What are people protesting in Vancouver?
Easy question, but so many answers… 80 of the 203 First Nation bands even refused to take VANOCs money (well, BC’s money passing through VANOCs hands) to participate in the charade of “Canada is a friend of the natives” because of the horrible crimes perpetrated against them by Canada’s colonialism, both historically and recently. Check out the boarding school system if you want just an example. “The attempt to force assimilation involved punishing children for speaking their own languages or practicing their own faiths, leading to allegations in the 20th century of cultural genocide and ethnocide. There was an elevated rate of physical and sexual abuse. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a lack of medical care led to high rates of tuberculosis, and death rates of up to 69 percent.” Many people stand in solidarity with them. I mean, who wouldn’t. Some ecologists protest the approx 100.000 trees that were clearcut for the “greenest games”, other ecologists protest the seal hunt. Some
