Commentary A Google search of Canada Day 2021 might incline Canadians to believe that we no longer have anything to celebrate. In the wake of the announcement of the discovery of the remains of more than 200 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia, the indigenous protest group Idle No More suggests all Canadians should recognize that our nation is deeply flawed. Instead of a Canada Day celebration, Idle No More is calling on people to “honour all of the lives lost to the Canadian State – Indigenous lives, Black Lives, Migrant lives, Women and Trans and 2Spirit lives.” The group has protest rallies planned for several cities on July 1. Idle No More activist and hop-hop artist Dakota Bear told CTV News that “there’s so much work to do before the celebration comes.” Academic outrage over Canada’s colonial legacy, as well as historical landmarks …
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