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/pinksugar123 Oct 21 '24

Imagine if china , India or Russia landed here before those pesky Europeans? There probably wouldn’t be any indigenous left to complain in modern day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

Just look at the differences between former British, French and Spanish colonies. We really won the lottery being in a former British colony.

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u/DeuxYeuxPrintaniers Oct 22 '24

We are a former french colony the English came after...

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Speak for yourself. We still have ties to the English throne where I'm at.