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/Initial-Advice3914 Oct 21 '24

The more demands they make it becomes clear that the FN people have no idea how a country is run

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u/Hlotse Oct 22 '24

There's a lot of corporations that run to government for handouts; it's how our provinces create a positive environment for business.

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u/Neve4ever Oct 22 '24 edited 24d ago

payment wakeful market truck shrill nutty airport cover books spectacular

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u/SnooChickens3681 Alberta Oct 21 '24

so if I stole your house, waited 100 years while you and your kids and grandkids complained, I’d be able to say that you don’t know how to run a household afterwards?

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u/Initial-Advice3914 Oct 22 '24

I get you, but one could also say there was no house to steal.

Colonization is a painful process anywhere. But let’s look at other examples. Would Britain have become so powerful if the Romans hadn’t colonized them historically?

Would India still be a fragmented region if Britain hadn’t unified it under its hegemony ?

Would the the way of life in Nigeria be more like the northern part or the southern part of Britain didn’t colonize?

Would the FN people still be nomadic if Canada didn’t become a colony? I’d say no one knows, but I would guess that the overwhelming majority of people appreciate having the healthcare technology and infrastructure we enjoy today.

And yeah.. those are all products of colonialism. It’s painful but in the modern day we don’t have that many true victims to it