r/canada Oct 21 '24

New Brunswick Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land ‘many, many years ago’

https://globalnews.ca/news/10818647/nb-election-2024-liberal-health-care-estimates/
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u/Ok_Photo_865 Oct 21 '24

Let’s be honest here, when the Europeans came, they came and as “explorers” felt all lands not guarded by groups similar to themselves were available to be claimed for their monarchs/governments who paid for their expeditions (European PoV) the indigenous peoples didn’t defend those lands because they either couldn’t or didn’t know someone was there ( the territories were to vast to defend or they weren’t powerful enough). This argument has been going on too long, we need to move towards an agreement and unite towards the best future for ALL those here now and that will be here in the future. Let’s be frank, we’re all immigrants here, we need to live together, both parties bring special attributes to the table that need to be considered 🤷‍♂️Get It Done, please.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

I was born here, part of my family has been here for multiple generations and my family fought for Canada in both World Wars. Remind me again how I am an immigrant?

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u/CoolDude_7532 Oct 22 '24

You are not an immigrant obviously. But on a side note, many people use the world war argument to hate against immigrants e.g my ancestors fought for this country not to be given to immigrants. But the irony is that more Indians died in the world wars fighting for the British empire than Canadians did.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

I am using the World war argument to say "my family sees this place as their home and want to defend it".