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Bill C-5, Indigenous resistance, and the authoritarian turn at the heart of the settler state

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[-] leastaction@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

Call and write your MP

Right, because this has always worked so well.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For a number of issues like Gaza, the writing is on the wall. It's a matter of time before Canada acts, how quickly and what type of things will be based on how much Carney, Anand and MPs hear from constituents, so raise your voice.

Be out on the street too, where you are able, of course. Nihilism isn't helpful. It's not useless. Collective action from Canadians have had US governors and senators come to us virtually on their knees begging to stop the boycott. During Parliament's break is the best time to put ideas in MPs' heads, before it's in session and they get in the heat of the moment.

There's still time to fix Bill C-2 or kill it entirely when the legislative session resumes.

On C-5, no concrete injury has occured yet in terms of Indigenous people getting screwed over from a project. Yes, the legislation that is in place was very, very much rushed with many things left unclarified. Get your say in, ahead of the corporate lobbyists, they're being paid to cozy up to MPs and ministers.

The digital services tax was stopped at the last minute for an awful reason, that doesn't mean we still can't call for the government to change course and not move ahead with the repeal in Legislature, or reimplement it in a different way, as much as that sounds like a long shot.

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