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Re:Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of... by rhodozelia on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:51PM (#26254763)
The prime minister of canada declared that canada had conducted a genocide against the pre-european inhabitants of the continent. It looks like Louis Riel's Metis revolt in 1885 was the last [0] real battle or war. The genocide Canada has declared they conducted was also not a violent slaughtering of people. So I guess they are in good company with the Chinese as soft-genocidaires?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_North_Ame...

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Re:Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of... by dleslie on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:55PM (#26254841)
Yup, what China is doing isn't so different to what Canada has admitted it has done to its indigenous population, and is attempting to make amends for.

Part of making amends must be ensuring that vigilance is taken to prevent it from happening again.

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Re:Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of... by 908B64B197 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:58PM (#26254902)
What about the Acadian peoples? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians

EDIT: You can downvote all you want, it won't change what happened.

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Re:Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of... by ygjb on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:56PM (#26254869)
Yes, we are. It is generally acknowledged by our various Governments at every level that Canada has a history of committing and supporting genocidal acts against indigenous peoples. It's not about the wars either; our residential school systems, ongoing issues with child separation policies across the country contribute to our ongoing complicity with this.

It turns out that when a country is built on genocide and disenfranchisement it's kind of hard to stop.

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Re:Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of... by rhodozelia on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:41AM (#26263945)
Personally i don’t think what happened in Canada is anywhere near on the same level of “genocide” as what is going on in China, but it is impossible to truly know. I Was hoping to get some discussion on the comparison between the two situations, but I got two apologetic Canadians who agree with the prime minister and the upvote/downvote roller coaster.

It is a difficult topic to discuss without aquiring a label, and obviously very few are willing to wade in to those treacherous waters.

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