Andrew Scheer rejects use of ‘genocide’ in reference to Indigenous women, girls
as the reserve system was imposed. At least 60% of the Indigenous population of BC was killed, when people infected by smallpox were driven back to their communities to spread the disease. The whole reserve system was a simply a holding facility for Indigenous nations slated for obliteration that, to this day, destroys lives on a vast scale. The MMIWG horror is but one aspect of Canadian colonialism's genocide. The prison system and the abandonment of Indigenous people on the city streets across the country also take lives every day. There's no need to qualify anything. It always was and it still is a genocide.
SCHEER CLAIMS CONSERVATIVES TO BE A PARTY OF TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING WHILE HE ALSO REFUSES TO JOIN IN PRIDE MONTH ACTIVITIES
4 days ago - For the third time since winning the Conservative Party leadership, Andrew Scheer won’t be marching in Pride parades this year.
