Some Canadian professors are trying to justify recent church burnings in the country by invoking “systemic injustice” and “civil disobedience.”
Over the past several weeks, several Canadian churches have been torched after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked Native American graves near former residential schools, which as the BBC explains, were intended to assimilate children into Canadian culture.
Many activists across the nation therefore decided to cancel “Canada Day,” with some wearing orange to recall the residential schools’ history.
The holiday commemorates the formation of Canada into a distinct nation on July 1, 1867, upon which the Canadian colonies were enjoined into a single union within the British Empire.
I have been avoiding Twitter. But this brought me back. Anyone else questioning this statement by the Exec Director of BC Civil Liberties… ? The same person who wants to abolish police. Honest question – how is this not hate and incitement? pic.twitter.com/t7FuXyaHt0
— Darlene Heidemann (@DarHeidemann) July 3, 2021