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"As an act of reconciliation, let's take down statues of racists who tried to wipe out Indigenous Peoples."

"No, that would erase history."
"OK. How about we remove the racist logos, mascots, team names and other inaccurate stereotypes."

"No. Those honour Indigenous culture."
"How about returning the land and restoring Indigenous institutions of governance."

"Can't do that. Impractical."
"How about equitable funding for Indigenous schools and child and family services?"

"Can't afford that."
"Safe drinking water?"

"That'll take time."
"So what exactly does Reconciliation actually mean to you?"

"That Indigenous People should be more polite to us on twitter."
That is basically how most conversations about #Reconciliation go. No commitment to symbolic or practical action.

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Jul 17, 2018
This is dangerous, irresponsible, and dishonest rhetoric from the Conservative Party.

There is no migrant "crisis" in Canada.
Canada has had around 28,000 irregular border crossings by asylum seekers since the beginning of last year. It's the highest in two decades, but represents less than 1/10th of 1% of our country's population.
More importantly, despite the dire predictions from the CPC that the number of asylum seekers was going to skyrocket this Summer, the numbers actually plunged in May, and again in June. We are down to about 1200-1300 a month. This is not a crisis.

globalnews.ca/news/4330666/a…
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