The 149th year of Canadian colonization
By Arthur Manuel July 1 this year marks the 149th year that we have been colonized by Britain under the British North America Act of 1867, Canada’s first Constitution. The primary purpose of colonization...
Category: Canadian Government
Pot Activists denounce police crackdown
Toronto Police raid 43 medical marijuana dispensaries By Fernando Arce (with files from Tom Keefer) TORONTO – On May 26th, Toronto police carried out a major raid on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city....
(re)occupied: #OccupyINAC and British Columbia’s 1975 Militant May
By Sarah Nickel When approximately thirty members of the Idle No More and Black Lives Matter movements entered the Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAC) office in Toronto on April 13, 2016 to protest government...
Every Mohawk a suspect
WHY DRUGS RAIDS IN KANEHSATAKE FEEL LIKE POLICE INVASIONS by DAN DAVID (originally published in 2011 in The Dominion) KANEHSATAKE — “You didn’t see anything?” my neighbour asks. Apparently, another big police raid is taking place....
Behind the scenes at #OcupyINAC
TORONTO – Gary Wassaykeesic recently sat down with Real Peoples Media to tell the story of how INAC Toronto was occupied and what led to the #occupyINAC movement. Wassaykeesic explains the linkages of the movement...
After #OccupyINAC what’s next?
In the wake of the #OccupyINAC movement, and with rumblings coming from sources within the Trudeau government saying that they are planning to repeal the Indian Act, the question of “what’s next?” is being...
Chretien’s ignorant paradigm
Former PM Chretien ignorant he exists within a paradigm By Lynn Gehl, PhD Chretien is blinded by his paradigm Re: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/04/13/former-pm-chretien-on-attawapiskat-people-have-to-move-sometimes/ When I read this article linked above the other morning regarding Jean Chretien’s views...
Criminalizing Indigenous tobacco and the suicide crisis
SIX NATIONS – Mohawk businesswoman Kelly MacNaughton, of Icky’s Variety and Tobacconist sat down with Real Peoples Media to give us her thoughts about the recent raids on the Indigenous Tobacco Industry and the...
Operation MYGALE and the criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco industry
When trade is treated as a crime against the state: A backgrounder on the largest raids on the Indigenous tobacco industry in history. (First published by Ricochet Media.) By Tom Keefer The largest police crackdown...
Occupy INAC Day 3 Media Roundup
Watch the OccupyINAC Toronto Livestream for all the latest updates. TORONTO – An occupation by a group of Indigenous activists and their allies continues into its third day in the occupied offices of Indigenous and...
