly surprise me if you would go that far, let alone your government or countrymen

        • Deceptichum
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          87 months ago

          Well you start by not continuing to fuck over the indigenous peoples.

          Are Canadian cops still doing the driving people out into the snow and letting them die walking back to the city thing?

        • Jaytreeman
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          37 months ago

          How about respecting the sovereign land of the people that don’t have treaties yet? Wetsuoten (spelling?) land defenders are still being harassed by the RCMP on the regular