canada

Theyre just now getting the gender binary.

Why not skip it and upgrade to modern single occupancy universal bathrooms?

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everyone going fash in fortress global north

original https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY3PvloiFuP/

TL;DR: Whiny cops throw temper tantrum because some first nations blokes pranked them and made them atone for their sins.

One episode, however, lured retired RCMP officers to CBC’s Vancouver studios with the claim that they would be honoured for their service and would be given a chance to talk about life in retirement. The former Mounties were flown to Vancouver, all expenses paid, and appeared in their red serge uniforms for a show they were told was called “After the Call.”

Instead, they ... were berated about real and perceived injustices carried out by the RCMP over their entire history. According to friends of those who participated, the former officers were humiliated and felt devastated.

"Hey I know I did this for a job for my whole career and was an active part of a system which dehumanised and oppressed your people, but calling me out on that is just going too far."

“Two Aboriginal men walked into the studio and dumped a bag of shoes, children’s shoes, onto the coffee table in front of me,” Widdowson said.

Children’s shoes have been used as a symbol of the children who died at residential schools. That’s when she realized that it wasn’t a documentary but an attempt to attack her over her views on residential schools.

OH NO not the FEELINGS of a putrescent, repugnant residential school denialist! The horror!

For real though this is a genius idea for a television show and I hope that we get to see at least some of the footage. I guess they made the mistake of doing it through the CBC.

:cbc-cool:

Supply and confidence, folks!

"we back our decisions with science"

look inside

Cass review

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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/39686

Once celebrated, B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act is now facing rushed amendments — with some warning the province is trying to sidestep accountability before the courts

Summary

• B.C. Premier David Eby has backed off on permanent changes to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, following backlash from First Nations leaders.
• Instead, he’s proposing to suspend parts of the Declaration Act for up to three years while the province appeals a court decision.
• The government says the recent court ruling makes changes to the Act urgent, but critics warn they could weaken legal accountability.

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For yank observers the C*nadian government has legislation that allows them to refer any strike action to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board without a vote from Parliament, and if CIRB rules against workers (which they always do) the strike becomes illegal and the union gets significant, prohibitive fines and potentially jailing of leadership if workers do not end their strike.

There has been criticism that the government's dependability in using this loophole to crush any major strike action (rail workers, posties are two very recent examples) then management has no responsibility for negotiating in good faith. This quote demonstrates that this is not just conspiracy theory but indeed exactly what is happening.

Anyways a big to the heroes who told CIRB to get fucked and kept striking anyways.

I think original quote source is here in this video, but I can't find a non-paywalled version