Is that what happened in Ukraine? and why is Alaska a part of America? The people up North are our eyes and ears. If no one lived up there whats stopping
Russia from setting up a base?

Eyes and ears? They're chess pieces.
And given the state that government dependency has them in, that's pretty fucked up.
Not gonna bother with the statistics. I'm sure you're aware.
Homicide rates, suicide rates, substance abuse, unemployment, etc..

I'm getting a kick out of everyone talking about the north, and quoting this and that, with no real world experience up here.

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I watched an episode of that show where they establish a residence in remote areas and it was on Inuit land. Pretty sure the entire show was factual.

EleGiggle

I'm all ears...

I'm living in it

Whatcha wanna know?

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What's your opinion on Canadian governments approach to native relations?
I guess broadly, what's your opinion on that whole situation in this country?

Interesting turn of events with that Gerald Stanley verdict...

I was hoping the debate would focus more on 'stand your ground' but in this day and age, people just want to scream top tier words like 'racism'.

Keep on rockin' in the Cree world

Stand your ground is not a law in Canada.

Not referring to it as a law, Just using the terminology so we know what's being discussed. What people can and can't do when dealing with trespassers.

That should be the debate, not whether a racist old white guy shot a young charming hard working native guy.

in the back.

its not written as a stand your ground law in canada such that stand your ground and castle laws are "you can kill someone who tried to harm you or your property." but you are legally allowed to use justifiable force to protect yourself, your family, and your property, perhaps not property but home was the terminology. there was just a news article on it the other day. the judge in the article said you would likely not be convicted for using lethal force if the person you were defending yourself/home/family from was intending to use lethal force.

Don't forget the racist all white jury. And the racist Justice system.
Or the fact that Saskatchewan is consistently ranked province with highest crime rates and severity of crimes, year after year (still well below any of the territories though). Must be racism.

It's ashame the defendant was white. Could have avoided the court process altogether
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/resident...going-to-court

Kinda makes you wonder if the Boushie family would have been this angered if their sons life was taken by a fellow native. Hmmmm

This is making the rounds on FB
Just there asking for help with a flat tire? uh huh.

Gerald fired two warning shots into the air. That does not sound like the actions of someone who was prepared to kill. He aslo claimed: Hangfire: a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze. Firing a gun into the air multiple times would makes hangfire possible and go unnoticed in the middle of a confrontation such as this.

It's sad that someone had to die in order for a lesson to be learned about why you don't go on an armed, drunken, crime spree in rural Canada.

And no, these things do not justify shooting someone and I don't agree with Stand Your Ground laws.

That's the biggest upset of this whole thing,IMO.
No lessons were learned. Finger pointing. Projection and not reflection.

Love Trudeau's response. Very Obama-esque.
Wonder what further concessions he'll put forward to rectify this grave Injustice, and "repair" relations.

I'm curious about the details of the case, the account that I read did not say that he was shot as he walked away, it said he was shot in the driver seat of the broken car AFTER he tried to steal an ATV and AFTER he had rammed the broken car into another parked car on their property.

That's a pretty massive departure from "He was shot in the back while walking away from a dangerous situation"???

Which story is it? Why are the 2 accounts so incredibly different?

It also wasn't the middle of the night??? The wife was mowing the lawn at the time, I don't recall reading what time that was at in the breakdown of events I saw, but I don't know too many people that mow their lawn in the dark. Where did that Instagram poster get his/her "facts" from?

I was reading all the farmers in the area are scared of retribution, so they're all arming themselves now... awesome.

Consider the sources of each account.

Oh, also, there's the many many lies from the witnesses..
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ticle37817572/

In early August in they should have sun light until 8:30 or so.

Exactly, the Instagram post says "native man knocking on his door in the middle of the night"... what? lol

Who the fuck can drink 30 shots of liquor and still walk around doing things afterward??? Fuck me.........

30 shots! That's an entire 1-litre bottle!

Hopefully don't develop into a South Africa farmer type deal..

South Africa farm murders: Jacob Zuma calls for white land to be confiscated

Not to worry, the white guilt is so strong here we have people giving up their land and encouraging others to do the same.
One woman's plan to give back: 'The land needs to be returned to Indigenous peoples' - Home | Unreserved | CBC Radio