Stuff like this and the "base" he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes.
Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106
I’m usually reluctant to judge a person I’ve never heard of before based on one quote with no context. Regardless, I’m pretty comfortable saying that this guy can go fuck himself.
This man says hard work while looking like he wouldn’t last 3 days without all the technology that the natives used to survive without. Bruh, we know what hard work is & how to do it, we just don’t give much of a fuck about doing it on your behalf.
So long as you’re still calling them “aboriginals” instead of I dunno like “The First Canadians,” then you’re making it crystal clear that you don’t care about them & you’re just mad that they aren’t letting you use, abuse, or manipulate them.
If the right does what it always does here and votes C no matter what, the Cons won't form another government for a generation. If they seriously elect a racist populist like this guy, from a party that voted to not admit climate change exists, Millennials and Gen Z will become ABC voters for life.
So if you need some kind of (very long term) silver lining, there's that.
The problem is they'll make housing worse, peoples rights worse, and 2SLGBTQ+ lives much worse, and cause even more climate crises than we have now. Not to mention absolutely gutting our healthcare.
It's also ridiculous that there is an idea among the white ruling class that Indigenous peoples merely need financial compensation for genocide. How do you compensate for that? They need decolonisation, namely ending of discrimination, recognition of their rights and sovereignty as Indigenous peoples, and work to repair the long-lasting damage that was done, such as the massive issues with mental health, addiction, crime and abuse within Indigenous communities that arose as a direct result of residential schools. Things that require deep rooted changes to society and will take generations, not just an apology and some hush money before never bringing it up again.
Even if you accept their conceit aren't the First Nation's people entitled to compensation for all the other forms of genocide the Canadian government engaged in?