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The question was asked "how would you feel if I just woke up and decided I was a white woman". My answer is "frankly you can wake up and decide whatever you want, it doesn't affect me unless you are gaining simple because of race. THAT is what needs to stop. There is plenty of opportunity for indigenous people to become whatever they want and climb to the top of any ladder they chose and certainly more than any other race in Canada so WHY are these positions not filled with indigenous people only a few who claim FN heritage. That is the question I would like to ask these people getting their ribbon skirts in a bunch over someone falsely claiming "the blood".
SK judge stripped of Order of Canada over false indigenous claims
Christopher Oldcorn
Published on :
06 Nov 2023, 5:20 am
Rideau Hall officially revoked the 2021 Order of Canada on Saturday from a former Saskatchewan Provincial Court judge who had falsely claimed indigenous ancestry.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the case prompted requests for a Senate committee to look into the issue of individuals who falsely claim indigenous heritage, often referred to as "pretendians."
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond was honoured as “the first indigenous woman appointed to the Provincial Court in Saskatchewan” in 1998.
Turpel-Lafond said that she was born and raised as the daughter of a Cree father in Norway House, MB.
The Ottawa Citizen once described her as “Canada’s most accomplished aboriginal lawyer.”
On October 12, 2022, CBC News published documents showing Turpel-Lafond, who was born and raised in Niagara Falls, ON, of parents who had “no obvious indigenous roots.” The case prompted a Manitoba Cree senator to propose “identity fraud” hearings involving local celebrities claiming to be First Nations, Inuit or Métis.
“What would you think if I told you I have decided I am going to be a white woman?” asked Senator Mary Jane McCallum (MB), a former Indian Residential School student and daughter of a Hawk Clan trapper. McCallum asked that senators “denounce the revelations of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s deceit and identity fraud.”
On December 13, Senator McCallum sponsored Motion 96, asking that the Senate investigate “the misrepresentation of indigenous ancestry, inadequate self-identification standards and profound effects such identity fraud has on further marginalizing indigenous people.” The motion is still pending in the Senate.
“The most insidious harm caused by ‘pretendianism’ is how it most hurts indigenous people who are reconnecting to their culture and identity,” said Senator McCallum.
“Displaced indigenous people need to be supported and acknowledged. ‘Pretendians’ perversely claim the vulnerability and violence experienced by indigenous peoples as their own and then use it to their own callous and self-centred purposes.”
In the debate on the motion, Senator Paula Simons (AB) called the practice immoral.
“Pretending to be First Nations, Inuit or Métis as a way to further your career or just make yourself seem more interesting is clearly dishonest and immoral,” said Simons.
“Such fakery is an audacious insult, a slap in the face to any authentic indigenous person who has spent a lifetime coping with racism, economic injustice and social inequity.”
The legal notice published on Saturday coincided with confidential “reviews of honours” for Buffy Sainte-Marie, who identifies herself as a Canadian Cree musician.
On October 27, the CBC program Fifth Estate presented evidence suggesting that Sainte-Marie may not have been Canadian or Cree. Instead, it proposed that she was born Beverly Santamaria in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and was the daughter of an Italian-American electrician.
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https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/breaking-ucp-says-notwithstanding-clause-must-be-used-to-protect-families-children-and-fair-play/69068
“The Alberta UCP government invoked the notwithstanding clause on Tuesday, passing an bill to amend three acts that it feels will protect children and families, while also ensuring fair play in women’s sports.
Bill 9, The Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act, uses the notwithstanding clause to ban transgender surgeries for those under 18 years old and puberty/hormone treatments for individuals under 16 years old.
Schools will be required to seek parental consent for name or pronoun changes requested by students under 16 years old, and can’t teach about gender identity or sexuality in schools without parental approval.
It also restricts participation in women’s sports to those born female.
“We have heard from families, teachers, athletes, coaches, and young people themselves, and we respect that there are strong feelings on every side of this conversation,” said Alberta Premier Danielle...
I sent a letter to my new councillor and got a reply back, not a canned one:
Thank your email. We completely understand your concerns. Since Canada now recognizes Palestine as a state, they were able to apply to have their flag raised at city hall and it was approved by city administration without input from council.
Flag raising at city hall is divisive and a distraction. Councillor Tyers supports the motion to stop all national flags, aside from the Canadian flag, from flying at city hall. This will allow us to put this incident behind us so we can focus on municipal issues.
