BIll C-51 My responses to questions from Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence (April 27, 2015)

First Question: Senator Mitchell: My next question would probably go to Ms. Palmater and Mr. Bennett. The bill originally had “unlawful advocacy,” and I believe that’s been taken out. But I also believe that it still leaves a gap, and that is to say that you can do something unlawful that is perfectly non-terrorist. In…

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Bill C-51 – My Testimony to Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence (April 27, 2015)

Dr. Palmater. Pamela D. Palmater, Associate Professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance, Ryerson University, as an individual: Thank you. My name is Pam Palmater. I come from the sovereign nation of the Mi’kmaw in the East. I would first like to acknowledge the traditional territory on which we are sitting, that of the Algonquin Nation,…

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Transcript of my Testimony on Bill C-51 Anti-Terrorism Act – March 24 2015

Dr. Pamela Palmater (Chair in Indigenous Governance, Ryerson University, Department of Politics & Public Administration, As an Individual)*  Thank you for inviting me here today to speak. I want to first acknowledge that we’re on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation and that’s not just the polite acknowledgement. That’s the very reason why all of…

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Genocide? Murder? Criminal Negligence? Or Passive Indifference? Canada is Killing Our People

Racism doesn’t just hurt our feelings – racism kills. The two senseless deaths of First Nations children in a house fire in Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Saskatchewan from an unpaid bill of less than $4,000 has sparked outrage across Canada. In no other place in Canada would an ambulance, fire fighter or police officer…

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Oh Canada! Your Home’s on Mi’kmaw Land

O Canada! Your homes on Mi’kmaw land True genocidal drive By all your Queen’s command With greedy hearts You watched us die Our strong Nation divided and poor All for money and power, O Canada We stand on guard against thee Our land is not your commodity for fee O Canada! We stand on guard…

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