The Land Acknowledgement Pledge is Hateful

I see two different polarized extremes rise and I reject them both. The Toronto Star is reporting that "A bill in British Columbia’s legislature to prevent publicly funded employees from making Indigenous land acknowledgements failed to pass first reading, but reveals a schism between provincial Conservative members."

"The bill proposed by One BC’s Dallas Brodie would have prohibited what it calls acknowledgements that deny sovereignty of the Crown and attribute collective guilt based on race, ancestry or actions of Canadian historical figures. Most members of the legislature voted against it, but Conservatives Heather Maahs and Harman Bhangu joined Brodie and Tara Armstrong, also of One BC, as well as Independent Jordan Kealy in voting for the proposed legislation."

OK I support the bill and I'll telly you why. I believe all people are equal. I disagree with white privilege and I disagree with red privilege. There is no privileged. Everyone is equal. 

The whole idea behind the orange shirt campaign is that it was wrong for residential schools to say your culture is bad. I agree. However, if it was bad then, it's bad now. 

I believe in the Canadian Mosaic and the sacred hoop. No one race is any better than any other. This whole perpetual victimization has become absolutely toxic. We are all responsible for what we do. We need to own that. 

The land acknowledgement does deny the crown. It also denies Canada and the Charter of Rights. The inherit right to self government means the door is open to bring slavery back and I reject that completely. Telling me over and over again that my heritage is bad is just as wrong now as it was in residential schools. We will never get past this. Ever.

I hate to say it but John Rustad isn't the problem, Á’a:líya Warbus is. She was made House Leader based on privilege and has pushed an extreme agenda that has divided and fractured the party. She refused to recognize any concerns on the other side that has resulted in Church burning. That is hateful.