Trudeau skips Reconciliation event in Tofino intentionally.
This would tend to anger Canadians if they haven't read Jody Wilson-Raybould's "Indian in the Cabinet"
https://www.amazon.ca/Indian.../dp/1443465364/ref=sr_1_1...
What the former MP & Attorney General says about Trudeau may have affected the recent election had the book debuted earlier.
Trudeau asked Wilson-Raybould to lie about the SNC Lavalin
https://www.cbc.ca/.../trudeau-wilson-raybould-attorney...
Gathered around the totem pole outside the Best Western Tin Wis Plus Resort in Tofino, dozens of community members from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and the surrounding area stood in silence for 2 minutes and 15 seconds.
As the 215 children who never made it home from the Kamloops Indian Residential School were commemorated, only the sounds of nearby waves crashing onshore permeated the silence.
This year, Sept. 30 marked the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The annual day of observance was a response to one of the 94 calls to action outlined in the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
To honour the day and to bring awareness to the experiences lived by residential school survivors, Tla-o-qui-aht Community Health Liaison Nora Martin organized a march through the streets of Tofino.
Led by Martin and other residential school survivors, the march began at the totem pole and ended in Tofino’s Village Green. It was followed by a skit performed by the survivors, who re-enacted their experience attending residential schools.
Martin’s sister, Grace Frank, said the performance brought her right back to her time attending the Alberni Indian Residential School in 1968 and 1969, and Christie Residential School from 1970 to 1972.
While onstage performing the role of a nun, Frank repeatedly told her fellow survivors to ‘shut up,’ and called them ‘dumb’ and ‘stupid Indians.’
Kamloops, British Columbia CFJC
James Peters
Instead of honouring Indigenous children, the prime minister flew right on by
Oct 1, 2021 | 10:58 AM
MAYBE YOU DIDN’T AND DON’T want Justin Trudeau to come to Kamloops. That’s fair. There are plenty of reasons residents would want him to stay away. But the Tk’emlups te Secwepemec wanted him to come.
They sent two invitations to the prime minister’s office, offering him the opportunity to work meaningfully toward truth and reconciliation by being present with survivors and intergenerational survivors, hearing their stories and seeing their tears. On Wednesday, the eve of the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the prime minister’s official itinerary said he would spend Thursday in private meetings in Ottawa.
Then Thursday, Global News revealed Trudeau was in Tofino, his holiday destination of choice, with his family. And he flew right over Tk’emlups territory to get there.
James Peters Video
https://cfjctoday.com/2021/10/01/peters-instead-of-honouring-indigenous-children-the-prime-minister-flew-right-on-by/ Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir was diplomatic when asked about Trudeau rebuffing her invitations, but was clearly disappointed.
Trudeau tweeted Thursday that he spent time on the phone with Indigenous elders, listening and learning. That’s good, but also absolutely the least he could do. Leaders should do more.
The only national leader who has been here to honour the children was Jagmeet Singh, months ago.
For Trudeau, landing at Kamloops Airport would have been so, so easy.
Flying right on by was nothing short of an act of cowardice.
Maybe Justin Trudeau is scared to see those gravesites.
Maybe he’s scared to look Indigenous people in the eye and try to explain how his government is moving toward reconciliation in a way that others before have not. Maybe he’s scared of being held accountable for his government’s missteps and inaction.
When Tk’emlups te Secwepemc came forward with its findings in May, most Canadians acknowledged they could no longer look away from the horrors of our past.
The truth was staring them so plainly in the face that it could no longer be plausibly ignored.
But Justin Trudeau is still trying to look away.
As he plays with his kids on Chesterman Beach this week, living the life of privilege into which he was born, it’s possible Trudeau will think of all the many Indigenous children who were taken from their families and prevented from living the lives into which they were born. It’s more likely, though, that he will end his vacation, fly over Tk’emlups territory one more time on his way back to Ottawa, and push the reconciliation file back to a dusty corner on his desk, only to be forgotten again. —— Editor’s Note: This opinion piece reflects the views of its author, and does not necessarily represent the views of CFJC Today or Pattison Media. —— For more information: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Support Resources:
KUU-US Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717
Tsow-Tun-Le Lum: 1-866-403-3123
Indian Residential School Survivors Society Toll-Free Line: 1-800-721-0066
24hr National Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
I can't think of another politician who snubbed a group of supporters so publicly!
"Blackstock said the prime minister's actions did not demonstrate that Indigenous Peoples and specifically survivors of the residential school system 'are worth his time.'"
His staff lied about his presence on Thursday saying he was in meetings all day when in fact he was in Tofino sitting on a hotel's deck while the Ha-shilth-sa Band was holding a ceremony honoring the children and Reconciliation.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/complete-letdown-cindy-blackstock-on-trudeau-s-tofino-trip-1.5608045
Photo credit Westerly News
It would be interesting to know how many Liberal voters would have chosen differently had they read Jody Wilson-Raybould's book?
Based on Trudeau's track record of ignoring the rules, we are surprised he garnished as many votes as he did.
Apparently, vote for the party and not the candidate held firm.