Guest Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 No longer do you have to buy a plate of rubber chicken at some event to get face to face time with our PM. All you have to do is illegally erect a structure on Parliament Hill, not only will you get private time with him, he gets more photo's for his collection. Justin Trudeau visits 'reoccupation' teepee on Parliament Hill Prime minister said he delivered 'a message of respect and reconciliation' By John Paul Tasker, CBC NewsPosted: Jun 30, 2017 11:04 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 30, 2017 3:23 PM ET Play Justin Trudeau visits 'reoccupation' teepee on Parliament Hill Related Stories 'In its rightful place': Teepee moved from far corner of Hill nearer to Peace Tower Indigenous people explain why they see reasons for hope amid Canada 150 celebrations 'A state of crisis': Indigenous group calls for change as Canada Day nears Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a teepee on Parliament Hill that was erected as a symbol of the unresolved grievances many Indigenous people have as the country is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The teepee was moved Thursday night, with the help of the RCMP, from a spot on the edge of the parliamentary lawn to a more prominent location next to the main stage in front of Centre Block. Trudeau was seen wearing a jean jacket with the words "150 years young" emblazoned on the back. He was accompanied by his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. The prime minister spent some 40 minutes with a handful of activists and left without speaking to media, saying only that his visit was "a message of respect and reconciliation." Members of the Bawaating Water Protectors, who came to the capital from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to build the teepee, have said they are not engaging in protest, but rather a "reoccupation" of Parliament Hill, which is situated on the traditional territory of the Algonquin people. These activists, like many other Indigenous people, say they have little reason to celebrate the country's history of colonialization, marked by land dispossession, Indian residential schools and forced assimilation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves the teepee. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) "I'm overwhelmed right now," Candace Day Neveau, a spokeswoman for the water protectors, said after the meeting. "We let Justin know that we want to hold him accountable [on his promises]. We'll be coming back if we don't feel like we're being honoured, and we'll be exerting our inherent right to be here as Indigenous people." Water protectors figure prominently in First Nations culture, and have been at the forefront of protests against natural resources development in this country. Video from inside the teepee Neveau later posted a nine-minute video of the conversation with the prime minister on her Facebook page. She made it clear to Trudeau that one of their principal concerns are the continued imposition of the Indian Act on First Nations peoples and mismanagement at the department of Indigenous Affairs. For decades, this document has dictated relations between the federal government and Indigenous peoples, while also setting parameters on who can register as a status Indian. Trudeau told the activists that he is prepared to move Canada beyond "colonial structures." Play Video from Trudeau inside 'reoccupation' teepee2:32 "I've said we have to go beyond the Indian Act, we have to end the Indian Act, but we can't do it with a stroke of the pen from Ottawa. We have to do it with your partnership, with your leadership," he said in the video captured on an iPhone. "We need to respect your pace and accompany you on that [path] as best we can." Trudeau also thanked the activists for "being these strong voices, for being courageous," while reiterating he was pleased that they could find a way to keep the teepee in place. "We need to have a space for you," he said. "This is very visible, very present, and a counter balance to the narrative [of the 150 celebrations]." "There was not a lot that he could promise outright," Ashley Courchene, a member of Sagkeeng First Nation, said of the talks. "[But] I think that we are glad that he did come and say that what we did [building the teepee] is very, very important. He did bring up a good point that, at no time in the past have prime ministers met with somebody who is doing this. I commend the prime minister for coming and doing that." On Thursday, when asked about the "reoccupiers," Trudeau said it was understandable that not all are celebrating equally. "We recognize that over the past decades, generations, indeed centuries, Canada has failed Indigenous peoples," Trudeau said. Water protector Candace Day Neveau says she was 'overwhelmed' after meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but will return to Parliament Hill if he doesn't keep his promises to Indigenous peoples. (CBC News) The group intends to perform Indigenous ceremonies all weekend, and will be at the centre of celebrations that are expected to draw some 500,000 people to Ottawa's downtown core. RCMP officers searched the teepee before the prime minister entered. "They searched everything [and] that's totally fine. We're not hiding anything. We're here to show you everything. We're open. We're here to show a peaceful ceremony on traditional lands," Johnathan Wabigwan, one of the activists, said of the police presence. Inside the tent, Trudeau thanked activists for understanding the role security forces have to play in protecting the Canada Day festivities. Play 'We want to hold him accountable,' Indigenous activists say after meeting PM0:29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 What a ham-bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I can't be bothered reading about the antics of this forty something year old child who never worked a day in his life and has no intention to begin now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Here's a thought ... " This was written by a 21 yr. old female who gets it. It's her future she's worried about and this is how she feels about the social welfare big government state that she's being forced to live in! These solutions are just common sense in her opinion. This was a letter to the editor, in the "Waco Tribune Herald", Waco, TX. PUT ME IN CHARGE . . . Put me in charge of food stamps no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job. Put me in charge of Medicaid. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job. Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your "home" will be subject to inspections any time and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place. In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22-inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good." Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self-esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self-esteem. If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices. I love this one... AND while you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo32a Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Scary because there’s a lot of truth to what this says.... Mr. Trudeau, what do seniors get in the new Budget? Seniors outnumber Indians; so maybe you will resolve their grievances sooner if they block the Trans Canada Highway or the CN Rail lines? When reporters ask the protesting Seniors what they want, the Seniors can answer, "Same as the Indians have been getting for years." (free dental, free eye care, free prescriptions, free secondary education, free transportation, no tax on gas, no income tax, no tax on vehicles, free housing and many other things, paid for by the tax payer.) And, now 600,000 Metis are considered Indians. Seniors want the same as the Attawapiskat Band Members received from the Government in 2014, $34 million for just 1500 people (that's $22,666 each), tax free, instead of the $7,200 the government pays Seniors in Social Security after working 50 years, and still having to pay tax on that, after they've paid their own, their kid's, and the Natives' way. Something is very wrong with this picture!! And the natives are demonstrating? Maybe it's time for seniors to react... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydee Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 46 minutes ago, mo32a said: Scary because there’s a lot of truth to what this says.... Mr. Trudeau, what do seniors get in the new Budget? Seniors outnumber Indians; so maybe you will resolve their grievances sooner if they block the Trans Canada Highway or the CN Rail lines? When reporters ask the protesting Seniors what they want, the Seniors can answer, "Same as the Indians have been getting for years." (free dental, free eye care, free prescriptions, free secondary education, free transportation, no tax on gas, no income tax, no tax on vehicles, free housing and many other things, paid for by the tax payer.) And, now 600,000 Metis are considered Indians. Seniors want the same as the Attawapiskat Band Members received from the Government in 2014, $34 million for just 1500 people (that's $22,666 each), tax free, instead of the $7,200 the government pays Seniors in Social Security after working 50 years, and still having to pay tax on that, after they've paid their own, their kid's, and the Natives' way. Something is very wrong with this picture!! And the natives are demonstrating? Maybe it's time for seniors to react... Every one please copy and paste this to your Facebook page...make it go viral. By bending over and accepting the status quo, you are part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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