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Originally Posted by polak
I mean on this issue as a whole.
"WE white people should feel terrible for something WE white people did" when in reality it was "Some white people made decisions in a different world."
Decisions modern Canadians have now reversed.
Not saying we shouldn't recognize that it happened and teach it in school but I think it's wrong to keep pointing the blame at modern day Canadians. We don't still blame the Germans for the Holocaust...
At what point can we expect the different native bands to take responsibility of correcting their internal issues instead of pointing back at history?
We know we have to get rid of the reserve system, We know handing out large sums of money to a demographic that is ripe with addiction struggles is a bad idea, We know that they need to start to integrate with Canadian society... These are all MODERN day issues.
Lets fix that instead of constantly talking about what used to happen and giving out handouts.
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Perhaps it is about building a foundation of trust so the future relationship is strong.
I am sure there is a bible verse about building on sand vs building on rock.