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I have been watching the debates on C-15 in the House of Commons and the Senate. Click "show sittings" on the different stages of the bill to read transcripts or watch video.  Please ask if you have never used this site, and have questions. Some of the most interesting discussions are happening at the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples . Study dates so far (click on webcast image to watch video): Friday, May 7, 2021 Monday, May 10, 2021 Friday, May 14, 2021   Most of the witnesses have been Indigenous.  They represent a wide variety of Indigenous perspectives from coast to coast, and into the north. Most want the bill passed quickly so this policy won't be delayed again as happened when the bill had the C-262 number. This includes some witnesses that submitted amendments to the House of Commons that were not included. Some witnesses have amendments that are a condition for their support, and a few want the entire process scrapped and start over. Listening cl...

Over the years I have read many articles discussing how people believe the province of Alberta has a cycle of abuse with Big Oil . Until recently I agreed with this sentiment, that Alberta is the victim of an abusive relationship with extractive industries such as Big Oil. Since my anti-racism training lead me to a different understanding of Canada, and a more unbiased understanding of its history, I now have a very different perspective. Canada was created unilaterally by the passage in the British Parliament of the British North America Act 1867 to effectively be a corporate subsidiary of Britain, to be part of the British Empire, and to provide cheap resources to the empire (affirmative action for Whites and all that). It was never created to be a democracy, or to think independently.  It retains pretty much all of the British systems which were unilaterally imposed on this homeland. The British Parliament passed many laws called the " British North America Act " between...

Many people have drawn conclusions based on the notion that the Canadian government is behind Bill C-15, and thus because the Canadian government has demonstrated itself untrustworthy over generated, the bill also can't be trusted. Knowing who helped create UNDRIP and C-15 may then help move the next steps forward once this bill is finally passed into law. Who isn't behind this policy? Canada (including its provinces) has been an opponent of this policy from the beginning.  The formal aspects of UNDRIP started in 1982 when the Working Group on Indigenous Populations was established, and Canada has been an opponent for the entire 39 years since. There are individual politicians (Members of Provincial Parliaments, Members of the Federal Parliament, Senators) who support, and they are largely but not exclusively Indigenous. The governments of Canada has been an opponent regardless of which party happens to have formed a government. The Conservative Governments and party spokespe...