Plante unveils reconciliation strategy
Valérie Plante has unveiled an official strategy for the city’s reconciliation with indigenous people, while also admitting that efforts from Ottawa and Quebec are also needed.
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Michael Black 17:27 on 2020-11-04 Permalink
The CBC article says “consultations with 30 organizations that work with Indigenous people”. Didn’t they consult with People directly? Didn’t they consult with groups of People? The wording may be innocuous, but it implies that People are lesser, and they need groups to take care of them. As in homeless.
In related news, there is a story up at aptn about a campaign to pardon Louis Riel. For some reason the MMF or the national Metis council aren’t mentioned. But Marvin is, so there’s a local angle. It seems a bit too narrow, and because Marvin Rotrand is involved, I fear it’s for the wrong reasons. Louis wanted a place for all of us, you don’t have to have French ancestry to be Metis. Some have suggested that Annie Bannatyne horsewhipping Charles Mair in Feb 1869 was the impetus for Louis to act. And from a Metis point of view, we had few ties to “Canada”, so we couldn’ t have been traitors. I want an apology for the torching of James Ross’s house 150 years ago. I want an apology for the treatment of Metis people. Thomas Scott and his gang beat and lynched Norbert Parisien. The mystery is why Scott wasn’t tried and convicted of murder. Louis set up.a government, and involved people who didn’t fully agree with him. And oddly, he wasn’t that interested in native rights, just Metis. An apology isn’t good enough, a shift in thinking is needed.
Kate 18:45 on 2020-11-04 Permalink
Michael Black, the mayor can’t canvass every indigenous person in town. For good or bad, when politicians attempt to make changes affecting a definable demographic, they have to work with groups constituted for and by members of that demographic. The results will be imperfect, but part of the art of governing is to push the results as closely as you can to the curve of perfection while always aware it will never quite fit – some people will always be missed.
david224 22:24 on 2020-11-04 Permalink
This is far from smart politics if you’re already losing the suburban voter, but probably doesn’t do any real damage, as there’s no significant cost attached to it.