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  • I hope more and more people understand that First Nations grievances are real, legitimate, and utterly reasonable. There is absolutely nothing they ask for that isn’t the same thing we also expect to have. If anyone is concerned they are in some specific way getting more than the “rest of us” are (they’re not), maybe instead of focusing on why they get those things, we need to focus on why the rest of us AREN’T getting those things. The First Nations are not the problem, and they’re not the reason we’re not getting certain things. Because again, the things they are asking for are totally reasonable and they are things we all should expect for all of us.

    As Canadians we should all be extremely familiar with the government making big promises and not delivering, and all you need to understand about the frustration of the First Nations people and their distrust of the government is that the government has done the same to them ten-fold, and worse. All anyone wants is for the government to actually follow through and deliver on at least some of its promises and do the things a government is expected to do, to give people the things everyone knows we are all entitled to. Because if Canadian governments are good at anything, they are good at letting we the people down. And eventually, we the people, must hold our government to account, for this is a cause we all have in common. We all want the same things. And we all deserve those things equally. We are much more the same than we are different. Always have been.



  • cecilkorik@lemmy.catoCanada@lemmy.caTrump learning the Netanyahu strat
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    As a Canadian, be careful what you wish for. Russia thought they could take over Ukraine in a 3 day special miliitary operation and 3 years later their military and economy is in ruins. Then look back at how Russia’s invasion of Finland went. Simo Hayha sends his regards.

    It doesn’t matter how “elite” your military equipment is or how many billion dollars it is worth, a war is fought by boots on the ground and the geography favours the defender. If you thought fighting arab insurgency in the desert or asian insurgency in the jungle was difficult, consider how difficult it’s going to be fighting against an insurgency that fluently speaks your language and looks indistinguishable to you in the great white north. Trump should stick to golf.





  • cecilkorik@lemmy.catoCanada@lemmy.caShocking
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    Might just be a local thing, but not really where I live. We see them off in the distance regularly, but like you said, mostly over the lakes and typically late in the evening or at night. Maybe it’s just a timing thing, or maybe it’s just the unobstructed horizon in Alberta, but I used to go out to Nose Hill in Calgary and watch huge storms what felt like every week or two. Here, I’ve enjoyed a few but subjectively feels like not nearly as many, nor as good a show.


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    Southern Ontario, and as a top 5, I miss the thunderstorms, the easy access to nature and the beauty of its expansive landscapes, how quickly road work gets done (working at night? more than 1 hour a week? you’d think these guys don’t even have a union or something…) the privatized government registry system and the general efficiency and lack of bureaucracy, and the best damn drinking water in the world.