Genocide of our indigenous population mostly. The worst of it ended in 1996 when the last residential school closed. Basically, the Catholic Church under the authorization of the Canadian Federal Government in the 1800s and onwards, abducted children from indigenous communities, took them to boarding schools where they attempted to assimilate them into Eurocentric culture by punishing them for speaking their own language and practicing their own culture. Beatings, sexual abuse, and neglect were commonplace, with many children dying of illness, exposure, or violence. Many children survived the schools and are still alive today to tell us about it. There are also mass graves at several of these schools where children’s corpses were dumped and hidden from public view, until ground x-ray technology came around and we found the graves.
Also, random weird fact: women weren’t allowed to have bank accounts in Canada until like 1964.
Except it was effectively true, because banks were allowed to consider marital status as a risk factor. That was made illegal in 1974. It’s in your own article.
Only in the same way it was true that men couldn’t vote in the US until shortly before the Civil War. Because before that most states didn’t have state laws mandating that all free male citizens be allowed to vote.
You’re still making completely baseless assumptions. I bet there have been people opposed to slavery, xenophobia, racism, ect all throughout history. That’s why it’s important to study history and read old books.
For me, in the US, Canada is like that child where, if things are quiet, you know they’re doing something bad. Because we in the US rarely ever actually hear anything bad about Canada.
The US called their residential schools “boarding schools,” but I don’t know if those had the same kind of lasting legacy Canada has, based on the schools they had in the US.
This seems to be the only comment chain that actually explains it, the rest of this post is mostly Americans bringing up every crime and misdeed that Canada has ever participated in or even is connected to.
Sorry you got downvoted for bringing up the point of the original post, which was the title and linked image, everyone else on their hate parade and is too busy.
Genocide of our indigenous population mostly. The worst of it ended in 1996 when the last residential school closed. Basically, the Catholic Church under the authorization of the Canadian Federal Government in the 1800s and onwards, abducted children from indigenous communities, took them to boarding schools where they attempted to assimilate them into Eurocentric culture by punishing them for speaking their own language and practicing their own culture. Beatings, sexual abuse, and neglect were commonplace, with many children dying of illness, exposure, or violence. Many children survived the schools and are still alive today to tell us about it. There are also mass graves at several of these schools where children’s corpses were dumped and hidden from public view, until ground x-ray technology came around and we found the graves.
Also, random weird fact: women weren’t allowed to have bank accounts in Canada until like 1964.
Other random weird fact: Women weren’t allowed to have a bank account in the USA until 1974.
You know that isn’t true, right?
Except it was effectively true, because banks were allowed to consider marital status as a risk factor. That was made illegal in 1974. It’s in your own article.
The article says the 1974 law concerns credit applications, not bank accounts
Only in the same way it was true that men couldn’t vote in the US until shortly before the Civil War. Because before that most states didn’t have state laws mandating that all free male citizens be allowed to vote.
Not without their husband’s permission. That is to say, they were allowed as long as their husband was happy with their wifely performance.
Most White Males. The only thing they hate more than minorities is women apparently.
I think thats a bit of a generalization.
Certainly not in the past, while they’ve calmed down a little with the hate these last few decades, they coming back with full force now.
You’re still making completely baseless assumptions. I bet there have been people opposed to slavery, xenophobia, racism, ect all throughout history. That’s why it’s important to study history and read old books.
… Ok…
Fucking white males. Thank God they aren’t as racist as Asians, we’d all really be fucked then.
What does that have to do with the Geneva conventions?
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So this is really not about what Canada alone did, but what Catholic church and Canada did.
For me, in the US, Canada is like that child where, if things are quiet, you know they’re doing something bad. Because we in the US rarely ever actually hear anything bad about Canada.
Compared to the US which is loudly doing bad things constantly.
The US called their residential schools “boarding schools,” but I don’t know if those had the same kind of lasting legacy Canada has, based on the schools they had in the US.
okay but what did Canada do wrong tho?
https://lemm.ee/comment/5632652
This seems to be the only comment chain that actually explains it, the rest of this post is mostly Americans bringing up every crime and misdeed that Canada has ever participated in or even is connected to.
Sorry you got downvoted for bringing up the point of the original post, which was the title and linked image, everyone else on their hate parade and is too busy.
Oh I don’t I’m just trolling the hippies.