Moral Posturing Is What Canadians Do

But they will not surrender their comforts nor explain how Canada (forget Western Civilisation) is superior in the broader global scheme:

A new poll shows that while Canadians want politicians to acknowledge the Indigenous history of the land they’re standing on, they don’t think it applies to their own land. ...

A new poll done by the Association for Canadian Studies, a not-for-profit focused on increasing Canadians’ understanding of our past, found that most people appreciate the statements coming from their political leaders.

In the poll, 50 per cent of respondents said they either strongly or somewhat agree that politicians should regularly make a land acknowledgement, in contrast to 34 per cent who disagree and 17 per cent who don’t know.

Support for the statements was generally highest among younger people, with 67 per cent of people in the age group agreeing with it.

Despite the support for having politicians say it, when asked if they personally are living on unceded Indigenous territory, only 25 per cent of people agreed.

 

You're not being very good sheep, Canadians.

Leave your flats and everything in them.

For fairness ... or something.

Or does your sympathy extend no further than a pointless gesture? 

Also - when you live in the middle of a nowhere because some foreigner signed a bit of paper with some ambiguous meanings, you shouldn't be surprised why you don't have the non-Stone Age amenities you clearly need:

Indigenous people living in rural Canada are 16 times more likely to travel long distances — sometimes hundreds of kilometers more — than non-Indigenous people to give birth, according to a new study.

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A majority of young women and NDP supporters believe Canada is a “racist country,” while the notion is rejected out of hand by most Baby Boomers, Conservatives and Quebecers, says the results of a new Angus Reid Institute poll finding massive fissures on Canadians’ perceptions of racism.

 

(Sidebar: because of course they do.) 

Well, they DO support PM Justin "Which Asian Am I Talking To? Blackface, so ...

I suppose that Canada is a nation of intolerant people. After all, look what it tolerates.

 

Also - Quebec is special: 

Quebec isn't interested in adding a statutory holiday in the province to recognize Indigenous Peoples.

Premier François Legault told reporters today the province has enough statutory holidays and the government isn't interested in adding another, no matter the reason.

The federal government recently adopted Bill C-5, which designates Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; it will apply to federally regulated workers.