HISTORICAL POLITICAL POSITIONS
In his determination to maintain Canadian unity with Quebec, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau can be heard, in 1979, conflating two distinct and separate issues, namely Quebec’s call for Independence and Indigenous Nations inherent right to sovereignty. In this conflation Indigenous Sovereign Nations are at once relegated to being Indigenous Sociological Nations, wherein Indigenous Nationhood is unjustly disconnected from Indigenous Sovereignty. This implicit POLICY by Canada, over the last 149 years, of denying Indigenous Sovereignty is the root cause of the oppression of Indigenous peoples in Canada, as it provides permission for oppression to operate.
SEPARATISM = THE DENIAL OF INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY.
Separatism is the result of the denial of Indigenous Sovereignty and NOT an argument against it. Throughout history, when one group of people have denied the rightful sovereignty of another group of people, great pain and division has been the result. The denial of sovereignty provides permission for oppression to operate, it is the foundation for separatism.
CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING SOVEREIGNTY
The Settlers info project has identified that the denial of Indigenous Sovereignty is the root cause of the oppression of Indigenous people upon Turtle Island. When Indigenous Sovereignty is denied, either implicitly or explicitly, it provides permission for oppression to operate. It provides permission for every unstable person to abuse Indigenous people.
MEASUREMENT METER
Indigenous Sovereignty is a fact. Canadians honesty in relation to this fact can be effectively examined using this “Rotten Canadians” measurement meter, which shows the range of honesty that Canadians express, either implicitly or explicitly. Silence on the truth of Indigenous Sovereignty is now universally recognized as implicit denial.
PLEASE NOTE
Our objective is to expand understanding and love not to deepen conflict and division. If any Canadian Member of Parliament would like to change or edit their response to our question “Do you recognize and uphold Indigenous Sovereignty”, at any time, we will immediately honour their request. Our goal is to progress the conversation forward around this foundational truth in good faith.
