[Sundaycommunity] FW: Kamloops - For 15 years, Canada’s first chief officer of medical health repeatedly warned his superiors (1922)
Mary Brown
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Sun Jun 6 18:58:44 PDT 2021
Thank you for sharing
Mary
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 9:48 PM David Walsh via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
> *This story adds another dimension to the tragedy.*
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> *David *
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> david at dwalsh.ca <david at awakeningproject.ca>
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> *‘The Story of a National Crime’ | The Tyee
> <https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/06/02/National-Crime-Residential-Schools/?__s=en9ip53ynuia19wy03v6&utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Roundup+-+June+5%2C+2021&utm_content=Kamloops>*
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> For 15 years, Canada’s first chief officer of medical health repeatedly
> warned his superiors that the country’s disease-riddled residential schools
> had become glorified tuberculosis death camps. He courageously pressed for
> reforms.
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> But Bryce’s superiors didn’t listen. They didn’t want to know the truth,
> and made the physician’s job impossible as only bureaucrats can do.
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> And so, when Bryce left the government and was no longer oath-bound to
> secrecy, he wrote a 24-page exposé on the accelerated extinction of
> Indigenous people willfully being perpetrated in Canada’s residential
> schools. You can read it here
> <https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalc00brycuoft/page/n5/mode/2up>.
> The story of a national crime
> <https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalc00brycuoft/page/n5/mode/2up>
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> Bryce titled his book *The Story of a National Crime*. The year was 1922.
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> A century ago, Dr. Peter Bryce demonstrated that residential schools were
> designed to kill. Canada’s government ignored him.
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> *Andrew Nikiforuk <https://thetyee.ca/Bios/Andrew_Nikiforuk/> 2 Jun
> 2021 | TheTyee.ca*
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> Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist
> whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature
> and more.
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> *From:* Passage <hello at readpassage.com>
> *Sent:* June 6, 2021 7:30 AM
> *To:* David Walsh <david at dwalsh.ca>
> *Subject:* Kamloops
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> The latest Roundup from
> Passage
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> *Kamloops Residential School Is Not The End*
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> *By V.S. Wells*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9hdXRob3IvdnMtd2VsbHMvP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>
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>
> *(Content Warning: This newsletter contains distressing content about
> residential schools and systemic racism. Support for survivors and their
> families is available 24-7 at the Indian Residential School Crisis Line,
> 1-866-925-4419.)*
>
>
> In a story
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5jaGF0ZWxhaW5lLmNvbS9saXZpbmcvMjE1LWxpdHRsZS1zcGlyaXRzLWFuZC1teS13aGl0ZS1zaXN0ZXIvP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>
> for Chatelaine this week, Mohawk and Anishinaabe writer and producer Kim
> Wheeler discussed trying to make her white adoptive sister understand the
> horrors of residential schools. “While this week she is completely
> outraged, I wonder if she’ll go back to her comfortable life after stories
> about the 215 children fade from the media—if, like many Canadians, she
> will put this out of her head,” Wheeler writes. “But I, and over 1.6
> million Indigenous people in Canada, can’t turn away because we carry this
> pain in our DNA.”
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> Canada, and organized Christianity operating within the country, has been
> inflicting that pain for hundreds of years. And contemporary Canadian
> policies and crises continue to be rooted in colonialism. It’s not like
> everything magically improved once the last residential school shut down in
> 1996.
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> Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation had to rely on a local government
> grant to access the ground-penetrating radar that found the unmarked
> graves; why had the federal government not committed to searching for these
> lost children themselves? Why do they continue to fight residential school
> survivors
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5jYmMuY2EvbmV3cy9pbmRpZ2Vub3VzL290dGF3YS1zdC1hbm5lLXJlc2lkZW50aWFsLXNjaG9vbC1jb3VydC1jb3N0cy0xLjU4MDk4NDY_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> and Indigenous childrens’ advocates
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3RoZXR5ZWUuY2EvTmV3cy8yMDIxLzA2LzAyL0NpbmR5LUJsYWNrc3RvY2stSW5kaWdlbm91cy1DaGlsZHJlbi1UcnVkZWF1LVJlc2lkZW50aWFsLVNjaG9vbHMvP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>
> in court?
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> The fight for clean drinking water
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9wL3doeS1kby1maXJzdC1uYXRpb25zLWhhdmUtdG8tc3VlLXRvLWdldC1jbGVhbi13YXRlci8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> on remote First Nations communities — a *literal human right — *is a
> result of colonial policies that haven’t been fully dismantled. The drug
> poisoning crisis
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9wL2ZpdmUteWVhcnMtYWZ0ZXItYmVpbmctZGVjbGFyZWQtcHVibGljLWhlYWx0aC1lbWVyZ2VuY3ktYi1jLXMtZHJ1Zy1wb2lzb25pbmctY3Jpc2lzLWNvbnRpbnVlcy8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> in Canada disproportionately
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5jYmMuY2EvbmV3cy9jYW5hZGEvYnJpdGlzaC1jb2x1bWJpYS9maXJzdC1uYXRpb25zLW92ZXJkb3NlLWRlYXRocy1jb3ZpZC0xOS0xLjYwNDM2NDQ_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> affects Indigenous people, due to the legacies of intergenerational trauma.
> The criminalization of land defenders
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9wL3RoZS1uZXctd2FyLWluLXRoZS13b29kcy1oYXMtdHdvLWZyb250cy8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> is a result of governmental policies that entitle businesses to land that
> has been looked after by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
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> There’s yet more interlinked issues too: the missing and murdered
> Indigenous women and girls, the Sixties Scoop, the disproportionate rates
> of Indigenous children in foster care and incarcerated adults, and racism
> in health care to name but a few.
>
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> Melissa Moses, women’s representative of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs,
> stated
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy51YmNpYy5iYy5jYS9fYXNwaXJhdGlvbl9ub3RfZW5vdWdoX3RvX2VuZF9nZW5vY2lkZV91YmNpY19kZW1hbmRzX2dvdmVybm1lbnRfYWN0aW9uX2FuZF9hY2NvdW50YWJpbGl0eV9mb3JfY3Jpc2lzX29mX21taXdnP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>
> this week, “Indigenous peoples have always known the truth of Canada and
> its deliberate tools of oppression. From the seizure of our land, the theft
> of our children, and the murders and disappearances of our women – these
> have been willful and conscious actions and inactions intended to
> dispossess us of our lands and territories and assimilate us into colonial
> society.”
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> The mainstream media was slow
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JhYmJsZS5jYS9ibG9ncy9ibG9nZ2Vycy9qb3VybmFsaXNtLWRvY3Rvci8yMDIxLzA2L21haW5zdHJlYW0tbWVkaWEtc2xvdy10cmVhdC1rYW1sb29wcy1kaXNjb3ZlcnktbWFqb3Itc3Rvcnk_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> to pick up the Kamloops Residential School tragedy as an important story.
> And politicians were bad at talking meaningfully about the event. Liberal
> MP Ken Hardie encouraged Canadians to read Indigenous authors, which, as
> Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott explained
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vb3BpbmlvbnMvMjAyMS8wNi8wMi9jYW5hZGEtcmVzaWRlbnRpYWwtc2Nob29scy1pbmRpZ2Vub3VzLXJhY2lzdC1wb2xpY2llcy8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>,
> “was a shameful response — the kind of response that seeks to avoid facing
> a deeper truth. As an Indigenous author, I don’t believe my work, and the
> work of my peers, should be used to deal with this tragedy. To suggest that
> is to rely on the distinctly neoliberal notion that representation in art
> can somehow act as a stand-in for justice and desperately needed change.”
>
>
> So what does justice and change look like?
>
>
> To start, The Tyee has put up a couple of resources to learn more about
> residential schools — one is an excerpt from the Truth and Reconciliation
> Commission’s 2015 report
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3RoZXR5ZWUuY2EvTmV3cy8yMDIxLzA2LzAxL05lZ2xlY3RlZC1MaWZlLURpc2hvbm91cmVkLURlYXRoLVRSQy1FeGNlcnB0Lz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>
> on children being buried away from home, while the other explores
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3RoZXR5ZWUuY2EvQW5hbHlzaXMvMjAyMS8wNi8wMi9OYXRpb25hbC1DcmltZS1SZXNpZGVudGlhbC1TY2hvb2xzLz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>
> the work of Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce, who in 1922 described the appalling
> conditions in residential schools as “a national crime.” The Truth and
> Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action
> <http://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRyYy5jYS9hc3NldHMvcGRmL0NhbGxzX3RvX0FjdGlvbl9FbmdsaXNoMi5wZGY_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> remains a critical read, as does the National Inquiry into Missing and
> Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ final report and its 231 calls
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5tbWl3Zy1mZmFkYS5jYS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxOS8wNi9DYWxsc19mb3JfSnVzdGljZS5wZGY_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> for justice.
>
>
> Yet there’s also a world of human joy and beauty and knowledge that gets
> flattened when entire communities are only listened to when they speak of
> trauma. And, as Kanyen’keha:ka/Scottish journalist Haley Lewis reminds
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5yZWZpbmVyeTI5LmNvbS9lbi1jYS8yMDIxLzA2LzEwNTA1MzUwL2NhbmFkYS1taXN0cmVhdG1lbnQtaW5kaWdlbm91cy1wZW9wbGU_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> us, “The fact that Indigenous people have to keep bringing this up, to keep
> reminding settler-Canadians what happened and continues to happen while
> providing specific examples of our mistreatment is … exhausting.”
>
>
> Wheeler asks non-Indigenous people not to forget: to see this not as an
> isolated tragedy, but as part of a larger pattern. We have to remember. And
> we have to stand united not in sympathy, but solidarity. Remember the 215
> children lost. Remember the countless more we don’t know about. And
> remember that we must challenge and oppose policies that keep these
> colonial legacies alive today.
>
>
> Stay safe, and stay angry.
>
>
> – V
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9hdXRob3IvdnMtd2VsbHMvP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>
> .
>
> This Week From Passage
>
>
> *“**As Quebec Reopens, Don’t Let François Legault Off The Hook*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9hcy1xdWViZWMtcmVvcGVucy1kb250LWxldC1mcmFuY29pcy1sZWdhdWx0LW9mZi10aGUtaG9vay8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>*.”
> Robert Hiltz.*
>
> The public can have short memories. As the vaccine roll-out speeds up and
> pundits herald the success of hot vax summer, it’s easy to forget that
> politicians have made decisions that cost people lives. Quebec is home to
> around a quarter of Canada’s population, but saw 44 per cent of its
> COVID-19 deaths. We can’t forget how Legault and his government left
> long-term care residents to die; we have a duty to hold them accountable.
>
>
> *“**Skyrocketing Canadian House Prices Further Entrench Wealth*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9za3lyb2NrZXRpbmctY2FuYWRpYW4taG91c2UtcHJpY2VzLWZ1cnRoZXItZW50cmVuY2gtd2VhbHRoLz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>*.”
> V. S. Wells.*
>
> House prices going up sucks for buyers. But it doesn’t suck for everyone
> equally. If you’re a buyer with family money, chances are your parents own
> property — and their house price going up means they’ve gained a lot of
> wealth by doing nothing, which they can then pass onto you. More expensive
> homes means not only that fewer people can afford to buy houses, but also
> that the wealth that does exist stays in the same small groups.
>
>
> *“**Exposing How Pro-Israel Groups Maufacture Antisemtism Narratives*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9leHBvc2luZy1ob3ctcHJvLWlzcmFlbC1ncm91cHMtbWFudWZhY3R1cmUtYW50aXNlbWl0aXNtLW5hcnJhdGl2ZXMvP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>*.”
> Davide Mastracci.*
>
> Using two protests as case studies, Davide describes a six-step pipeline
> that allows pro-Israel groups to use claims of antisemitism to delegitimize
> anti-Zionist protests. The protest causes statements from pro-Israel
> organizations, which prompt statements from politicians. That gets picked
> up by the media, and then pro-Israel organizations create a blacklist, and
> write the event into the historical record.
>
>
> *“**How Organized Labour Can Support The Palestinian Cause*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9wL2xhYm91ci1tdXN0LXNob3ctc29saWRhcml0eS13aXRoLXBhbGVzdGluaWFucy8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>*.”
> Adam D. K. King.*
>
> The international labour movement has rallied around Palestine,
> recognizing the right of Palestinian self-determination as intrinsically
> related to what unions fight for. Adam takes stock of why organized labour
> is an important bargaining force, what workers within Palestine and Israel
> have done, and how international worker solidarity is helping the cause.
>
>
> *“**Canada’s Military Will Never Properly Address Sexual Assault*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JlYWRwYXNzYWdlLmNvbS9jYW5hZGFzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LXdpbGwtbmV2ZXItcHJvcGVybHktYWRkcmVzcy1zZXh1YWwtYXNzYXVsdC8_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>*.”
> Nora Loreto.*
>
> The story of Bobbie Bees is a troubling one. They were abused as a child
> by another minor, who in turn had been abused by a military priest. Bees
> spent years trying to achieve justice. But, as Nora illustrates, they were
> stymied at every level by a system that refuses to see sexual abuse as a
> systemic issue. The military is rotten to the core; endless reviews won’t
> fix an inherently broken organization.
>
> Elsewhere In Canada
>
>
> *“**Here Is What Everyone In Canada Needs To Know About How Collective
> Bargaining Really Works*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3ByZXNzcHJvZ3Jlc3MuY2EvaGVyZS1pcy13aGF0LWV2ZXJ5b25lLWluLWNhbmFkYS1uZWVkcy10by1rbm93LWFib3V0LWhvdy1jb2xsZWN0aXZlLWJhcmdhaW5pbmctcmVhbGx5LXdvcmtzLz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>*.”
> Liz Walker and Shanice Regis-Wilkins, PressProgress.*
>
> Are labour unions having a moment in Canada, or do I just follow a lot of
> people who talk about them? Either way, this is a straightforward guide to
> collect bargaining in Canada, defining some key terms, and explaining how
> unions organize and what they do for their members. Keep this handy for the
> next time someone you know tries to spread disinformation about unions or
> organized labour.
>
>
> *“**Some Of Canada’s Biggest Companies Saw Record Profits During The
> Pandemic*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NhbmFkaWFuZGltZW5zaW9uLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy92aWV3L3NvbWUtb2YtY2FuYWRhcy1iaWdnZXN0LWNvbXBhbmllcy1zYXctcmVjb3JkLXByb2ZpdHMtZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1wYW5kZW1pYz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>*.”
> D. T. Cochrane, Canadian Dimension. *
>
> New research from Canadians for Tax Fairness discovered that of 142
> Canadian companies with profits of over $100 million, 50 had record profits
> in 2020. Many of these companies also paid taxes below the statutory
> corporate income tax rate — and seven collected the Canadian Emergency Wage
> Subsidy. Shareholders gained billions of dollars, even as millions of
> Canadians were suffering COVID-19-induced financial hardship. We love late
> stage capitalism!
>
> Around The World
>
>
> *“**‘We Take Care Of Travelers’: Inside The Vaccine Tourism Of Brazil’s
> Superrich*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5tb3RoZXJqb25lcy5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMS8wNi93ZS10YWtlLWNhcmUtb2YtdHJhdmVsZXJzLWluc2lkZS10aGUtdmFjY2luZS10b3VyaXNtLW9mLWJyYXppbHMtc3VwZXJyaWNoLz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>*.”
> Isabela Dias, Mother Jones.*
>
> Vaccine tourism can only exist in a world where there are both global
> wealth inequalities, and national inequalities. How else can you explain
> the rich of the Global South booking vacations to get their COVID-19 shots
> while their countries languish under uneven vaccine distribution? Global
> pandemics need global solutions. But solutions need to look like
> co-ordinated plans to undo vaccine apartheid, not mega-wealthy individuals
> looking out for themselves.
>
>
> *“**Pedro Castillo Can Help End Neoliberalism In Peru*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2phY29iaW5tYWcuY29tLzIwMjEvMDYvcGVkcm8tY2FzdGlsbG8tcGVydS1saWJyZS1rZWlrby1mdWppbW9yaS1ydW5vZmYtZWxlY3Rpb24tanVuZS02LW5lb2xpYmVyYWxpc20_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>*.”
> Farid Kahhat interviewed by Nicolas Allen, Jacobin.*
>
> Peru goes to the poll on June 6, and they may be poised to elect left-wing
> trade unionist Pedro Castillo to the presidency. Farid Kahhat is a
> columnist for Peru’s El Comercio newspaper, and here he explains why
> Castillo’s rival Keiko Fujimori is so problematic, the electoral base
> rallying behind Castillo, and the larger political scene of Peru.
>
> Ideas & Culture
>
>
> *“**If The Wuhan Lab-Leak Hypothesis Is True, Expect A Political
> Earthquake*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50aGVndWFyZGlhbi5jb20vY29tbWVudGlzZnJlZS8yMDIxL2p1bi8wMS93dWhhbi1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1sYWItbGVhay1jb3ZpZC12aXJ1cy1vcmlnaW5zLWNoaW5hP19fcz1lbjlpcDUzeW51aWExOXd5MDN2Nlx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZHJpcFx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Um91bmR1cCstK0p1bmUrNSUyQysyMDIxXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9S2FtbG9vcHMifQ>*.”
> Thomas Frank, The Guardian.*
>
> While the people who wrote
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3R3aXR0ZXIuY29tL3dva2VnbG9iYWx0aW1lcy9zdGF0dXMvMTM5OTE4NzA5NTc2NDI3OTMwMz9fX3M9ZW45aXA1M3ludWlhMTl3eTAzdjZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWRyaXBcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVJvdW5kdXArLStKdW5lKzUlMkMrMjAyMVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUthbWxvb3BzIn0>
> the ‘lab leak paper’ are “demonstrably batshit,” as someone on Twitter put
> it, and the theory is often used as a Sinophobic cudgel, Thomas Frank
> argues that if it were true, it would have major ramifications in the West.
> Frank believes the public would become more critical of science, NGOs and
> universities. And, if it turned out they were concealing facts from the
> public, it could entirely destabilize the system.
>
>
> *“**Stripped*
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3JpY29jaGV0Lm1lZGlhL2VuLzM2NzAvc3RyaXBwZWQ_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>*.”
> Karlan Modeste, Ricochet.*
>
> Mamadi Ill Fara Camara was pulled over by Montreal police for allegedly
> using his cellphone while driving, only for a stranger to appear and
> suddenly assault the police officer. Camara called the police to report the
> crime — but was arrested and charged with disarming, assault and attempted
> murder of a police officer. He was strip-searched and held in custody for
> six days. Lawyer Karlan Modeste asks us to think about anti-Black racism
> and policing in physical, visceral terms. Six days may not sound so bad to
> an onlooker, but that’s six days of being wrongfully denied your liberties
> — with no idea when you may be freed.
>
> One Last Thing
>
>
> The Discourse and IndigiNews have collaboratively put together a
> comprehensive guide
> <https://t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiMTA1MjMxMSIsImRlbGl2ZXJ5X2lkIjoiaGNjeWUzbnQ4ZDRicGpqaTB0bGUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2luZGlnaW5ld3MuY29tL29rYW5hZ2FuL25vbi1pbmRpZ2Vub3VzLXBlb3BsZS1oZXJlcy13aGF0LXlvdS1jYW4tZG8taW4td2FrZS1vZi1raXJzLW5ld3M_X19zPWVuOWlwNTN5bnVpYTE5d3kwM3Y2XHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kcmlwXHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1Sb3VuZHVwKy0rSnVuZSs1JTJDKzIwMjFcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1LYW1sb29wcyJ9>
> on what non-Indigenous people can do to support Indigenous people grieving.
> There are seven points on the list, from donating money to calling elected
> politicians to attending cross-community memorial events.
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