National Identity
Reflecting on the evolution of federal policy, it should be obvious in the third decade of the 21st century that one significant mistake made by the federal government in history was to federalize every issue involving indigenous peoples.
For better or worse, the British set out on the federalizing policy path starting with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which determined that the indigenous inhabitants of this land would be treated as collectives and negotiated with through signed treaties that set out rights and responsibilities. From the start, though, it was the central government and it alone that dealt with First Nation communities.
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Read MoreFollowing outrage and accusations of revisionist history, St Paul’s Cathedral has taken down posts that branded — without evidence — British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill as a “white supremacist” and dubiously claimed that Lord Horatio Nelson had a “personal commitment” to slavery.
In a post on its website detailing three prominent state funerals at the 17th-century London Cathedral, St Paul’s declared that despite fending off the Nazis, Sir Winston Churchill was an “unashamed imperialist and white supremacist”.
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Read MorePrime Minister Justin Trudeau has been put on blast for not cooperating with the ongoing investigations into Chinese election interference.
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Read MoreHome Office hopes deterrent effect can offset high Rwanda cost
Internal Home Office statistics have estimated that deporting a migrant to Rwanda could cost taxpayers £169,000 per person.
Meanwhile, processing and supporting a migrant for four years in the UK has been estimated at £106,000.
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Read MoreFEC story Update: Lawsuit alleging Chinese ties to ActBlue scheme pending in Washington D.C.
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Read MoreBill C-13 An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act was signed into law on Tuesday. This first-of-its-kind legislation mandates bilingualism in the federally regulated private sector.
According to Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the bill aims to “reverse the decline of French” in Canada.
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Read MoreThe Department of Finance will not say if it is dumping taxpayer-owned shares in a Beijing bank dubbed a Communist Party front. Department managers testifying at the Commons Special Committee on Canada-China Relations were silent on the nature of a cabinet “review” of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
“It would be useful to find out where the government stands now, what it means by suspending that activity,” said Conservative MP Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.). “I’d like to know what the timeline is for this review.”
“Is this just kind of a say-we’re-reviewing-it to get it out of the news issue, or is there an actual serious review where we are going to hear back a decision?” said MP Genuis.
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Read MoreBill 15 would eliminate voice of patients in Quebec: advocacy group
Users’ committees are currently drawn from communities across Quebec, overseeing health institutions. Under Bill 15, a new agency would usurp their role.
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Read More(1:48:37) Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Tammy Peterson, and Tamara Lich break down the events leading up to, during, and after the internationally recognized Canadian Freedom Convoy, which sought to publicize and end ridiculous COVID mandates as they heavily affected the multi-national trucking industry. Lich was a key organizer and has suffered for her role, spending a total of 48 days in jail over “mischief,” while being labeled a terrorist and being legally barred from using social media. Tamara Lich is a Canadian activist with a background organizing the 2018-2019 Yellow Vest protests in Alberta. She was also an early founder of the secession movement in western Canada known as WEXIT. Lich also had a prior career in the logistics field regarding Canadian energy and first became vocal about the unrivaled efficiency of her country’s fossil fuel industry, despite the mainstream media claiming otherwise.
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