Cops are gonna start a war.

[furrowtickler]

Since you personally know Stanley you have disqualified yourself from being objective. Unless you were there you don't know any more than the rest of us. Your childhood memories of Stanley are irrelevant.

And regardless of whether Boushie and company were alleged to be stealing, there is no justification for shooting anyone over a property crime.

There is no justification for property crime .... ever .
No property crime , no problems ... end of story

[fjlip]

Does this answer your question?

"...because she's white..."

Yup, about says it all! No of them has a CLUE of the stats. Best one is Aboriginals die less in Australian jails than in their own communities! Jail is saving lives!

[Guest]

I have been the victim of property crime by unknown perpetrators several times. I expect none of it was committed by first nations people in my mostly non first nations community.

I live within a 1/2 and hour of a first nation. I have had some dealings with a first nations people since I was a kid. There are lots of problems on first nations to solve most of which have to do with poverty and lack of opportunity and hope.

But never would I consider pulling out a gun because I thought someone was stealing from me. That is not the solution. Property can be replaced lives and reputations cannot be replaced.

how about if they were trying to run over your wife , and they had a loaded gun in the car ?
what then ?
can your wife be replaced just as easy ?
i still cant believe you brought it up and made the comparison ???????????????????????????????????

[furrowtickler]

If Stanley had been a first nation and Boushie was white. Stanley would be still in jail!

Absolute b/s ..and you know it . Would have been the same outcome in that court of law

[furrowtickler]

Politics us a game of chess as far as thinking many moves ahead.Trump is still playing a sad game of checkers.

[Oliver88]

Parliament is dangerous due to the Covid virus even if the country is in extreme trouble.
Crowded mass protests are acceptable though.

[furrowtickler]

Parliament is dangerous due to the Covid virus even if the country is in extreme trouble.
Crowded mass protests are acceptable though.

Privileged people like JT have no concept of getting anything done because everything has been handed to them on a silver player their entire life .
The Budget will balance itself ..... 🙄

[sumdumguy]

Remember? Power to the People and John Lennon. Nothing new.

And then in 1970 the FLQ, leftest leaning group who issued propaganda accusing “White, Anglo-Saxon Imperialists” of oppression. Pierre invoked the war measures act.

[Ache4Acres]

FLQ and similar uprisings against govts has been ongoing forever. Swings like a pendulum

So much that is called racism is also the battle of the HAVE NOTS against the HAVES. It also goes both ways.

[chuckChuck]

You seem to have trouble with English language comprehension. Those aren't opportunities, those are factors that conspire to keep people from taking full advantage of opportunities presented to them on a silver platter.

If first nations are so well off because "opportunities are presented to them on a sliver platter". How come first nations receive less funding per child for primary and secondary education, their incomes are lower, poverty rates are higher, their health is worse, their housing is terrible, they don't have potable drinking water? The reality is many first nations live in third world conditions and suffer from the ongoing trauma of residential schools and systemic racism. Which have all been well documented.

Lets look at some specific barriers to post secondary education.

https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/documents/research/policy-briefs/PolicyBrief-Post%20Secondary%20Education%20in%20Canada.pdf https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/documents/research/policy-briefs/PolicyBrief-Post%20Secondary%20Education%20in%20Canada.pdf

Barriers to Post Secondary Education from U of R

"Currently, only “status Indians” are eligible to receive federal funding support for university, and there has been a cap on the federal funding since 1996. Annual increases have been limited to two per cent, which is often lower than annual university tuition increases. Even if a student is eligible for the federal funding, the funding is decided and distributed at the community level. As a result, in many communities there is simply not enough funding available to support the growing number of students who wish to pursue a university education. In 2009, for example, more than 5,000 eligible Aboriginal students could not access federal funding for their post-secondary education (Laboucane, 2010).Communities often have guidelines that students may find challenging, such as maintaining a certain grade point average, specific course load, and certain attendance criteria. These are not illegitimate conditions, but need to be taken into account in efforts to accommodate and advance Aboriginal education. Another challenge is that a community may focus on students who are recent high school graduates, leaving mature learners without funding support.

There are multiple other barriers Aboriginal students uniquely face. Many live in the north, with no or minimal access to university education in their home communities or regions. Students often have to relocate to attend university, and end up leaving their support networks behind. It also is very expensive to leave the north and live in the south. In addition, students often find it challenging to obtain the funding to go home for holidays and summer. There are few jobs for students in their home communities, so they do not have the opportunity to save for school.

In summary, the financial obstacles and lack of support students from our north experience are significant. Geography and finances can also pose barriers to post-secondary access for non-Aboriginal students, but coupled with the legacies of colonialism, such limits to access can be heightened for Aboriginal students.

Another Call to Action from the TRC is requiring “the federal government to eliminate the discrepancy in federal education funding for First Nations children being educated on reserves and those First Nations children being educated off reserves”. This highlights the importance of all Aboriginal people being treated fairly. A first principle in education should state that where you live should not have a significantly negative impact on either access to or support for education"