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It seems that sometimes colonial thinking and indoctrination clouds our view of the past and the present.  I was at a Pow Wow recently where the community offered recognition and honour to a number of different flags.  Of course the Canadian Flag was there along with the Union Jack.  The announcer explained that the Union [...]

August 10th, 2010, Ottawa -  Yesterday marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.   This day was flagged every year during the International Decade of Indigenous Peoples beginning in 1994 as declared by the United Nations.  This occasion was to be used by the UN to draw attention to indigenous issues and societies. It [...]

I watched with interest as people lined up in cities across Canada to purchase their new iPhone 4. In the US more than 1.7 million iPhone 4’s were sold in the first three days.

Without rare earth elements, we would have no iPhones! Rare Earth Elements (Dysprosium – Makes electric motor magnets 90% lighter, [...]

12 March 2010 – 3:41pm OTTAWA — The Green Party of Canada is pleased that the government is about to introduce Bill C-3 to address gender inequity in the Indian Act. “This legislation marks the first time the Indian Act has been opened in 25 years but it comes again after [...]

Canada is currently receiving a major dressing down in the international community.  This small nation state is the subject of humiliation and ridicule in international forums.

Somewhere, somehow, other nation states got the idea that this small country had bigger britches.   We are being held to account for our claims that we were leaders in doing [...]