Category: Settlers

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Time for Truth and Reconsideration in Prince Edward County

Canada Day 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of the unveiling of a bronze statue of John A. Macdonald Holding Court (MHC) on Picton Main Street. Supporters and critics of MHC disagree strongly about Macdonald’s legacy and what honouring him with public memorials says about us. After learning that there’s no evidence for the truth of the main event depicted in MHC, I hope that some of its supporters will share in a reconsideration of the statue’s place in our community.

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Private profit, Crown corporations, and the public debt

By Craig Blacksmith The following is an analysis of the very strange arrangements the Manitoba Hydro Crown Corporation has in Canada, and of the indebtedness of Crown Corporations in general. First, let’s examine the legal...

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Michael Keefer – Revolutionary Compassion Against Colonialism

Tom and his father Michael Keefer sit down to talk about the colonial situation in Palestine and Turtle Island and the letter that Michael is writing to Stephane Dion. Michael Keefer is Professor Emeritus...

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Introducing the test your water supply podcast with Heather Gingerich

Heather Gingerich, a medical geologist, tells us what we should be worried about concerning our water supply, and how alliances with Onkwehon:we people can ensure safe and clean drinking water for all.

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Ka’nikonriyo Podcast 1 – Why We’re Doing This Podcast

Kelly and Tom introduce their podcast and themselves.

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A Canada Day meditation: Standing on guard for what, precisely?

By Michael Keefer | First published in The Canadian Charger (7 August 2009),   There was an Old Person of Tring Who when she was called on to sing Replied, “Ain’t it odd, I can...

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Justice and Legality: The sisters of Antigone

By Michael Keefer Canada does seem to be having persistent problems with the law. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in its Delgamuukw and Marshall decisions, in 1997 and 1999, that First Nations peoples...

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Back-Talk from the ‘Old Stock’

First published in Dissident Voice (14 October 2015), http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/10/back-talk-from-the-old-stock; and in the Toronto Star (15 October 2015), .  By Michael Keefer Stephen Harper has been talking recently about “old stock” Canadians — and at...

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Ka’nikonriyo Podcast 6 – Drama At The Two Row Times

In June of 2015, Rhonda Martin is joined by two owners of the Two Row Times, Kelly MacNaughton and Tom Keefer, and writer Heather Gingrich, to talk about recent going ons at the paper,...

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