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Sovereignty and Colonialism
Canadians are outraged that Trump would threaten our French language and try to limit who we can trade with. Now he’s threatening to rename Lake Ontario, Lake America. JD Vance recently called Canada a state. This rhetoric goes beyond a trade dispute. Having our sovereignty threatened feels existential. Imagine how indigenous people felt when Europeans first arrived on their Shores.
Long before Canada was a country hundreds of distinct Indigenous Nations held inherent sovereignty over these territories. They felt a deep connection to their relatives and to the land and the animals they lived…
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