This thread is dedicated to nine-ender... For those who don't follow Canadian history -- their abuse of native Americans has been much worst than anything ever done in the U.S; mass killings, starvation, deliberate spread of diseases, forceful "boarding" schools for their children, modern day serial murders, and deliberate government non-employment policies -- the list goes on & on. The abuse continues to this day. First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/15/canada-first-nations-treaty-annuity-lawsuit
It boggles the human mind as to what standards are being used for Canadians to take pride in allegedly being more inclusive than the United States. Fortunately, even the Canadians are beginning to scoff at that fake propaganda. http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-2/
Canada is full of propaganda and Indigenous issues really bring it out... "For example, most Canadians look at the non-taxation of First Nation communities as some kind of boon given out of the goodness of Canadian hearts. Not so. It's an economic sanction that prevents First Nation communities from raising money to meet First Nation goals and cultural supports. Canadians didn't want First Nation town to reflect First Nation goals and culture, but rather Canadian goals and culture, so the Indian Act (Canadian law) removes the ability of these towns to self-resource local goals. Non-taxation regimes within First Nation communities are a system of control - if you take away a man's ability to get food on his own, you've effectively created a system of control over that man. Same with towns." "First Nations are corrupt. This allows Canadians to blame First Nation for the problem. However, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found that on-rez funding in areas like social programs for children was 25-50 per cent less than Canadian communities of comparable size - http://aptnnews.ca/2016/01/26/read-full-text-of-canadian-human-rights-tribunal-decision-here/ . So these communities do not have the same financial resources as comparable Canadian communities - BEFORE THE CHIEF AND COUNCIL EVEN GET TO SEE ANY MONEY!! First Nation fill out hundreds of reports for INAC. It's too bad INAC doesn't share those with Canadians... or even read them, but, you know, colonialism: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/7-questions-about-first-nations-accountability-1.1331320. There is corruption under the Indian Act system, and that won't be closed as long as First Nation voters do not have control of the law that governs their leaders." "Finally, the idea the First Nations are "self-governing" is a myth for the most part. They are mostly governed by the Indian Act system which is Canadian law. The democracy under the Indian Act system only goes up to the "mayor" level. At the provincial level, the system is run by a hired bureaucrat, at the federal level it's an appointee. These two upper levels never need to listen to First Nation voters to keep their jobs. This is why there is no effective change under the Indian Act system - the lack of democracy. Canadians control Canadian law - not First Nations. So Canadians are in charge of the Indian Act governance system - which never touches their lives." Wonder what nine_ender who continually insults anyone who supports the U.S. has to say about Canada's treatment of native Americans?
Let's take all the native American children from their families forcefully, place them in boarding schools, subject them to rape & poor conditions, and not even inform the families when the kids die. A history of residential schools in Canada http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-residential-schools-in-canada-1.702280 But the kids got free education and "healthcare", eh?
It is a well known story to everyone - except Canadian liberals. Even American liberals know this about Canada. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/18/genocide-first-nations-aboriginals-canada-un_n_4123112.html
Canadian liberals are too busy pointing out how terrible U.S. Americans are to pay attention to their own history or politicians.
Workbook accused of whitewashing First Nations' history recalled http://www.torontosun.com/2017/10/0...tewashing-first-nations-history-to-be-changed "The Popular Book Company Canada, based in Richmond Hill, Ont., had initially promised the book would be revised in later editions, but said in a statement issued Tuesday that it would be recalling the current edition immediately. “We know that our Complete Canadian Curriculum Grade 3 does not provide an accurate depiction of the interaction between Canada’s First Nations and European settlers,” it said. “While we cannot undo what has already been published, we are committed to making things better for future editions.” The company, which said its aim has always been to publish quality workbooks, apologized to First Nations communities, customers, vendors and partners." So... it was spotted and removed in quick order. And.. yeah the Brits were bastards.
You can post all the propaganda you want but nothing in Canada's history compares to the size and level of pure evil involved in the slave trade and lynching of blacks in the US South or the dropping of nuclear bombs on Japan. If you really want to go there ...
I'm fairly confident in asserting that Canada today has a far better sense of community and handling of social issues then the US has today. You are free to believe otherwise despite the evidence to the contrary.