Colonialism continues its brutal reign

Colonialism and racism are alive and well in Canada, and the police's refusal to search for the remains of Indigenous women in a Winnipeg dump is the latest evidence.

The Survivors flag flies on Parliament Hill on National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, 2023. The centuries-long saga of injustice against Indigenous Peoples in Canada continues, writes Gar Pardy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

August 9, 2023

OTTAWA—In the words of the late singer Gord Downie, Chanie Wenjack found “no secret path” home, only “freezing rain and ice pellets." In the fall of 1966, a 12-year-old Anishinaabe chi...

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