Word Games
It is normally a clear indication that a problem has grown beyond anyone’s ability to resolve it when those in authority start making statements that amount to hair-splitting at best,…
Dying Fish
In many people’s perception, voicing opposition to a proposed solution to a problem amounts to denying the existence of the problem. This opens up room for scheming individuals to enrich…
Two Steps Back
(Image Credit: ‘Man On Ladder’ from Wikimedia Commons; the image is at this link. Used without modification under Creative Commons Licence) Canada’s history with Indigenous people is starkly at odds…
Layered Truths
It is emblematic of all Indigenous issues that PM Trudeau’s claim of having handed over all documents to the TRUTH & Reconciliation commission is mired in controversy over whether that…
Non-binding Terms
The desire to stretch facts with a view to convincing people about something is directly athwart the need to present bare facts in order to retain their trust. Canadian institutions…
Where Was Your Orange Shirt Made?
Commemorating the suffering of the victims of imperial aggression in the past by using the products, ideas and structures of similar forces in the present merely serves to perpetuate the…
Poisoned Waters
My brief foray into the issue of Grassy Narrows revealed politicians running away from questions and a bureaucracy stalling to provide information that is supposed to be public, but hasn’t…
Trained Force
It is a characteristic of inferior countries that people who are trained in the methods of using force in order to protect citizens instead train their force – literally or…
Multicultural Illiteracy
The federal election of 2021 revealed that nobody tracks the conversations that are taking place among voters whose first language isn’t English / French. The resulting ‘illiteracy’ could prove fatal…
Hamster-wheel Governance
The water advisories at First Nations are merely the proverbial tip of the iceberg – of ineffectual governance. For all the claimed activity by governments, hardly any action takes place…