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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Conservatives and liberals need to be taught that no means NO!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes when aboriginals? Got it we’re extracting right now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, this is kind of the thing that confused me a lot in school during social studies and history. Indigenous people get to say no, but when they say no, the government gets to do it anyway. How is that legal? Why aren't we bound by the law only when it comes to indigenous sovereignty?

Also, we've fucking failed as a country when we haven't even implemented all of the articles of UNDRIP. That shit was first adopted in 2007 (Canada voted against it at first), and all we have now is a 5-year "action plan" for 2023-2028 where the goal is to "work towards" implementing the declaration.

And none of it is legally binding at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The law is just a promise and promises can be broken. This combined with the fact that positions of power inherently attract those who wield power unjustly often results in a rules for thee but not for me situation

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Funny how all the promises to imprison people for the rest of their lives are never broken but the promises to keep water clean are always broken. Interesting that most extraction projects run across indigenous land, isn't it?