In one nation, at least two dozen mostly Catholic and some Anglican churches have been vandalized or torched in recent weeks; and that nation’s leaders are either openly calling for more or shrugging their shoulders.
That nation is not Iraq, Syria, or Libya under ISIS, but rather Canada.
According to one recent report titled “Canada has become the church-burning centre of the western world,”
As of publication [July 2], there have been almost 23 attacks against churches—including at least five completely destroyed by fires, at least three damaged by fires, and more than 15 vandalized to varying degrees.
Two days after that report was published, on Sunday, July 4, another church was set on fire in southeast Calgary, and “countless have been vandalized,” says a July 6 report. After characterizing these ongoing attacks as a “shocking and unchallenged new reality” for Canada, the report adds:
There are currently no suspects for these arsons, but even more alarming, there is seemingly very little sympathy or care given to this vicious form of religious persecution.
Indeed, consider the reaction to these hate crimes coming from some of Canada’s leaders: Harsha Walia, the head of British Colombia’s Civil Liberties Association—which claims to “promote, defend, sustain, and extend civil liberties and human rights”—on June 30 tweeted, “Burn it all down,” in regards to the churches. So much for her zealous defense for the “civil liberties and human rights” of Canadians; apparently they only apply to some people, not others.
Although she appears to be a Hindu, this Walia’s place of birth (Bahrain) and her last name are curiously Islamic—not, of course, that it matters: India has become so anti-Christianity that it is currently the 10th worst persecutor of Christians in the entire world; being a Christian in India is actually worse than being a Christian in most Muslim nations—which is saying much.
If Muslims and Hindus hate Christians and attack their churches, Western elements—the media, politicians, and academia—increasingly sympathize and cover for them.
Thus, according to Gerald Butts, a close confidant of the Canadian prime minister, attacks on churches are “understandable.” Even more bizarre, Heidi Mathews of Harvard Law School described the vandalization and torching of churches as “the right of resistance to extreme and systemic injustice.”
As for the Prime Minister himself, Justin Trudeau, after offering the usual lip service and saying that ongoing church attacks are “unacceptable,” he offered this:
I understand the anger that’s out there … against institutions like the Catholic Church. It is real, and it is fully understandable given the shameful history that we’re all becoming more and more aware of.
So attacks on Christian churches are “unacceptable”—but they’re also “understandable.” Considering that these two words neutralize each other, Trudeau’s is a call for no action.
Tucker Carlson discussed all this in a segment yesterday, July 7. After quoting Harsha Walia—whom he referred to as “a monster” and a “dangerous lunatic”—he asked Canadian media personality Ezra Levant of Rebel News to comment. Levant referenced Kristallnacht—“the ‘Night of the Broken Glass’ in pre-Holocaust Germany where they smashed and burned and killed Jewish synagogues”—before continuing:
Obviously, we are not that far gone yet, but what do you call it when literally dozens of churches are being systematically vandalized, torched?… The crazy thing is that this is so explicitly an anti-church hate crime wave, and yet Justin Trudeau, who is normally the first and the wokest, waited a week before saying anything, and he literally said ‘that’s not the way to go.’ That was as tough as he got. He introduced an anti-hate crime bill in parliament that’s targeting mean tweets and Facebook posts, but literally you have church after church being torched by Antifa-style terrorists and he’s almost silent on the matter, and his right hand man [Gerald Butts] finds it understandable.
And so, what was once the preserve of the Islamic world in the modern era—hate for and attacks on churches—is now a regular and acceptable feature of Canada. Considering that radical Leftists and radical Muslims believe in the exact opposite things, rather tellingly, when it comes to torching churches, they are close allies. This speaks volumes about what truly animates them, and what is at the core of their belief systems.
This article Absolutely Breaks my heart ! Jesus is coming soon and knows all. Raymond you are an excellent writer ! I am sure your heart is very heavy also. You are always in sadness. Humans are dangerous in many ways . Thank you ! I will pray for your peace of mind.🙏
I have lived in Canada for 25 years and the erosion of a once great country is flagrant.
Totally due to the factions you have allowed to assume positions in your Government, likewise America has allowed the same type of factions to assume positions in their government, which these factions in no way support the views of Western Culture and are systematically using their positions to change the cultures of both Nations and seem to be gaining more strength in doing so as this issue and remarks made show how this cancer is advancing on both countries in their actual lack of knowledge of the intruding cultures becoming in power in their governments. Canada & America’s clear ignorance to what these cultures consist of is going to be their doownfall unless they both WAKE UP…
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I lived in Canada for 6 years and loved the country and its general policies, I left in 2010 and considered emigrating afterwards.
However, the ever ongoing ”fundametalising of progressive madness has cooled my enthusiasm. The (feminist) gender and the ideological leftist quest for ”equality” are evolving slowly into an almost open tyranny.It also lays bare the obvious shortcomings of the earlier ”truth and reconciliation” commissions and efforts. Humans after all, when (power) conditions evolve in one’s favor, are more prone to vengeance than for mutual forgiveness. Canada loses much credibility and charisma by not calling these despicable acts what they are: ure ethnic or ideological leftist hate crimes
Thank you for exposing Canada, who, under Justin Trudeau, has become a Marxist totalitarian country. Everything you have written is true.
Canada is no longer a Christian country. This became evident some years ago by many anti-Christian incidents which time does not permit me to relate here. I will add though that during the draconian covid lockdowns, ‘soft-touch’ persecution became evident when the pastors who refused to close their churches were targeted, imprisoned and their churches fenced off by the RCMP. Even that caused division among Christians.
IMO, Trudeau appears to be a closet Muslim, always kowtowing to and supporting them, to the point of compensating a terrorist with millions, who had been detained in Quantanamo Bay. Trudeau stated in 2018 that Christians are the worst part of Canadian Society, making his dislike for us very obvious.
Parliament is stacked with Muslims in high places, evident by their zealous support of everything emanating from Trudeau’s unqualified brain. He was a snowboard instructor before getting a BA degree in education. Now he runs a country.
The present state of affairs of church burnings and toppling statues of historical figures, even poor Capt. Cook landed in Victoria Harbour, after having been defaced with orange paint, started when the MSM stoked the flames of hatred over deliberate incorrect reporting on a sad part of Canadian history where Native Indian children were were taken from their parents and placed in residential schools. Many died of diseases common to children in the 19th century.
The hype that this new revelation of ‘unmarked’ gravesites having been discovered, has created division in this country even among Christians. Some agree with pulling down statues, unending apologies from the ‘Settlers’, as we are now called, even though Canada has been through a Truth and Reconciliation commission.
This is not the same country my family and I immigrated to 49 years ago. Canada needs to ‘take a knee’ for God, not for Carl Marx.
To Tershia: Yes Tershia- Not only Canada but the whole of Europe (excluding one or two leaders) and America need to ‘take a knee’ for God. You are so right. Many of the children in those residential schools died of diseases common in the 19thcentury, the number one killer being the very contagious tuberculosis, which spread rapidly in populations with little resistance, especially among children in schools, another being influenza. However, as health infrastructure developed, together with widespread inoculation and use of antibiotics (by none other than a Westerner, Sir Alexander Flemming of course) the situation improved. But, of course, why should this be acknowledged? I am sure those schools were no summer camps but still the way they burn Churches today you’d think the sisters injected the children with deadly viruses on purpose and all this was happening right now. Why is it that we have to apologise again and again when no one else who really committed horrors ON PURPOSE is not even asked. We are only human and at least we try to right a wrong when we can like slavery, which is still rampant in some countries in Africa and elsewhere, which we, in the Western World, were the first to abolish and invented the technology which made slavery redundant.
Mary Alafouzo: you said And “the way THEY burn Churches..”
If you have KNOWLEDGE of who is burning Churches, contact the RCMP IMMEDIATELY and give them your evidence.
The Chiefs and Elders are furious that their churches are beng burned.
Your comment implies guilt and the inference you leave is that the arsonists are First Nations.
You protest too much. It’s social media: Not a dissertation or even common journalism (which no longer exists).
Mary did not blame First Nations – and anyone familiar with her posts would know that that indigenous people could not be the ‘first’ party implicated by her comment.
Actually your post says more about you than it does about Mary.
*** God love ‘ya
Thank you Danknight and God Bless you!
Mary Alafouzo: you said And “the way THEY burn Churches..”
If you have KNOWLEDGE of who is burning Churches, contact the RCMP IMMEDIATELY and give them your evidence.
Your comment implies guilt and the inference you leave is that the arsonists are First Nations. The Chiefs have clearly condemned these acts and are trying to find out who did them.
The schools closed in 1996. No, they were “no summer camps” as you so dismissively note.
The First Nations children died of diseases that were deliberately introduced, disease they were deliberately exposed to, and medical care that was deliberately withheld. Also, beatings, torture, violent rapes, forced abortions, childbirth without care, starvation, abuse, medical experimentations – the list goes on. This has been clearly documented by Doctors, historians, and witness testimony supported by medical and physical evidence of over 38,000 people in the early 2000s in the Court Discoveries for the Class Action Lawsuit brought against the Canadian government. This was only one group.
The government and all major churches were involved as well as government organizations.
These horrors WERE committed on purpose. The kids didn’t just conveniently die of disease. They didn’t get medical care that WAS available.
I urge you to stop trying to explain away the horrors done to these children and start reading the truth of the Residential horrors.
The information is readily available. I understand that it may well be out of your comfort zone. Genocide usually is.
Many children that managed to live through the atrocities are still alive. Your words are causing them pain. Your attitudes are causing them pain. You are causing pain to their families.
However, if you truly are a Christian, please follow your own advice and “Take a Knee For God”.
Quote : “The First Nations children died of diseases that were deliberately introduced, disease they were deliberately exposed to, and medical care that was deliberately withheld. Also, beatings, torture, violent rapes, forced abortions, childbirth without care, starvation, abuse, medical experimentations – the list goes on.” Endquote.
Bull Schiff.
This statement is not mere ignorance, but a willful repetition of many Big Lies and Blood Libels made by communists over the years. It shows not only a callous disregard for the truth, but also a fain love of Big Lies …
… In other words … you’re an ignorant and ungrateful bigot, and you have selected unreliable ‘sources’ (aka Nazi propaganda) to justify your racist bigotry.
*** God love ‘ya
Those predominantly Catholic churches (several on First Nations reservations) were burned in response to the developing real-life horror story of the Residential Schools for native children that existed in Canada for more than a century. This is a fact that is conveniently left out by Mr. Ibrahim, who knows better.
If you would like to read the facts; https://sicangucdc.org/blog/f/legacy-of-boarding-schools-lives-on-can-be-overcome?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxJqHBhC4ARIsAChq4aumUkzr19SBEMm5ho443UJiu9RN8DNQ1fBPo_yCCS3RkkEDaTpHNvEaAmvVEALw_wcB
You refer to Roman Catholic residencial schools for native children, i.e. mostly indian children. The people who have burned down churches, are they indians too? You have to connect the number of Muslims in Canada nowadays, 3,2 percent of the entire population or abt 1,1 million. In their holy books the Christians are targeted very outspokenly and in their home country all Christians are persecuted. So as a doctor of philosophy you surely should have understood that these things matters a lot and yo ought to have mentioned that. Moreover, your comment doesn’t explain the attacks on the Anglican and other Christian churches.
To Carl: This may not be exactly relevant to the point under discussion but your comment mentioned the persecution of Christians so here goes:
The press and media are not to be trusted to tell us the truth anymore. I was listening to the radio LBC (London Broadcasting Company – Britain’s Conversation) at 1am in the morning last night (couldn’t sleep) and what was the talk about? What sanctions are we going to impose on China for its inhuman treatment of its Uighur Muslim population? Everyone of those who phoned in (at least until I fell asleep) sounded extremely shocked and gave his opinion on one or other way to punish China, the same as happened with Myanmar some time ago. I have yet to hear from the press or media what sanctions should be imposed on those who rape and abuse Christians non-stop in Muslim majority countries all over the world. They rarely even tell us when Christians are being abused. In the meantime, thank you, Raymond, for putting your life at risk in order to let us know the facts.
C.J. Collom
What you left out of your stupid and dishonest comment is that most of the churches which were attacked now serve aboriginal communities. How do these arsons help them? Why are you defending crimes? Who gave these smug arsonists the right to commit crimes? How do these crimes help those who suffered in Residential Schools?
You have a Ph D. It speaks volumes about the currently low education standards in our once great nation.
Excellent response, Terence!
And you know better? Your PhD does not qualify you to make self-righteous aspersions on people who DO know better than you.
Your comment is proof of the division that exists in Canada over this and other issues..
Today Native leaders themselves condemned the burning down of churches.
The facts about those graves have not yet been established. There is no proof yet that the graves are all that of children. It is still under investigation.
Nothing justifies bad or criminal behaviour.
C.J. Collom:
Here are more factual facts-
https://tnc.news/2021/07/07/six-things-the-media-got-wrong-about-the-graves-found-near-residential-schools/
Thanks Tershia: Very interesting article!
Candice did a good job, but there’s so much more.
The Lefties – whose ideology has caused numerous actual genocides – have been making this accusations for decades.
I recall an investigation debunking some of these myths in the 90’s. (Of Canadian schools for the indigenous natives). The conclusion was that they found one pre-WW2 school where a pedophile priest may have molested children, and a few post-WW2 schools where credible allegations of sexual abuse by homosexual priests may have occurred.
As to the allegations of withholding treatment, neglect, and other forms of ‘abuse’ … these were all ruled to be unfounded allegations that ignored or neglected the technology, healthcare, medicine, and economic situations of the times. Most of the deaths were found to be natural, and few were even grouped by pandemics or epidemics, but were the result of a few children over time. The additional fact that staff was also afflicted and sometimes died too – was always overlooked.
I cannot remember sufficient context to provide links … and that’s is deliberate too – on the part of the Lefties.
The report to which I’m referring was consistent with research done in the 80’s in Alaska. And through that research – provided to me by a black professor at the University of Alaska – indicated that we had gone through these allegations in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Another one came up about a decade later – in the early 00s (aughts), which was similarly dismissed, and subsequently forgotten.
No doubt the real reason for this artificial scandal appearing again …
… is that it’s been a decade or more since the Leftist racists and bigots have trotted it out.
Each time they do so, they hope it will stick. … This time they may be right. Too few of us remember the past – and frankly too few ‘conservatives’ have the wherewithal or interest to defend the past – even though the integrity of those ghosts directly impugns or exculpates us.
One last point – with which I’m reasonably familiar – is that America’s parallel system of native schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs – was created in the late 19thC with the explicit goal of ‘assimilation’ by Progressives of the Protestant variety …
So these schools were explicitly created to not only separate the children from their native-folk ways, and to destroy their families and humiliate the parents, (all of which are goals applicable to white or majority families with children in the public schools), but also the target of assimilation’ was not ‘American’ – but Progressive Technocrat. It was explicitly anti-Catholic because many of the children came from families that had already converted to that faith – which the Protestant Progs hated.
This was even more obvious in Alaska where the target was the Russian Orthodox. Native Alaskans remain Orthodox to this day, and perversely – they vote solid anti-American, pro-Atheist Demokkkrat – largely thanks to these Big Lies about the schools that were introduced by the Progressives ( who were all Democrats ) … for the purpose of destroying families and alienating the Natives from the dominant culture.
That said, the early schools – before the Great Depression – were very well built. They had utilities, clinics, and farm land. The kids learned reading, writing, arithmetic, and mechanical skills. The children received the best healthcare available at the time. By comparison, our own inner city schools are terrible. Dallas-Ft-Worth schools graduate 30-40% illiterates today – and most come from black and Hispanic schools.
The relatively good care / bad intentions of the Protestant-Progressive schools gave way gradually under the FDR administration during the Depression. No indication shows that there was any ‘genocidal’ or ‘pervert’ intent, but rather they had an economic crisis that led to both neglect and abuse. But the abuse was largely the goal of Secular-Progressives attempting to oust or replace the Protestant-Progressives to achieve a more ‘Progressive’ – i.e. a more false/Leftist narrative – in the curriculum.
Albeit teaching lies to kids to make Leftists look good and promote communism is child abuse … it’s not the same as ‘genocide’ … nor is it the same as withholding food, water, shelter, or healthcare. The schools did lack these things during the Depression, but … it is obvious to anyone who cares to check that the number of children who starved in these schools was statistically lower than the 6-8MM Americans who starved to death during the same period. (My own grandparents almost starved to death, and my father-in-law – now gone – was only saved from starvation by a State Hospital – one of the same ones later closed in the 60s and 70s to ‘reform’ the nation.
sorry for the lengthy rant – and I wish I could recall some cites for you to get more out of this – but that’s the main point…
The Left comes up with these Big Lies – and when they’re debunked – the Left saves up for later when memories have faded and it’s much more difficult to find sources and witnesses.
*** You and yours have a great week!
Churches are burning because the media pointed the finger (especially) at the Catholic Church. The government was in charge of seizing the children from their homes and putting them in Residential “schools”. They could have gone to Public Schools from the beginning. They were segregated specifically by their “Indian” race. The government set the policies, funded the “schools”, inspected them and could have shut them down at any time. The last one closed in 1996.
How very convenient that the media chose to emphasize “Church” rather than GOVERNMENT in regard to the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the British Crown and the Canadian government. This is an election year after all.
Yes, churches ran the Residential “schools” but the Government was in charge.
Children died in these hellholes from starvation, neglect, withheld medical care and medicines, beatings, rape, torture, violent abuse and severe psychological trauma. They died running away in blizzards and committed suicide. The death rate was as high as 75%. (Dr. P.H. Bryce “the Story of a National Crime”)
So no, they didn’t just die like all the other Canadian children at the time of childhood diseases as so many are trying to claim.
Parents were often not told where there children were, or indeed, when they died. Principals were not required to get a death certificate for an “Indian” child until 1942.
There are undocumented graves such as the 215 found at Kamloops. There are also reports of mass graves and “other” disposals of dead children. These are part of the searches underway.
First Nations want their missing children found, identified and returned home. They have been asking for decades.
Many of churches burned are on Indian Reservations. The Chiefs are very angry about this. They have put security on their churches. Usually these are Band Owned buildings. If the people want a church gone, the Chief and Council would simply have a meeting, vote on it and have the building removed or repurposed. Very simple.
Survivors of the Residential “schools” had over a hundred years to burn down churches. They didn’t.
First Nations have clearly spoken that they don’t want churches burned.
But then, in the 2020 USA Summer of Hate, who listened to Black people who said, “we don’t want our cities burned”, either?
Hello Louise: I read your comments and felt the emotion between the lines. I do understand what you are saying. And I believe there are elements in our societies that are interested in fomenting trouble and do not care to listen to those who try for peace and reconciliation. Also, I do understand your point that our governments are culpable in many respects – indeed I would go as far as to say even in allowing Christianity to be the target of attack. Nevertheless, the killer which is tuberculosis is apparently rearing its ugly head again among the Native American population, which, I believe would include Native Canadians, according to the ‘Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/01-7732_article.
“Tuberculosis is an example of a disease that recently re-emerged, is now in decline, but continues to disproportionately affect Native Americans, both in number of cases and severity of disease. Annual incidence for Native Americans remains twice that of the overall U.S. population, and mortality rates are six times higher. Possible reasons for the persistence of tuberculosis among Natives include living in crowded households, high rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and deterioration of the public health infrastructure.
The epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease has been characterized for three groups of Native Americans–Alaska Natives, members of the Navajo Nation, and White Mountain Apaches. Rates of invasive infection among Native American children <2 years old are some of the highest reported in the world. Across all age groups, rates are generally higher for Native Americans compared with those for white or black persons in the United States”.
This is terrible and is in no way an excuse for any of the parties that may have been involved in so many deaths, whether of children or of adults. Also I am not denying that many of the causes you describe in your comments contributed to those deaths. But many of these deaths could have been caused also by tuberculosis, especially in the conditions in which they lived in those schools.
Hello Mary Alafouzo: I will refer again to Dr. P.H. Bryce’s book:
“The Story of a National Crime – An Appeal for Justice to the Indians of Canada” 1922. Dr. Bryce worked in Residential “schools”.
He was a founding member of the Canadian Public Health Association. Also, he was President of the American Public Health Association. In 1907, he wrote a formal report on the conditions in the Residential “schools”. He clearly stated how the conditions created illness and spread disease in healthy children. The government refused to correct the conditions. There was massive overcrowding, malnutrition, deliberate starvation, lack of access to sunlight and fresh air. Children were overworked doing physical labour usually reserved for grown adults (in violation of British Law). They were traumatized and under severe psychological stress. They were physically abused. These factors all contribute to immune problems and negate healing. Where the death rate was an outrageous 24%, over a 16 year timespan, it INCREASED to 75%. The Government fired him for advocating change in 1921.
Yes, tuberculosis was ONE of the preventable diseases that spread throughout the schools (and in turn was taken home to families if the child was allowed to go home). This was Dr. Bryce’s whole point. These diseases:
1. Could have been prevented,
2. Could have been contained, and
3. The children could have been treated (hospital care was available).
None of his Official recommendations were implemented.
New Government policies made things worse.
Later, after WWII and the advent of antibiotics, First Nations children were still being denied available treatment for treatable illnesses (including TB).
The death rates were far higher than comparable Public Schools for other Canadian children.
No, the children were not of “inferior” stock and therefore more vulnerable to disease.
They were forced into conditions that killed them.
As for the statistics today, comparable statistics apply to any group forced to live in comparable conditions. This was precisely what happened in Great Britain at the time of the Industrial Revolution (overcrowding, malnutrition, etc.). In addition, today there are TB strains that are antibiotic resistant. How much access do the modern Indigenous have to newer, expensive treatments? Today’s problems are poverty induced.
The governments’ actions In the Residential “schools” were genocide.
To Louise: I was going to answer this but Danknight did it SO MUCH BETTER 8.09 – 8.14AM – 8.57AM – 9.49AM – 9.54AM!!!. Thank you Danknight and thank you Raymond Ibrahim! And God Bless you!
PS. Just one more thing: The idea that children or adults more vulnerable to TB are of “inferior stock” never crossed my mind. We are all frail creatures and
vulnerable as now to Covid- 19. That doesn’t mean we are of “inferior stock”.
Hi Louise, accusing people of committing genocide is very serious. I hear that accusation made frequently these days.
Could you please provide me with proof that genocide happened in Canada?
The definition of genocide, according to my dictionary, is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial or cultural group.
Some examples of this would be Rwanda, where members of the Tutsi ethnic group were slaughtered by the Hutu tribe; Hitler’s Germany where the Nazis killed approximately 6 million Jewish men, women and children; in Cambodia where the communist Pol Pot murdered about 2 million people; the Armenian genocide during WW I in the Ottoman Empire, where about 1million Armenians were murdered through mass executions and death marches.
I am by no means trivializing the pain felt by the Indian children who suffered in residential schools, but I can’t see any genocide having taken place.
The mainstream media is not known for its honesty and I may caution you that they are manipulating you and everyone else with their dishonest reporting.
With so much pain still felt by First Nations over Residential Schools, I am wondering if trauma counseling will not be of benefit?
The government can pay!
Quote: “They could have gone to Public Schools from the beginning.” End quote
Nonsense. The Indian schools were public schools. If the children were relocated from their home, it was for the convenience of the staff – and the intent to humiliate the families and parents – just like public schools of today. It was not for the purpose of abusing the children.
Quote: “They were segregated specifically by their “Indian” race.” End quote
If so … ‘segregation’ was a Leftist/Progressive policy instigated by Leftists on the basis of Eugenic theories on the basis of Evolutionary Theory. Blaming Canadians for this is literally like blaming Canadians for Covid-19.
Quote: “There are undocumented graves such as the 215 found at Kamloops.” End quote.
No there are not. At “best” there are 215 anomalies in a ‘known’ grave yard as seen on Ground Penetrating Radar in a report that has NOT YET BEEN PRODUCED as of this post.
More likely there are a few dozen graves – assuming they surveyed a grave yard at all an not a garbage dump.
I went through this nonsense with a historical society in the Midwest – they demanded – and got – GPR on a plot of land the State wanted for a highway. The resulting ‘anomalies’ were compared to the lost city of El Dorado … but turned out to be nothing more than clay drains used for controlling soil moisture in the early 20thC.
Hate to tell you this – since you’re obviously a racist, and I don’t want to spoil your fun …
But it’s very likely that the GPR anomalies are LATRINES … unless the survey was performed in a KNOWN graveyard.
Quote “Children died in these hellholes from starvation, neglect, withheld medical care and medicines, beatings, rape, torture, violent abuse and severe psychological trauma. They died running away in blizzards and committed suicide. The death rate was as high as 75%. (Dr. P.H. Bryce “the Story of a National Crime”)”
This lie – and yes it is a LIE – deserves special mention.
Dr. Bryce’s report – and to be clear to readers – it’s a good report, and I have no doubt as to Dr. Bryce’s complaints, which are consistent with then current issue.
But the report is only 15 pages – and it’s not a report really, but a complaint about conditions, and a request to have access to more data – and/or an investigation on behalf of the children and native communities.
The ONLY allegations in this report that arise to anything approaching the characterization of Louise are due over-crowding. … This despite the fact that according to the good Doctor, as few as 30% of the children on some ‘bands’ (reservations for us Americans) participated.
The good Doctor alleges that native populations declined while comparable non-indigenous populations rose, but the cause of this could be clearly inferred from the report – and since the schools did not control all the children – and none of the adults – we cannot conclude that the schools were at fault.
The good Doctor makes it obvious – to a modern reader familiar with water, wastewater, and sanitation services – and disease transmission – and disease prevention …
… that the problem for the indigenous population was Tuberculosis.
According to the good Doctor – the students often came to the school with Tuberculosis.
In other words … to use modern American … the good Doctor wanted a Border Wall to keep out infected children, and ‘cages’ (segregated dispensaries or colonies) for the afflicted children in the system.
Far from ‘genocide’ being the ‘crime’ to which the good Doctor refers to, the report makes it clear that the ‘crime’ is the refusal of the Settled Science Minions – and the Dr. Fauci’s of the day – to actually do something about the massive Tuberculosis epidemic among the natives.
While a racist and a bigot such as yourself (Louise) may call this neglect genocide … It should be pointed out to more rational readers that 1/7 … YES – ONE IN SEVEN!!! – non-native inhabitants of North America died of Tuberculosis between it’s discovery in the 19thC and the development of antibiotics.
… And NO … no one can blame ‘whitey’ for the Tuberculosis in the New World. TB has been with mankind from the beginning, and it spread with us all around the planet.
As to native populations – ALL ARCTIC NATIVES SUFFERED FROM TUBERCULOSIS AT ALARMING RATES. The reason for this is simple. Arctic environments are cold, and when water is not frozen – it’s wet, damp, and humid. While these conditions do not ’cause’ TB, it makes it virtually impossible to stop someone infected with TB from spreading the disease to others. Everyone is stuck inside breathing the same smoky and damp air. Everyone suffers from the same respiratory insults due to burning wood indoors; and the same nutritional imbalances experienced by hunter-gatherers.
The result is a virtual petri-dish for Tuberculosis.
ALL of the other complaints about the treatment of the native population in Canada can be – and should be – ascribed to PROGRESSIVES – and the Leftist movement by the same name to impose a ‘modern’ and ‘progressive’ (and socialist) disorder onto the natives by government fiat.
Blaming Canadians for any of this is literally like blaming Americans for the Lefties disasters created today.
*** God love ya’ Louise – you need Him … and a shrink might help too.
No doubt the Government did not put the Indian children i
P.S. No doubt the Government did not put the Indian children in any school where they could spread more Tuberculosis. … Based on what I know of that era from government docs in America … I would guess that the Canadians were NOT responding to Dr. Bryce’s complaints … because they feared that expanding the system would expose more children and more staff to Tuberculosis at a time when there was NO treatment.
That was the postscript.
*** Everyone have a great week!
How long will we have to endure this?
Peace at any price is too expensive
“being a Christian in India is actually worse than being a Christian in most Muslim nations”…….This is a bit harsh on us, Mr. Ibrahim. You have never been to India, I suppose. Once you visit India in person, I am sure you will get an entirely different impression about the situation of Christians in a HIndu majority land.