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Shrillland wrote:William Amos, the Quebec MP who was caught naked during Question Period last month....is again in Zoom-based trouble after being caught pissing in front of the camera

Shrillland wrote:Canada formally apologises to Italian-Canadians for WW2 Internment

Jody Wilson-Raybould's sole "No" vote derails a Bloc unanimous consent motion in the House to recognise Quebec's right to unilaterally amend the constitution via Bill 96

Bill S-4 would officially recognise new Senate reality where most Senators are officially non-partisan

Immortan Khan wrote:

Shrillland wrote:Canada formally apologises to Italian-Canadians for WW2 Internment

Jody Wilson-Raybould's sole "No" vote derails a Bloc unanimous consent motion in the House to recognise Quebec's right to unilaterally amend the constitution via Bill 96

Bill S-4 would officially recognise new Senate reality where most Senators are officially non-partisan

Like 600-700 Italian-Canadians were interned and those that were were heavily suspected or outright known to have fascist sympathies. IIRC there is even a photo of some of them holding up the Italian Fascist Flag while in one of the internment camps. It's an apology that shouldn't have been made and should be withdrawn.

Good, Quebec can go fuck itself. We should probably consider dividing Quebec as a province at the rate the Quebecois are going.

Greater Miami Shores wrote:

Immortan Khan wrote:Like 600-700 Italian-Canadians were interned and those that were were heavily suspected or outright known to have fascist sympathies. IIRC there is even a photo of some of them holding up the Italian Fascist Flag while in one of the internment camps. It's an apology that shouldn't have been made and should be withdrawn.

Good, Quebec can go fuck itself. We should probably consider dividing Quebec as a province at the rate the Quebecois are going.

Better Yet, why not give them Independence, make Quebec an independent nation?

Immortan Khan wrote:

Shrillland wrote:Canada formally apologises to Italian-Canadians for WW2 Internment

Jody Wilson-Raybould's sole "No" vote derails a Bloc unanimous consent motion in the House to recognise Quebec's right to unilaterally amend the constitution via Bill 96

Bill S-4 would officially recognise new Senate reality where most Senators are officially non-partisan

Like 600-700 Italian-Canadians were interned and those that were were heavily suspected or outright known to have fascist sympathies. IIRC there is even a photo of some of them holding up the Italian Fascist Flag while in one of the internment camps. It's an apology that shouldn't have been made and should be withdrawn.

Immortan Khan wrote:

Shrillland wrote:Canada formally apologises to Italian-Canadians for WW2 Internment

Jody Wilson-Raybould's sole "No" vote derails a Bloc unanimous consent motion in the House to recognise Quebec's right to unilaterally amend the constitution via Bill 96

Bill S-4 would officially recognise new Senate reality where most Senators are officially non-partisan

Like 600-700 Italian-Canadians were interned and those that were were heavily suspected or outright known to have fascist sympathies. IIRC there is even a photo of some of them holding up the Italian Fascist Flag while in one of the internment camps. It's an apology that shouldn't have been made and should be withdrawn.

Greater Miami Shores wrote:

Immortan Khan wrote:Like 600-700 Italian-Canadians were interned and those that were were heavily suspected or outright known to have fascist sympathies. IIRC there is even a photo of some of them holding up the Italian Fascist Flag while in one of the internment camps. It's an apology that shouldn't have been made and should be withdrawn.

Good, Quebec can go fuck itself. We should probably consider dividing Quebec as a province at the rate the Quebecois are going.

Better Yet, why not give them Independence, make Quebec an independent nation?

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:

Greater Miami Shores wrote:Better Yet, why not give them Independence, make Quebec an independent nation?

One Canada united. No divides.

The motion was presented by the Parti Québécois. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon acknowledged the "lighter" nature of his motion, but also complained that other autonomous regions, like Scotland, have their own emojis.

"Quebec has the same right as several other nations around the world, the right to be proud and display this pride on social media," Plamondon said Wednesday morning in Quebec City.

The wording of the non-binding motion invokes the importance of having a "distinct visual identity" on the internet.

It also calls on the government to ask for an emoji "as soon as possible" from the Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization that sets international standards for the exchange of text data.

The motion received the support of all four parties in the National Assembly, and was passed without debate.

Kowani wrote:Quebec's legislature passes unanimous motion calling for an emoji of the Quebec flag

The motion was presented by the Parti Québécois. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon acknowledged the "lighter" nature of his motion, but also complained that other autonomous regions, like Scotland, have their own emojis.

"Quebec has the same right as several other nations around the world, the right to be proud and display this pride on social media," Plamondon said Wednesday morning in Quebec City.

The wording of the non-binding motion invokes the importance of having a "distinct visual identity" on the internet.

It also calls on the government to ask for an emoji "as soon as possible" from the Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization that sets international standards for the exchange of text data.

The motion received the support of all four parties in the National Assembly, and was passed without debate.

Bear Stearns wrote:

Kowani wrote:Quebec's legislature passes unanimous motion calling for an emoji of the Quebec flag

The motion was presented by the Parti Québécois. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon acknowledged the "lighter" nature of his motion, but also complained that other autonomous regions, like Scotland, have their own emojis.

"Quebec has the same right as several other nations around the world, the right to be proud and display this pride on social media," Plamondon said Wednesday morning in Quebec City.

The wording of the non-binding motion invokes the importance of having a "distinct visual identity" on the internet.

It also calls on the government to ask for an emoji "as soon as possible" from the Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization that sets international standards for the exchange of text data.

The motion received the support of all four parties in the National Assembly, and was passed without debate.

i want US state flag emojis

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:

Greater Miami Shores wrote:Better Yet, why not give them Independence, make Quebec an independent nation?

One Canada united. No divides.

Luziyca wrote:A mass grave has been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School which according to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Chief, "these missing children are undocumented deaths."

Luziyca wrote:A mass grave has been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School which according to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Chief, "these missing children are undocumented deaths."

Immortan Khan wrote:

Luziyca wrote:A mass grave has been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School which according to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Chief, "these missing children are undocumented deaths."

Yeah this has been...heartbreaking, to say the least. I will not be surprised if there are more undocumented deaths that are found using similar methods in the years to come. In fact, there should be a full blown inquiry into the matter.

Galloism wrote:

Luziyca wrote:A mass grave has been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School which according to the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Chief, "these missing children are undocumented deaths."

That's a strange way to spell murder/manslaughter.

Dresderstan wrote:If a inquiry isn't made on this case of mass graves being found I will be shocked.

A Vancouver lawyer has alleged that social workers in British Columbia have been forcing Indigenous children as young as 9 to have IUDs inserted by doctors.

Breen Ouellette, who is Métis and once served as counsel for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, said on Twitter last week he learned of incidents within the past decade in which Indigenous children in foster care were forced to get IUDs instead of access to safer care. “In what reality does a social worker believe the appropriate response to a nine year old in foster care who is at risk of statutory rape is not to protect them, but to force that child to be subjected to an IUD insertion?” Ouellette wrote.

When contacted by VICE World News, Ouellette said he could not offer any further information about the victim or victims of the practice he outlined because they are not yet ready to speak out about their experiences.

“The tweet was not intended to go viral. It was not intended to attract media attention. It was just a moment of frustration,” he said.

“The people that I’m speaking with are not at a stage where they’re willing to go public themselves, and so the amount of information that I can provide to you is extremely limited.”

In a joint statement, the B.C. Ministry of Health and Ministry of Children and Family Development said neither were aware of this practice happening in B.C., but they encouraged anyone with information about these allegations to make a report through the province’s new anti-racism reporting portal.

The province’s Representative for Children and Youth, Jennifer Charlesworth, said in a statement sent to VICE World News reports of such incidents have not reached her office. “I am shocked by this allegation and deeply concerned about the traumatic impact such an experience would have on a child or youth,” she said, adding her office will be following up and seeking further information.

For Ouellette, promises of investigations ring hollow after what he witnessed as counsel for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls roughly three years ago.

"Women were coming forward with allegations in 2018 that they’d been sterilized coercively,” Ouellette said. “They've been told that after giving birth in hospitals, if they didn't agree to sterilization right there on the spot, that they’d have their children taken away and put in foster care.” Yet, he says there have been no criminal charges, licence suspensions, or professional consequences for the doctors involved.

“There have been accusations of genocide by a federal independent commission appointed by the federal government itself,” he said, referring to the final report resulting from the inquiry, a part of which states forced sterilization of Indigenous women was happening as recently as 2019. “We don’t see any action on that. So it’s frustrating to see all these promises, but there’s a long and recent history of nothing actually being done.”

In his recent allegations, Ouellette points to social workers as perpetrators of forced sterilization when it comes to Indigenous children in foster care—a number that far exceeds non-Indigenous children in care.

According to Michael Crawford, president of the BC Association of Social Workers, not every social worker in the province is required to register with the industry’s regulatory college.

This means there’s no universal code of ethics, uniform education requirement, or set standards for disciplinary action, like there are for physicians, occupational therapists, and others.

Unlike in some other provinces, social workers who work for the B.C. government, a municipality, treaty First Nation, and some other sectors are not required to register with the BC College of Social Workers. The only oversight comes from their employer.

“When this Vancouver-based lawyer says social workers did a certain thing, we have no guarantee that the people that are being referred to are actually social workers, because social worker is not a protected title in British Columbia,” said Crawford.

“You can’t run around and call yourself a psychologist or physician or surgeon, etc. because those titles are all protected in British Columbia. Social work is not.”

Kowani wrote:Allegations that social workers in British Colombia forced Indigenous girls to get IUDs

A Vancouver lawyer has alleged that social workers in British Columbia have been forcing Indigenous children as young as 9 to have IUDs inserted by doctors.

Breen Ouellette, who is Métis and once served as counsel for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, said on Twitter last week he learned of incidents within the past decade in which Indigenous children in foster care were forced to get IUDs instead of access to safer care. “In what reality does a social worker believe the appropriate response to a nine year old in foster care who is at risk of statutory rape is not to protect them, but to force that child to be subjected to an IUD insertion?” Ouellette wrote.

When contacted by VICE World News, Ouellette said he could not offer any further information about the victim or victims of the practice he outlined because they are not yet ready to speak out about their experiences.

“The tweet was not intended to go viral. It was not intended to attract media attention. It was just a moment of frustration,” he said.

“The people that I’m speaking with are not at a stage where they’re willing to go public themselves, and so the amount of information that I can provide to you is extremely limited.”

In a joint statement, the B.C. Ministry of Health and Ministry of Children and Family Development said neither were aware of this practice happening in B.C., but they encouraged anyone with information about these allegations to make a report through the province’s new anti-racism reporting portal.

The province’s Representative for Children and Youth, Jennifer Charlesworth, said in a statement sent to VICE World News reports of such incidents have not reached her office. “I am shocked by this allegation and deeply concerned about the traumatic impact such an experience would have on a child or youth,” she said, adding her office will be following up and seeking further information.

For Ouellette, promises of investigations ring hollow after what he witnessed as counsel for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls roughly three years ago.

"Women were coming forward with allegations in 2018 that they’d been sterilized coercively,” Ouellette said. “They've been told that after giving birth in hospitals, if they didn't agree to sterilization right there on the spot, that they’d have their children taken away and put in foster care.” Yet, he says there have been no criminal charges, licence suspensions, or professional consequences for the doctors involved.

“There have been accusations of genocide by a federal independent commission appointed by the federal government itself,” he said, referring to the final report resulting from the inquiry, a part of which states forced sterilization of Indigenous women was happening as recently as 2019. “We don’t see any action on that. So it’s frustrating to see all these promises, but there’s a long and recent history of nothing actually being done.”

In his recent allegations, Ouellette points to social workers as perpetrators of forced sterilization when it comes to Indigenous children in foster care—a number that far exceeds non-Indigenous children in care.

According to Michael Crawford, president of the BC Association of Social Workers, not every social worker in the province is required to register with the industry’s regulatory college.

This means there’s no universal code of ethics, uniform education requirement, or set standards for disciplinary action, like there are for physicians, occupational therapists, and others.

Unlike in some other provinces, social workers who work for the B.C. government, a municipality, treaty First Nation, and some other sectors are not required to register with the BC College of Social Workers. The only oversight comes from their employer.

“When this Vancouver-based lawyer says social workers did a certain thing, we have no guarantee that the people that are being referred to are actually social workers, because social worker is not a protected title in British Columbia,” said Crawford.

“You can’t run around and call yourself a psychologist or physician or surgeon, etc. because those titles are all protected in British Columbia. Social work is not.”

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:

Greater Miami Shores wrote:Better Yet, why not give them Independence, make Quebec an independent nation?

One Canada united. No divides.

Peoples Republic of Xabia wrote:

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
One Canada united. No divides.

Quebec has the right to self-determination like everybody else.

Luziyca wrote:Exactly. While my personal preference would be for Quebec to stay in Canada, even if admittedly it's just so we can say "we have actual culture, look at Quebec," if they want to leave, I'll respect their will.

I'm almost certain that if they held a referendum that everyone in Canada could vote on, I think many would vote to boot Quebec out.

Luziyca wrote:

Peoples Republic of Xabia wrote:Quebec has the right to self-determination like everybody else.

Exactly. While my personal preference would be for Quebec to stay in Canada, even if admittedly it's just so we can say "we have actual culture, look at Quebec," if they want to leave, I'll respect their will.

I'm almost certain that if they held a referendum that everyone in Canada could vote on, I think many would vote to boot Quebec out.