“As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.
Natan Obed, president of an organization representing about 70,000 Inuit across Canada, said he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a year ago to express his concern about the NunatuKavut Community Council’s ability to receive federal grants and fisheries allocations based on a “simple self-declaration of Inuit identity.”
He said he has not received a response.”
. . .
“In June, the council received a “special allocation” in the newly reopened northern cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, allowing its harvesters a portion of this year’s total catch”
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Maybe we shouldn’t award money based on race at all
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When you treat certain people differently based on skin colour this is what you get.
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For some reason I feel Inuit today
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We literally created the Metis out of thin air, why shouldn’t other people have a right to feel special too?
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“As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.
Natan Obed, president of an organization representing about 70,000 Inuit across Canada, said he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a year ago to express his concern about the NunatuKavut Community Council’s ability to receive federal grants and fisheries allocations based on a “simple self-declaration of Inuit identity.”
He said he has not received a response.”
. . .
“In June, the council received a “special allocation” in the newly reopened northern cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, allowing its harvesters a portion of this year’s total catch”
Maybe we shouldn’t award money based on race at all
When you treat certain people differently based on skin colour this is what you get.
For some reason I feel Inuit today
We literally created the Metis out of thin air, why shouldn’t other people have a right to feel special too?