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Father | Settler | Lawyer working for Indigenous Peoples | Award-winning beard grower | I don’t make the rules, I just interpret them | Tweets, not legal advice
Jul 17, 2018 10 tweets 3 min read
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.
Sep 3, 2017 7 tweets 1 min read
"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."