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@thenarwhal.caReposted by @michellecyca.comOn the B.C. campaign trail, both the NDP and the Conservatives have spoken against the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
@sobittersosweet.bsky.social breaks down whether DRIPA actually threatens private property rights or makes development less certain.
@eff.orgReposted by @michellecyca.comThe big tech companies want you to believe that their default software offerings are the only option, but spoiler alert, there’s a wide array of fantastic software out there. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...
@michellecyca.comapparently at some locations they have a kids ballot!?? (these were taken by a friend, my toddler did not get to vote at our local polling station )
@michellecyca.comfirst day of advance voting in Vancouver!! a beautiful day to go fill out a comically large ballot!! stickers for adults and children alike!! vancouver.ca/election/202...
@emmaarkell.bsky.socialReposted by @michellecyca.com"There are those who oppose both supervised consumption sites and public displays of drug use... who support rehab as a panacea, without acknowledging research that shows rehab without adequate supports increases fatalities, because those who relapse have a reduced tolerance for drugs."
@michellecyca.comrecommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.socialReposted by @michellecyca.com
@michellecyca.comthere’s just something very ironic about having a tantrum in the replies of a First Nations journalist on National Truth & Reconciliation Day when you started out by posting your anger at colonial violence. I think almost literally anything else you could do would be a better use of your time.
@michellecyca.comcan you take this elsewhere please
@niigaanwewidam.bsky.socialReposted by @michellecyca.comA burial site for dozens of children who died while attending the Brandon Indian Residential School will be acquired by the province, the Free Press has learned.
@michellecyca.comhuge victory for DULF — also a great day to support @defactomedia.ca which has excellent coverage of this case
@michellecyca.comthe government does have agency; it's responsible for notifying survivors as a pre-requisite to destroying the records. the concern is that it has not adequately notified survivors but will destroy the records anyway
@michellecyca.comreally don't need to be lectured on this topic, and my point was that this stems from a Supreme Court decision, not the PMO. plenty of other things one can criticize Carney for
@michellecyca.comthe number of shitty PR emails I've gotten recently that are using Orange Shirt Day as a hook for things that have nothing to do with residential school survivors or history is appalling. even worse now than it was four years ago, when I wrote this: indiginews.com/first-person...
@michellecyca.comyou can look at the progress report of the legal services company contracted to notify them, which show that in the last *five years* they have received only 40 requests for forms to preserve/share records, and one request for a destruction form. www.myrecordsmychoice.ca/progress-rep...
@michellecyca.comwhat do you mean "rile future generations"
@michellecyca.coma secret third thing (nothing to do with Mark Carney & also not "respecting the agreement" which included notifying survivors of the destruction deadline)
@michellecyca.comto learn more, you can sign up for this free event on Sept. 30 — in person or online: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-right-...
@michellecyca.comin advance of the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation I spoke to Kimberly Murray & Connie Walker about their efforts to raise awareness about this looming destruction, which survivors may not even know is happening next year. read it today at @thenarwhal.ca:
@michellecyca.comyes, but the waiting period was established to ensure survivors would be contacted and given the opportunity to choose whether to preserve their records or receive a copy. since 2021, only 40 people have requested a form to preserve their records, and only 1 a destruction form — of 38,000+
