Judge demands Indigenous report for man who claims to be Caucasian - "A Yellowknife judge has insisted a man who claimed to be Caucasian get a report meant for Indigenous offenders before he sentences him for breaking into a hotel. Jeremy Kuneyuna — who already has 90 convictions — appeared in the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories recently to be sentenced for breaking into a hotel. “Mr. Kuneyuna states that he is ‘Caucasian’ and on that basis has provided no information relating to case specific factors relating to his background as an indigenous offender,” Judge Robert David Gorin wrote in an April 22 decision. “When I asked him about why he had an Inuit surname, he provided no meaningful response. Also, he is plainly not Caucasian. Rather, his background is indigenous. I will say that I know this from dealings I have had with Mr. Kuneyuna in previous court proceedings.” Kuneyuna pleaded guilty to the hotel break-in and represented himself in court. “He joins with the Crown in submitting that a six-month term of imprisonment would be appropriate,” Gorin said. “He has a criminal record containing approximately 90 criminal convictions over half of which are property related with approximately a dozen of those being for break and enter offences.” But the judge didn’t accept that sentencing recommendation. “In my view, regardless of the ‘joint submission’ provided by Mr. Kuneyuna and the Crown, his erroneous position as to his heritage does not amount to a waiver of the need for this court to make the inquiry as to his background factors that are required by the cases of Gladue and Ipeelee,” Gorin said. “I require more information than he is prepared to provide me. While I do not require a complete pre-sentence report, I do require a report that provides me with his background factors as an indigenous offender.”"
Thread by @TheReclamare on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "In 1971 Marieval Residential School in Saskatchewan was scheduled to close, but eight Indigenous bands protested the closure, arguing to keep it open Since then four of the same eight bands have condemned residential schools, pursued legal action, and accepted compensation🧵
In Canada, Indigenous oral history has been given parity with the documentary record, on the premise it reliably preserves community knowledge Marieval shows otherwise, where Indigenous Oral History produced two incompatible accounts of the same school, decades apart. In the 1971 article, the bands shared their Oral history of the Marieval Residential School;
- Meets the most needs of the children
- Serves children who can't be cared for at home
- Religious training and discipline
- Good parental involvement
- more (article at last post)
By 2008, four of those same eight bands shared a different oral history of Marieval Residential School:
- Children stripped of identity
- Physical abuse
- Cultural suppression
- Families coerced into compliance
- more
Oral history claims to preserve community knowledge across generations. Yet two incompatible accounts of the same Residential School are not equal to a documentary record. Both accounts may reflect sincere truth, but that doesn't rescue oral history, it indicts it "
Clearly, this is proof of internalised whiteness. Why else would indigenous people support genocide?!
Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives surge to 10-point lead as NDP falls on reconciliation concerns - "A new poll shows the BC Conservative Party pulling into a sizable lead over the NDP government, as public concern continues to rise over Indigenous reconciliation and private property rights. The new numbers from the Angus Reid Institute show Premier David Eby in freefall on his popularity, having declined 20 percentage points within one year to sit at 33 per cent approval... More than half the respondents said the premier has done a “bad job” on reconciliation, including more than one-third of supporters who identified as New Democrats. On the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), 47 per cent of people surveyed agreed it has to be repealed, while 33 per cent of people said to keep it, according to Angus Reid."
BC Conservatives surge to 10-point lead as NDP falls on reconciliation concerns : r/ilovebcsub - "This is ultimately the deciding issue for many of us who aren’t typical conservative voters. I didn’t work my ass off to hand over the province to an unelected govt who don’t share in my interests."
"Was it really? These issues affect so little, but someone is amplifying certain voices to make it seem like tomorrow you will no longer be allowed to own anything."
"They affect all British Columbians."
"So you’re basically gonna gut every social net provided by the bc government, cut spending to healthcare, make insurance even worse, and much more because of this issue? Hmmm. You don’t sound like you are concerned about all British Columbians. Me thinks you’re not real."
"Like you mean the Burnaby hospital... or the Delta one? You can't separate the collapse of our critical infrastructure from the massive wealth transfers happening right now. The province is handing over historic amounts of our tax base, including a recent $800 million settlement—plus over 44,000 hectares of land—to just five First Nations. If all ongoing land claims and resource revenue-sharing agreements succeed across B.C., we are looking at tens of billions of dollars permanently stripped from the public purse. On top of that, the NDP’s DRIPA legislation has effectively handed them sweeping veto power over policy and development. Our public monies are being taken for themselves, deliberately starving the very systems all British Columbians rely on. As for the scare tactic that a Conservative government would destroy these public programs—the NDP is already doing exactly that. They are the ones currently canceling critical hospital projects and gutting our social infrastructure. Even if a new government has to make tough fiscal changes, it is exactly what the NDP is doing right now anyway, just with the added insult of deliberately handing over our collective tax wealth to fund these exclusive settlements while our communities are left with crumbs"
"The fundamental difference between the ndp and the cons on all this who reaps the benefits. The cons will tear it all down to replace it with private industry owned by non-canadians. And likely remove enough regulations to poison half the drinking water along the way like they are trying to do in AB right now with the coal mines. But hey, they will earn some billionaires a bit more yacht money. The cons are good at that."
Left wingers hate conservatives so much, they rather destroy their the political unit they live in than let them get into power. Of course, they're still spreading their usual conspiracy theories about poisoning drinking water (because all regulation must be good because private companies and rich people are evil and anything that hurts them is good)
Left wingers are still pretending that there's no threat to private property rights
DRIPA “weaponized” by U.S. tribes to claim rights over B.C. land - "The B.C. Conservatives are warning that recent court cases involving U.S.-based Indigenous tribes could expand foreign influence over provincial affairs through legislation championed by the B.C. NDP. In a statement released Monday, B.C. Conservative Indigenous Relations critic Scott McInnis said several filings before the B.C. Supreme Court show U.S.-based tribes invoking British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and amendments to the province’s Interpretation Act in legal disputes involving natural resource projects."
Former NHL goalie Carey Price among those calling for changes to Indian Act - "More witnesses weighed in Tuesday on legislation that would make changes to registration under the Indian Act, including eliminating the second-generation cut-off. Bill S-2, under consideration by the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, would restore Indian status to some descendants of those who were forced to give up status in exchange for basic rights, through a process called enfranchisement. S-2 was amended by the Senate to also change the second-generation cut-off to a one-parent rule, meaning only one parent would be required to have status under the Indian Act in order to pass status onto their children. Many want the legislation passed, but others argue it will uphold government control on who is allowed to be defined as First Nations and are calling for more consultation. "After 150 years of forced assimilation and denial of rights, we are facing mathematical genocide before our eyes," Marilyn Slett, elected chief of Heiltsuk First Nation and secretary for Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, told the committee."
Clearly, more and more people being "indigenous", thus inflating the "reconciliation" bill to infinity, is the way to balance the budget
Senate report on Jew hatred makes zero mention of Islamic extremism - " The government of B.C. Premier David Eby has just entered a bizarre state of ossification that may not be survivable. It’s all surrounding DRIPA, a 2019 B.C. law that codified the tenets of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. Although pitched as a largely symbolic gesture of reconciliation, public opinion turned hard against DRIPA after it effectively became a kind of veto over all other B.C. laws. DRIPA enshrines a right for Indigenous people to “own, use, develop and control” any land that they’ve previously occupied. And in December, an Appeals Court judge ruled that this meant First Nations now effectively have final say on almost everything. DRIPA was “the interpretive lens through which B.C. laws must be viewed,” it ruled. This has not been a popular view among BCers, with one recent Angus Reid Institute poll finding that 53 per cent think it goes “too far,” against just 30 per cent who call it “necessary.” Which is why Eby has pledged all along to rescind at least some of DRIPA until it could no longer be used as a lever to put courts “in the driver’s seat” of the province’s basic functions. But then this week, he surrendered, announcing in a joint statement with a First Nations activist group (the First Nations Leadership Council) that he wouldn’t be touching DRIPA after all. As retired Aboriginal law expert Geoffrey Moyse told the National Post, “you have a First Nations advocacy organization co-governing a province.” “They told him he couldn’t legislate, couldn’t change legislation, without their consent.” And in a press conference, Eby would even seem to admit that the decision had been influenced by First Nations threats to pursue “collective resistance” in the form of road and rail blockades. When a reporter asked if “threats” had caused him to back off, Eby replied “there is a very real threat to our province in continued conflict with First Nations.”"
Eby NDP labels 'British Columbians' as exclusionary and colonial - "The British Columbia government is facing accusations of quietly scrubbing the word “provincial” from park signage while its own official style guide labels the term “British Columbians” exclusionary and colonial in origin. Social media videos and photos circulating this week show the entrance sign at what was formerly Cypress Provincial Park now reading simply “Cypress Park.” Similar changes have been reported at other sites as old signs are replaced... the government’s own “Writing Guide for Indigenous Content” — last updated Feb. 20, 2026 — explicitly advises against using “British Columbians” in official communications. “The term ‘British Columbians’ is often used to reference people living in B.C. This term excludes indigenous Peoples who may not identify with it,” the guide states. “For many, they identify as members of their own sovereign nations and do not consider themselves part of one that has actively worked to assimilate their people. ‘British Columbians’ also excludes other groups such as newcomers and refugees. We recommend instead saying ‘people living in B.C.’” The same guide frames the province’s park system within the context of colonial history. BC Parks’ reconciliation materials note that “the BC Parks system is a part of the province’s colonial history” and emphasize co-management agreements with First Nations under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, also known as DRIPA. Those changes have coincided with temporary closures of some parks to the general public. In 2025, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park (Pipi7íyekw) was closed for more than 100 days in staged “reconnection periods” so the Lil’wat and N’Quatqua First Nations could reconnect with the land and allow it to rest. Similar short-term restrictions were imposed at Botanical Beach Provincial Park on Vancouver Island for the Pacheedaht First Nation to conduct cultural and harvesting activities."
This doesn't stop left wingers from continuing to savage him as colonialist scum, because he doesn't quite bend over to everything the Indigenous activists demand and destroy the province
B.C. lawyer says he’s ‘never seen this level of ineptitude and incompetence’ over DRIPA - "B.C. Premier David Eby told reporters on Monday afternoon that DRIPA legislation has been “probably the most challenging issue I’ve worked on in government.” But King’s Counsel and an expert in Aboriginal law had some strong words for what has happened. On Sunday, Eby backed down again on the pausing of key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), scrapping plans to table a suspension bill this legislative session. In a prepared statement on Monday, in partnership with the First Nations Leadership Council, Eby confirmed that the government will not be introducing legislation to suspend or amend DRIPA or UN Declaration-related provisions in the Interpretation Act, in the spring legislative session... An expert in Aboriginal law and treaty matters told Global News that, in his opinion, the NDP is now co-governing the province with First Nations. Geoffrey Moyse was legal counsel in the B.C. Ministry of Attorney General’s Office and for more than 30 years he advised governments on aboriginal law and treaty matters. “I have never seen anything like this… over six terms of governments, working for the provincial government,” he said. Moyse retired in 2022, but said that by adopting DRIPA in 2019, the government essentially layered a framework over the province’s existing laws. “There’s nowhere else in the world that has done this to itself,” he added... Moyse said his top concern isn’t land use, but democracy. In his opinion, by the Eby administration repeatedly backing down, that demonstrates that the province is now co-governing with the First Nations Leadership Council. “Nobody votes for them except their communities,” he said. “They have no obligation to the public interest, for the other 5.7 million British Columbians. And they are co-developing British Columbia’s legislative agenda. From my understanding and my training as a lawyer, that’s completely unconstitutional.”"
Left wingers love caste systems - as long as white people are at the bottom
Tara Armstrong on X - "The NDP are blood and soil nationalists for the indigenous. That's why they embedded UNDRIP, which is an ethno-nationalist declaration, into its two latest treaties."
David Eby on X - "No one should ever be allowed to stand in the BC Legislature to use Nazi rhetoric to argue a point. This a line that should never be crossed. Every party should immediately denounce this abhorrent comment."
Tara Armstrong on X - "You're a racist, Mr. Premier. You endorsed Nazi "blood and soil" ideology in your latest treaties by embedding UNDRIP's ethno-nationalist principles in them. The NDP believes in special rights for indigenous people on the basis of race. I believe in equality for all Canadians."
Left wing logic: you should shoot the messenger instead of solving the real problem. Pointing out racism and ethnonationalism makes you a bad person when it's not white people who are the racists
Rob Shaw on X - "This would be @TaraArmstrongBC doubling down on her "blood and soil" doctrine comments about First Nations treaties, despite repudiation from other MLAs and parties that this was popularized by Nazi Germany and used to justify genocide against Jewish people and others."
Nick Osmond-Jones 🇨🇦 on X - "Her entire point is that blood and soil doctrine is bad. Surely you see that?"
Steve Peacock on X - "Nothing like a good defense on a failed NDP policy UNDRIP is to unleash an Offense… but in this case Extremely Offensive against all BC Citizens. Time for change in BC!"
Frances Widdowson on X - "Chief Charlene Belleau speaks about her interaction with me (and to some extent @Dallas_Brodie ) @thompsonriversu : "I wish that our people could grab you [Frances Widdowson], drag you over to the Kamloops Residential School, put you into the basement, speak our language to you, nothing but @tkemlups , beat you, rape you, hurt you, and maybe you would understand what our people went through". This occurred at a @UBC Faculty of Medicine event moderated by Derek Thompson, the Director of Indigenous Engagement."
Jamie Sarkonak on X - "Today @ubc hosted an event in which an unhinged chief fantasized about having her co-ethnics rape a political opponent. It took 10 years to go from "rape culture bad" to "please come tell our students how you'd sexually defile your enemies.""
Indigenous man who cleaned up murder bragged Gladue ‘discount’ reduce - "An Indigenous man who bragged to an undercover cop about the Gladue “discount” that would cut his penalty in half for helping to clean up after a Calgary murder has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison, even though the Crown was looking for as much as 10. A jury convicted Jason Leo Tait of being an accessory after the fact to murder in the death of Keenan Crane. He was acquitted of manslaughter. “Mr. Tait’s cavalier reliance on a Gladue ‘discount’ in discussions with the undercover operator are not only wrong in law, but they are undoubtedly distressing to hear for Indigenous people, as well as other citizens, particularly those who have roles in the justice system,” Justice Janice Ashcroft wrote in her Feb. 17 decision on Tait’s sentence... “It is undeniable that Mr. Tait’s life has been impacted by many factors related to colonialism and residential schools,” Ashcroft said. “His comments demonstrate a lack of insight and education into history and how his own family and life have been affected by colonization.” His “life circumstances, as connected to his crime, do allow for some mitigation and reduced moral culpability with respect to sentencing,” she said. “However, I still find that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances.”... While the judge took Tait’s Gladue factors into consideration, she found his “degree of responsibility to be relatively high.” The Crown argued Tait has “shown a disregard for accountability and remorse as demonstrated through his statements to the undercover officer, for example that his sentence would be cut in half because of the ‘Gladue law.’ Crown says that the Gladue principles are borne out of a debt to the Indigenous community which debt has long lasting repercussions for today. However, the Crown says that Mr. Tait is exploiting the Gladue considerations and undermining its principles.”... The judge found that Tait’s “early addiction and reliance on drugs placed him in that house on the day of the crime. His actions, while not excusable in any way, must be viewed through the lens of a person who is Indigenous and who has experienced the early childhood experiences that Mr. Tait experienced.”"
Clearly, he was wrong about the Gladue discount, but his being indigenous got him a lighter sentence anyway
Indigenous man gets six months for choking, kicking toddler - " A 33-year-old Indigenous B.C. man who choked and kicked his girlfriend’s “vulnerable and defenceless” two-year-old son last summer has been sentenced to six months in prison for two separate assaults, both of which were captured by a nanny cam in the child’s room... Provincial Court of B.C. judge Temara Golinsky said that while the man “was not raised with a traditional upbringing,” doesn’t have status and neither he “nor his “immediate family were impacted by state actions such as residential schools, even the dissociation with one’s past and cultural heritage is a negative consequence of colonization.” As such, his Indigeneity was given some weight as a mitigating factor
$5.5M daycare built with provincial funds still not open because government can't figure out who owns the land - "The daycare was built for Peguis First Nation Real Estate Trust, an arm's-length entity formed by Manitoba's most populous First Nation to acquire real estate for investment and housing for the benefit of band members, according to its founding documents. The daycare is built on part of a former golf course east of Highway 59 called The Meadows, which the Peguis real estate trust purchased in 2021. The placement of the daycare on land situated more than 150 kilometres south of the First Nation's main reserve has led some band members to criticize the location. In 2024, the Peguis real estate trust sold 75 per cent of a company that controls the Meadows land to a numbered company owned by Andrew Marquess, a former adviser to the real estate trust, according to a purchase and development agreement obtained by CBC News. The education minister says the "agreement was with Peguis First Nation Real Estate Trust. The province's expectation is that the real estate trust continues to own that land." However, "our understanding is right now they do not own that land," Schmidt said."
Peguis First Nation sues former chief, alleging 'kickbacks,' diversion of funds and other 'corrupt practices' - "Peguis First Nation is suing former chief Glenn Hudson over allegations he failed to act in the best interest of the band and financially benefitted from breaches of duty — including claims that he enriched himself, his family and supporters. In a 29-page statement of claim filed Friday with Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench, the First Nation alleges Hudson “engaged in corrupt practices,” made unauthorized transfers of funds, awarded contracts to companies he benefitted from, treated the First Nation’s assets “as if they were his own” and engaged in “risky financing and real estate transactions” during his 14 years as the chief as well as a shareholder and director of several Peguis corporations."
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) Megathread : r/britishcolumbia - "I’m really shocked they didn’t see this coming. Our government has spent too much time virtue signalling rather than anything substantive."
"Remember that passing DRIPA was not just the NDP. The others parties all agreed to this."
"They did not agree to THIS. Other parties agreed to an aspirational framework which - quoted many, many times at the time - was not intended to provide new rights. Then subsequently, they rushed thru the Interpretation Act and together it provided many new rights which not how it was sold."
Eby facing backlash over DRIPA flip-flop - "Premier David Eby has backpedalled again on DRIPA. His government will not be introducing legislation on suspending parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Instead, he'll speak to media Monday about next steps"
David Eby on X - "Today, the First Nations Leadership Council and I released a joint statement on DRIPA. Our government is committed to working with First Nations in B.C. in genuine collaboration to find a path forward. Read the full statement here:"
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa on X - "British Columbians need to understand that the "First Nations Leadership Council" isn’t some sort of super First Nation legal body that has ultimate authority. It’s literally just a lobby group made up of three advocacy orgs: the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, the BC Assembly of First Nations, and the First Nations Summit. Mind you, none of these are actual governing bodies over B.C. First Nations or hold legal standing to speak on their behalf but the government is treating them like they're the de facto top of the chain authority. Two of these components groups are registered societies under the B.C. Societies Act. That’s it. They're not rights-bearing entities and they're definitely not the Jedi Council of aboriginals like they pretend. Eby is surrendering power over legislation to a lobby group."
