RAAAAAAAAACISM!

Or something.

Scream it enough and people will repeat it:

Unnamed groups may attempt to disrupt an expected 2021 federal election by agitating for “racism and hatred,” Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc said yesterday. LeBlanc said cabinet will revive a $7 million program to watch for fake news operatives, though investigators found none in the 2019 campaign: “I think we should just assume.”

 

Unnamed groups.

You know what they say about assumptions, Mr. Leblanc ...

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A key element of the Liberal government's reconciliation agenda is facing resistance from Conservatives in the House of Commons — and some First Nations critics on the outside.

Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), is at the second reading stage and is being discussed this week by members of the standing committee on Indigenous and northern affairs.

The proposed legislation aims to implement the UN declaration by ensuring federal laws respect Indigenous rights.

Some First Nation critics say the bill doesn't go far enough and may end up restricting those rights.

"It doesn't seem like Canada has really learned its lesson from Oka to Wet'suwet'en to the Mi'kmaq fishermen," said Grand Chief Joel Abram of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians.

"Our first choice is to have it go back to the drawing board." ...

Conservatives again are raising concerns — mainly over UNDRIP's requirement that governments seek "free, prior and informed consent" from Indigenous communities before pursuing any project that affects their rights and territory.

"When a First Nation says no to a project, does that mean it's dead?" asked Jamie Schmale, Conservative Crown-Indigenous relations critic, at Tuesday's standing committee hearing on Bill C-15. 

Resource development will end there.

 

At least for anyone not scratching the proverbial back.