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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Canada's existence is wholly predicated on the subjugation of foreign lands, that we didn't leave doesn't mean they were any less foreign and any less subjugated, there isn't some time limit where if you stay longer than 50 years they are no longer foreign or stolen
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To add to this, the French didn't go out of their way to exterminate the people of North Africa to the extent that the Europeans did in Canada. I'd say there are a lot of similarities, but what happened in Canada was far worse. Basically, France failed in their colonization of North Africa and were kicked out, but Europeans "succeeded" in totally subduing the local populations of North America and were able to colonize to a much larger extent.
Also, the BBCs reporting of this is baffling. I typically rely on them for international news, with the expectation that I'll have to accept that they will emphasize certain stories more than others, but the only stories they have up right now is Macron declaring it over and that Paris Fashion Week is going ahead.