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Saw a documentary today about the Innu people of Canada called "The Innu: Surviving Canada" and was pretty shocked. My government is doing shit for these people and just don't give a fuck. Pretty shameful |
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yeah, actually i remember seeing this one picture of a bunch of young innu children huffing gas in plastic bags... i cut it out of the paper and kept it for a long time, cause i thought it was really striking... very sad stuff... why do i get the feeling that there are pretty big fucking barriers in front of us getting this problem fixed (bureaucratically speaking)? |
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The government's position is basically "it's their fault". The necessary infrastructure to remedy the situation is simply not provided by the government. No rehab centres, no adequate hospitals, no courthouses, no safehouses for abused women. The catholic church promised them way back that they would provide them with a better life if they settled down. They got substandard housing with no running water when they started out and there were many reports of sexual abuse of Innu children by Catholic priests. Its disgusting. |
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where did you see the documentary? |
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The Documentary Chanel |
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shit... i was hoping you were going to say CBC... oh well... at least it made it onto television... |
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It should be aired on CBC. |
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canada's dark secret is calgary. that place gives me the creeps. |
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how come? (it's my city of birth and i get a little sensitive sometimes i guess... but it's been a while since i've lived there and so i'm always curious to hear people's impressions of it) |
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CTV has shown huffing footage before. But I mean really, it's a problem that has existed since before I was born, and there's nothing really that we can do about it. They don't want our help. |
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that's what happens when you decimate an entire culture and leave a tenth of them in complete culture shock and complete hopelessness. |
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They're most certainly in some form of culture shock, but the only real solution is to just wait for them to integrate with regular society. In order for that to happen, the government is going to have to stop being racist. |
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I totally disagree and will just repeat my second post "No rehab centres, no adequate hospitals, no courthouses, no safehouses for abused women. " Plus on the documentary the Innu leaders said repeatedly that they are asking for these facilities and don't recieve them. |
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