MAN WHO PAID TO ILLEGALLY EXTEND WORK PERMIT NOT ENTITLED TO MONEY BACK, COURT RULES
TWO MEN CALLED ‘EQUALLY AT FAULT’ BY JUDGE
National Post
13 Nov 2025
[This is a sordid story of the widespread scamming, especially on the part of East Indians of the student visas, the temporary foreign workers programme and Canada’s porous “refugee” system. Fraudulent documents are sold for a fortune and, of course, it’s these people who are scamming and exploiting their own people. The whole temporary foreign workers programme, except for agriculture should be cancelled.]
A worker from India paid a fixer $15,000 to extend his work permit in Canada and then sued after being refused a promised letter of endorsement from the City of Grande Prairie. A court has ruled he cannot get his money back.
An Indian man who paid a fixer $15,000 in a failed attempt to extend his work permit in Canada entered into an “illegal contract” and is not entitled to get his money back, according to a recent decision from Alberta’s Court of Justice.
Ritik Sibbal sued Rajiv Chourhary Nathyal because the letter of endorsement from the City of Grande Prairie that Nathyal had agreed to help him obtain never materialized.
“Sibbal understood that a letter of endorsement would allow him to continue to work in Canada after his (postgraduate work permit) expired and potentially obtain permanent residency. Sibbal told the court that Nathyal agreed that the $15,000 he provided would be returned if a letter of endorsement was not obtained. The application for Sibbal’s letter of endorsement was refused; however, Nathyal never returned the money to Sibbal,” Justice Susanne Stushnoff wrote in a recent decision out of Edmonton.
“Sibbal was very poised before the court and presented as a smart and articulate individual. He was motivated to enter into an illegal contract due to his authentic desire to become a permanent resident of Canada. However, one of the elements that makes Canada such a desirable place to live is its legal system,” the judge wrote in her decision, dated Nov. 7.
Nathyal was served with notice of the lawsuit, but failed to defend himself.
Sibbal testified that he “came to Canada in April 2019 to attend business college in Vancouver.”
After graduating, he obtained a work permit that was good for three years.
His goal was to obtain a work permit before that expired that would allow him to stay in Canada and obtain permanent residency here.
Sibbal moved to Grande Prairie in August 2023 under the understanding that the city in northwestern Alberta “was considered ‘rural,’ ” and that he might only need a letter of endorsement to work past the expiration of his postgraduate work permit.
Letters of endorsement support “a foreign national’s job offer and their application for permanent residence under a specific immigration program,” said the decision.
Sibbal got several jobs in Grande Prairie, believing his employers would help him obtain the proper documentation, said the decision.
When those fell through, Sibbal only had six months left on his postgraduate work permit, which was set to expire in August 2024, said the decision. “He became anxious about his path forward.”
Sibbal called several immigration lawyers in Edmonton, one of whom pointed him to Nathyal in Grande Prairie.
The two met in early 2024 and Nathyal offered to help Sibbal obtain a letter of endorsement so he could stay in Canada, said the decision. The price: $35,000. “Sibbal offered Nathyal $15,000 in advance with the remainder to be paid in instalments over the next few months.”
Sibbal testified that he had “no choice” but to agree to the offer as his work permit “was soon to expire and it was his father’s dream for him to obtain permanent residency in Canada.”
Nathyal told Sibbal he was going to get him a letter of endorsement from “the relevant authorities at the City of Grande Prairie,” said the decision.
“According to Sibbal, Nathyal was to obtain the letter of endorsement by telling the authorities that he was going to employ Sibbal. This was not the truth. Nathyal was never going to be Sibbal’s employer.”
Sibbal testified that he didn’t get anything in writing about their contract. “He explained that Nathyal would not allow anything in writing as both of them knew that the contract they were entering into was ‘illegal.’ ”
Sibbal paid Nathyal $15,000 in cash in February 2024, said the decision, which notes Nathyal refused to provide a receipt.
Sibbal “heard nothing” from Nathyal for several months, despite repeated attempts to reach him. After he managed to get through, Nathyal told him to “wait for a few more weeks.”
Nathyal called Sibbal at the end of July 2024, saying
NATHYAL WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYTHING IN WRITING.
Grande Prairie had refused the letter of endorsement.
When he met with Nathyal in August 2024, “Nathyal advised that he proceed with a ‘fake refugee case,’ ” said the decision.
Sibbal “consulted with his parents who wisely advised him not to go down this path,” it said.
He called Nathyal to say he wouldn’t pursue a refugee claim, then asked him for help obtaining a labour market impact assessment. That’s a “document that a Canadian employer may need to get before hiring a foreign worker,” according to the decision.
When Nathyal told him that would cost an extra $35,000 to $40,000, “Sibbal indicated that this was ‘outside of (his) budget for now,’ ” said the decision.
When he asked about getting his $15,000 back, Nathyal told him to give him a month and a half.
“Over the following two weeks Sibbal followed up with Nathyal on multiple occasions,” said the decision. “Nathyal would respond periodically but never returned the money.”
The last time Sibbal heard from Nathyal was on Sept. 12, 2024.
“Nathyal texted Sibbal stating that he did not receive the payment he had purportedly been waiting on,” said the decision, which notes Sibbal told the court he was returning to India.
The judge found “that the contract between Sibbal and Nathyal was breached,” but she refused to enforce it.
The two men “were equally at fault in these circumstances,” Stushnoff said.
“Although Sibbal framed his pleadings and testimony in a way that cast a sympathetic light upon him, I find that Sibbal was a willing buyer and Nathyal was a willing seller.”
Sibbal “did not come before this court with ‘clean hands,’ and I exercise my discretion and refuse to grant the equitable relief he has sought,” said the judge.
The court “has a responsibility to preserve the integrity of the legal system, and this involves ensuring that claims seeking to enforce illegal contracts or unjust enrichment claims based on illegal contracts do not result in an inconsistency in the law,” the judge said,
“Submitting fake job offers or employment contracts, providing advice to do so, and charging fees beyond those expressly permitted by the legislation are all illegal under Canada’s immigration legislation and undermine the integrity of the Canadian immigration system. The monetization of Canada’s immigration system is against Canada’s public policy.”
Grande Prairie paused its Rural Renewal Stream Immigration program this past February, citing “federal and provincial immigration policy changes that have lowered immigration allocation spaces throughout the province.”
Published: November 12, 2025 at 12:59PM ESTPolice say ‘a groups of individuals’ were responsible for the killing of 46-year-old Abdul Aleem Farooqi back in August.
Police in York Region say they’ve arrested five suspects wanted in connection with a home invasion in Vaughan that resulted in the death of a father of four over the summer.
The incident happened on Aug. 31, at a residence near Andreeta Drive and Barons Street, north of Major MacKenzie Drive West, in Kleinberg.
According to York Regional Police (YRP), a number of suspects arrived at a home in that area in a vehicle that had been stolen days earlier in Toronto.
The suspects, one of whom allegedly carried a gun, then forced their way into the dwelling, YRP said.
A man inside, identified by police as 46-year-old Abdul Aleem Farooqi, was shot and died at the scene. Police have said that several members of his family were also inside the home at that time.
Police are investigating after a 46-year-old man was fatally shot in his Kleinberg home on Aug. 31.
On Wednesday, Insp. Paolo Fiore, of YRP’s homicide unit, announced that three men and two youths are in custody in connection with the incident.
One of those individuals, 26-year-old Mississauga resident Amir Wiam Mohammad Abuhmaid, is charged with first-degree murder and several other related offences.
“At the time of the homicide, Mr. Abuhmaid was out on four separate forms of release,” Fiore said during the news conference.
Insp. Paolo Fiore, of York Regional Police’s Homicide Unit, speaks during a Nov. 12 news conference.
Choszen Roshan Phillip, 25, and two 16-year-old boys, all from Toronto, have also been charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
Lastly, Jahvon St. Patrick McNairn, 34, also of Toronto, has been charged with accessory after the fact of robbery with a firearm.
Those individuals are not facing charges in the homicide itself.
The charges have not been tested in court.
Fiore said police made the arrests after executing five search warrants at three residences in Toronto and Mississauga on Monday.
Teen, ‘multiple’ others outstanding
Fiore said police are still searching for 16-year-old Jayshaun Williams, of Toronto, who is also wanted for first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm.
Investigators have obtained a special court order to temporarily identify the teen, whom they believe is still in the Greater Toronto Area.
“If anyone knows the whereabouts of Jayshaun Williams, please contact our investigators,” he said.
“Jayshaun, we will find you. It’s time to contact a lawyer and turn yourself in.”
Police say they believe there are “multiple” other suspects.
“Our homicide investigators, with the assistance of members from our Criminal Investigation bureaus, never stopped working, their persistence, dedication, and unwavering commitment will continue. This type of investigation requires significant time, expertise, and collaboration across multiple investigative units,” Fiore said.
Victim’s brother speaks out
After the police news conference, the victim’s brother, Naeem, spoke out, thanking officers for their work in apprehending the suspects and calling for reform.
“We hope they are held accountable for their actions and not released into the public,” he said in a written statement provided to CTV News Toronto.
“We need to ensure Canadians feel safe in their homes and no other family should experience the nightmare we have been living since August 31st.“
Naeem Farooqi, brother of fatal shooting victim Aleem Farooqi, speaks with CTV News Toronto on Sept. 2.
Chief calls for bail system, violent crime law reform
On Wednesday afternoon, YRP Chief Jim MacSween said the fact that the adult offender charged with first-degree murder in this case was out on four different types of release orders shows there’s a need for change.
“I’m incredibly disappointed that dangerous criminals are continuously released back into the community, only to reoffend and revictimize the public,” he said during the news conference, adding it’s “extremely concerning” that a 16-year-old youth is wanted in connection with this incident.
“We’re seeing the perpetrators become increasingly younger, while the severity of these crimes continues to escalate.”
York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween speaks during a Nov. 12 news conference.
MacSween said changes are needed to prevent violent offenders from returning to the streets only to reoffend again, as well as harsher penalties to deter them from committing “these atrocious acts in the first place.”
“Last month, the federal government announced legislation that would see reforms to the current bail system. We are encouraged by this step forward and will continue to advocate for a system that prioritizes public safety and keeps dangerous criminals where they belong,” he said.
“As this legislation is developed, we will keep our eyes laser focused to ensure these changes protect our community. We’ll continue to advocate for the continued changes necessary, and we’ll work with our provincial and federal partners to ensure the system protects our residents and puts community safety first.”
Del Duca speaks out
In a statement posted on X, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca thanked police for making arrests in this incident, which he called a “senseless act” that “shattered a family and shook our entire community,” and urged anyone with further information to contact the authorities.
He also added that today’s announcement reinforces his previous calls for bail reform.
“Too many repeat offenders are out on bail because of our current ‘catch and release’ system – a broken approach that allows dangerous individuals to reoffend,” he said, calling on all federal MPs to support the “Bail and Sentencing Reform Act,” known as Bill C-14, that is currently before the House of Commons.
“Too many criminals commit crimes with little or no consequence. This must change—urgently. … Dangerous criminals must be kept off our streets and behind bars where they belong. Vaughan residents should not – and will not – accept this level of violence in our community or anywhere in Canada.”
Simon Fraser University fully embraced race-based hiring with an advertisement for a faculty position exclusively restricted to black applicants.
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A tenure-track posting in philosophy says the competition is limited to applicants who “self-identify as Black.” Applicants must first complete an “Applicant Demographic Survey.”
Another posting in the school of criminology applies the same race restriction, warning that candidates who do not complete the survey “will not be considered.”
The posting states that the demographic survey responses will be used to determine their “appropriateness for [the] position,” alongside their experience and qualifications
Simon Fraser University says race-restricted hiring is part of a special program supported by the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner. The university received approval from the commissioner to “limit recruitment.”
Simon Fraser University plans to hire at least “15 Black tenure-track faculty and 15 Black staff” by 2028 to address what it calls “systemic discrimination.”
The demographic survey asks applicants to report Indigenous identity, racial identity, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability status. The postings say these questions help the university meet Canada Research Chairs targets to “enhance equity” and “remove systemic barriers to recruitment.”
Earlier this year, the Aristotle Foundation tracked identity-restricted academic postings. Its preliminary assessment report found that nearly one in five postings at the University of British Columbia limited eligibility to a specific identity group.
Mark Milke, president of the Aristotle Foundation, told True North that “there’s nothing wrong with diversity in an organic sense. What’s wrong with something like \[diversity, equity, and inclusions\] or race-conscious hiring is it looks at people, not as individuals, but as part of some predetermined group; race, ethnicity—and in some cases, religion.”
Milke noted that parts of Canada abandoned race-consciousness as far back as the 19th century. “Governor Douglas in British Columbia welcomed black Americans from California. They were not race-conscious,” he said. “They could become citizens after two years, they could vote in school board elections, run as a trustee, and run for city council.”
In Ontario, Milke said, efforts to prohibit workplace race and sex-based discrimination began in the 1950s. “The existence of, say, personal prejudice is not akin to systemic discrimination,” he said. “DEI advocates keep conflating systemic discrimination with occasional instances of personal bigotry.”
According to Milke, an example of true systemic discrimination would be when “white San Franciscans would not allow Chinese San Franciscans into white hospitals a century ago. That was systemic but that doesn’t exist in Canada today.”
The Aristotle Foundation study says that Ottawa tied university funding to DEI rules starting in 2017, pushing campuses to meet equity targets. By 2019, some Canada Research Chairs were being limited to applicants from designated identity groups. It notes that government DEI pages describe designated identity groups but do not set criteria for viewpoint diversity in hiring or research.
Simon Fraser University did not respond to a request for comment.
Truth and Reconciliation is an expression well known not just in relation to South Africa, but in Canada as well, over the last couple of decades. On the 7th of November, 2025, I did a one-woman protest action in front of the community centre in my little hometown in north-eastern British Columbia, where there was a large gathering of Aboriginal folks from other areas of this province. There are many names for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. They generally have been called Indians, or they are referred to as Native, Indigenous, or First Nations (which they are NOT, but that is a whole other topic). Before relating to you my little event, some background to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada is necessary.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was established in 2008, and the final report of the seven-year process of gathering testimonies all across the country from thousands of people associated with the Indian Residential School (IRS) system was published in 2015. Many recommendations were made as a result of the TRC.
This 75-minute video has valuable reference material with regards to UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and the graves story.
On May 27, 2021, the Kamloops Indian band announced to the world that they had discovered 215 unmarked graves at the site of the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops. Headlines quickly turned to “mass graves” and flags were lowered to half mast, remaining there for the longest period in Canadian history during peace-time. The anti-White hatred went into super-charge, and White guilt took on whole new dimensions. We are no longer just “colonizers” or “settlers” who “stole the land”, but now we are being called “uninvited guests” in the country that our ancestors built. Court cases are currently causing all kinds of uncertainty about the status of people’s private property, some public areas such as provincial parks are being declared off-limits to non-native people during certain periods of time, and streets and plazas are being renamed to names which nobody can pronounce. Over 100 churches were burnt or vandalized during the year following that announcement, but that was “understandable” according to then Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
The only trouble with the Kamloops unmarked graves story is that none of these so-called graves have been investigated. The original claim was made after ground-penetrating radar found anomalies. Nothing has been excavated, in spite of 12 million dollars having been given to the Kamloops band specifically to investigate the graves. Why have they not done any digging? I have heard them say that the spirits should not be disturbed, and that they would rather carry out ceremonies to guide the children’s spirits home. However, could it be that they, the Natives, simply do not want to dig, because they fear they will not find any skeletons? Could those anomalies detected by the ground penetrating radar be old tree roots from the orchard? or old septic field lines? How can we know, if nobody digs?
I have been talking quite a lot about these issues over the past few years, as it concerns me greatly that we in Canada are being accused of having committed genocide, and laws have even been introduced which, if passed, will land you in jail for questioning these graves or for questioning their atrocity stories about the schools or for saying anything positive about the schools. This sounds very much like the Holocaust denial laws! Even the language is similar – “Residential School Denial” – that is what they are in the process of criminalizing.
In these “the Flipside with Monika” broadcasts on RBN the Republic Broadcasting Network, here, here, here, and here, this was the main topic. Also, these interviews with Jim Rizoli, here and here.
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The above background gives context to my little action. I made a two-sided sign, and strolled along the public side-walk in front of the community centre with my sign. The action lasted about 45 minutes. The photo here was taken on the edge of town, before going on location.
Just four words. No Reconciliation without Truth. Does that sound offensive to you, dear reader? Are there any problems there? Is it logical? Can we have reconciliation without truth?
Likely you think, why on earth is she asking these silly questions. The answers are self-evident are they not? Well, evidently, some people do get very offended, and I witnessed it first hand.
The other side of the sign also had just four words: Unmarked Graves?? Evidence Please!!
Here is a quick summary of some of my encounters today. I wish I had had a videographer along to document the whole event, but here it is from memory.
The first Native man who saw me (I’ll call him Man#1) approached with a big smile on his face and thumbs up. I expressed my delight that he liked my sign. I had the “no reconciliation without truth” side facing him. He liked it a lot. I then showed him the other side with “unmarked graves?? evidence please!!” and he really liked that too. He was beaming ear-to-ear. Again I expressed my joy that he was with me on these simple but important messages. He asked if he could give me a hug, and of course I accepted his big bear-hug. This was such a heart-warming start to my little action.
Over to my left I could see that people were peering curiously at us from the other side of the glass windows of the entrance lobby. People were milling about, walking in and out of the doors, as well as going to and fro, between the Legion across the street where some of their activities were taking place, and the community centre. Children were playing off to one side near the big wall tent that the organizers had set up next to the building. The children saw me and they waved and smiled. I waved and smiled back. It was all very pleasant. Alas, that was about to change.
From the entrance lobby, a Native man (I’ll call him Man#2) came marching over to me, and looked my sign up and down (the “Truth” side) and demanded in a hostile tone, “what are you doing here?! what is this?! why are you here?!” I simply responded by pointing at the message and saying that it was important to have truth in order to have reconciliation. I do not remember his precise words back, but something to the effect of “What! Your truth!? What are you talking about?!” He was clearly VERY offended by those four words, “no reconciliation without truth”.
I calmly turned the sign to show him the other side, and asked if there was evidence to support the unmarked graves story. I told him that I was interested in seeing evidence. His hostility grew. I was regaled with
“We have our memories! We have our stories – these things happened! We have Elders and – are you accusing them all of being liars?!?!”
This he practically screamed in my face. At some point during his ranting and raving, I couldn’t help but to chuckle a little, and that really got him hopping mad!
“And you are laughing at us!”
When things were calmer again, I asked why do they not use the money that the government gave to them, earmarked for the investigation, and do an excavation and find the evidence. He was extremely hostile in response to that suggestion. He repeatedly talked about their memories and their stories, and demanded an answer from me regarding his accusation that we are calling the Elders and the “survivors” all liars if we do not believe them. This discussion was clearly going nowhere.
Man#1 was still standing there next to Man#2, and he was looking bewildered and uncomfortable. I told Man#2 that this man (motioning towards Man#1) had really liked my sign and had given me a hug, and had no hostility towards me at all. Then Man#1 stammered that he hadn’t really understood my meaning, but he couldn’t explain what he meant by that. He was now siding with Man#2, but was clearly confused. He was not overtly hostile at all, just had a very troubled look on his face. At this point I must say I felt sorry for him.
Man#2 took his cell phone out to take a picture of me in an intimidating manner as though he expected that I should want to run and hide from his desire to document my presence. I think I took a bit of the wind out of his sail when I stood proud, and smiled beside my sign, posing for the photo. and said,
“I’m proud of my sign.”
After he snapped the photo, I turned the sign to show the other side and posed again with an even bigger smile.
What I witnessed happening there between Man#1 and Man#2 was a small but extremely important example of how “group think” works, and how peer pressure will affect people’s perceptions, memories, feelings, the very way that they think and behave. The video linked above – and here again – is called ‘UNDRIP and the Graves. Reference Material‘. In it, there is a description of the TRC sign which was prominently displayed at the entrance of the hearing rooms as the IRS testimonials were gathered across Canada. That sign would set the stage for the participants, suggesting that these schools were terrible places, where terrible things happened. There is little doubt that this would have had a dampening effect on anyone who might possibly have wanted to tell about their positive experiences, and it would certainly have helped them “remember”, even if by hearsay, that these were terrible places. That specific topic discussion beginning at approximately minute 9 in the video lasts for about six minutes. (Incidentally, immediately following that section, comes an interesting fact about Robert Carney, the father of the current Prime Minister. This video was made before Mark Carney became PM.) The entire video is well worth the hour and a quarter to watch, but if you are strapped for time, you might like to check out those bits, especially in relation to the peer pressure which I just described above.
Back to my little action. Other Natives started coming over to take a closer look. Many short conversations took place. Some just told me that I was not welcome there and that I was trespassing and should go away. I responded that I was on public property and had no intention of interfering with their event or activities. Some talked with me, but none were friendly like Man#1. I pointed out to the growing throng that they were being instrumentalized by the government who was actually at war against the Caucasian Race, and that they were being used as instruments of that war. The government was trying to divide us all and get us all to hate one another, I told them. I explained that they would not likely be better off with the replacement population who were being brought into the country.
One native fellow accompanied a woman who passed closely by me and loudly sputtered that he was there to protect her from my verbal abuse. I smiled at them.
An elderly native woman approached me with her walker and with glowering eyes told me that she attended the Kamloops school! She paused in such a way as though awaiting my shocked gasp, like as if she had just told me she got struck by a fire-breathing dragon. When the expected gasp of horror did not come, she continued,
“there was abuse there!”
I asked her why the Indian band had lobbied the government to keep the school open when it was to be closed. I also asked her why so many former students attended the school reunion several years after the school closed. Would they really have wanted to attend a joyful reunion if it was such a traumatic – and genocidal – place?
Several Natives accosted me with statements like “there are chiiiillllldren here!” drawing out that word in such a dire tone, that a blind passerby might have thought I was engaging in a violent freak show or perhaps pornography! [Oh, but wait, a pornographic display might have been okay with them, given what is being fed to our children (presumably their children too) right in the public schools – but I digress.]
A White woman walked by and practically spit her words at me “you are a HATER!”
A White man was the most upset of all, and he just yelled at me.
“We stole their land! And my wife was a 60’s scoop baby! We stole their land! And then we stole their babies! And we’re still stealing their babies!”
I told him (or tried to speak in between his outbursts, at least for the benefit of other people nearby who might have been listening) that I personally know a “60’s scoop” woman who is very grateful that she was adopted and raised by a White family, because she was aware that she had a much better upbringing than she could ever have had with her biological family, who were completely dysfunctional. She was doing very well in life, because of her loving adoptive family, who happened to raise her with a deep appreciation and knowledge of her people and their traditions and culture. Does that sound like it was genocide? Why would White families adopt these children that are in precarious situations, where perhaps the parents are either absent or drunk or abusive? Could it be because our people care?
Another sidebar: I personally know of several White families who have adopted native children who came out of terrible circumstances, and in each and every case the adopting family did it out of love and care. These children were not stolen! And in many cases these loving White families are rewarded for their care with life-long difficulties associated with their FAS-affected (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) adopted children. That is of course blamed on the “evil White man” as well. They will blame the parents’ alcoholism on their school experiences, and that they are “survivors”.
When does the blaming stop, and when should a people assume responsibility? Do the German people assume victimhood status and whine to the world about being bombed and burned during that long war also known as WW1 and WW2? No! Instead, the Germans are industrious and are still paying reparations to a certain group of people who are ALWAYS the victim while perpetrating war and destruction and genocide on others, and if we notice, then we are called anti-semitic. But I digress again.
I will never say that there was never an abuse. Of course not, because one cannot say that about any institution or any group or any school! But systemic abuse? Genocide? Murder? Secret burials by night? These are serious allegations, and it behooves us to demand evidence, and it behooves the accusers to provide that evidence. Thus far, there has been obfuscation and non-stop wailing about the evil White man and multi-generational trauma.
About those children who were allegedly being traumatized by my mere presence, I must say, the cheerful and carefree smiles and waves were a most interesting display of trauma. They did not even run away when I smiled and waved back. I cannot help but wonder if the trauma inflicted upon those sweet innocent children was to come afterwards when their elders would have corralled them into their meeting spaces and infected them with the victim mentality that pervades their entire existence these days. Perhaps THAT is, in reality, the multi-generational trauma of which they speak.
It was no surprise at all to me, when the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) showed up after about 25 minutes, as I could see that several people were glancing furtively back and forth, over at me and then down on their phones, punching numbers. It was not hard to guess that they were calling the police. I fully expected them to arrive at any minute, and I had no intention of running away. When the police did finally arrive on the scene, I greeted them cordially. They asked what my purpose was and why I was there, and I pointed at my sign, the messages, affirming to them that I was on public property, and asked them if what I was doing was illegal. Basically they had to show up because they were called. Fine. One of them went over to the group of Indians there, and the other stood near me and said nothing at that point. He simply had to keep watch, while the other officer went over to the complainants and talked with them. I could hear one of the Natives telling the officer in dramatic fashion that there were children here and that I was a threat to them.
When the two officers were back together again in my presence, we had a nice little chat. I was forthright with my messages on the sign. They simply told me that they did not want any problems, and they were there because they had received the calls from these Natives. Of course I was not causing any problems. I was on the sidewalk. Nobody has to pay attention to me on the sidewalk if they don’t want to.
We carried on the discussion. I even told them openly that many people advise that one should never talk to the cops in a situation like this, but I told them that I do talk to them because I consider them to be actual people too. I mentioned that surely they are noticing that there is a war against our people (and this included them as they were both Caucasian men). I mentioned to them about the Hate Crimes unit visiting me just over two years ago, (article here) because of an anonymous complaint about contents on the Truth and Justice for Germans Society website. I told them that I do a lot of interviews and shows and broadcasts online, and work very hard at getting the truth out there. I gave them my business card which contains my websites and social media and my weekly radio show on the Republic Broadcasting Network.
At some point during our discussion I assured them that I was not planning on staying here all night, and it was going to be dark soon anyway. They were visibly relieved! I think that they had been quite concerned with how they would handle the situation about my unwanted presence there, while clearly I was not breaking any laws. Now they would not have to grapple with that dilemma any more. We moved a few steps over and I put the sign in my car.
Then I told them an important part of my background, and that is about my upbringing in a family who loved the natives. I explained why my parents immigrated to Canada, to go live among the Eskimos in the far north, which they did in the 1950’s. Later, our home in Edmonton where I grew up was full of Inuit art which my father had purchased from soapstone carvers and print makers. We often had visitors from the north staying with us in Edmonton, and we loved the natives! That is an important part of my background, I told them, because they needed to know that I come from a place of love, not hate. However, I despise the lie. I hate the lie.
Lastly, I told them that soon we could go to jail for the words on my sign. With broad smiles they assured me that I was NOT going to jail that night. With an equally broad smile I said I was happy about that, however, this is becoming seriously problematic, referring to the laws which are being drafted.
Indeed, the MP from Winnipeg Centre has re-introduced her “Residential School Denial” law into the House of Commons. Dear reader, you can view her announcement here.
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On a completely unrelated topic, I must make a brief comment about the ostrich “cull” which culminated the same day as my little action above, and so it is timely.
Ostriches on the Universal Ostrich Farm near Edgewood BC were killed the evening of November 6th into the morning of November 7th, 2025. This was an 11-month battle, after some of the ostriches died from illness in December 2024. The remainder of the flock recovered and was healthy ever since. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) deemed it necessary to kill (they say “cull”) the flock to “stop the spread” as they say.
I say that is about as logical as murdering all the remaining villagers in a town where some of their people died last winter, in order that these healthy people don’t spread whatever it was that made some of their friends die a year ago.
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No Reconciliation Without Truth
8 November 2025
by Monika Schaefer
Truth and Reconciliation is an expression well known not just in relation to South Africa, but in Canada as well, over the last couple of decades. On the 7th of November, 2025, I did a one-woman protest action in front of the community centre in my little hometown in north-eastern British Columbia, where there was a large gathering of Aboriginal folks from other areas of this province. There are many names for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. They generally have been called Indians, or they are referred to as Native, Indigenous, or First Nations (which they are NOT, but that is a whole other topic). Before relating to you my little event, some background to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada is necessary.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was established in 2008, and the final report of the seven-year process of gathering testimonies all across the country from thousands of people associated with the Indian Residential School (IRS) system was published in 2015. Many recommendations were made as a result of the TRC.
This 75-minute video has valuable reference material with regards to UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and the graves story.
On May 27, 2021, the Kamloops Indian band announced to the world that they had discovered 215 unmarked graves at the site of the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops. Headlines quickly turned to “mass graves” and flags were lowered to half mast, remaining there for the longest period in Canadian history during peace-time. The anti-White hatred went into super-charge, and White guilt took on whole new dimensions. We are no longer just “colonizers” or “settlers” who “stole the land”, but now we are being called “uninvited guests” in the country that our ancestors built. Court cases are currently causing all kinds of uncertainty about the status of people’s private property, some public areas such as provincial parks are being declared off-limits to non-native people during certain periods of time, and streets and plazas are being renamed to names which nobody can pronounce. Over 100 churches were burnt or vandalized during the year following that announcement, but that was “understandable” according to then Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
The only trouble with the Kamloops unmarked graves story is that none of these so-called graves have been investigated. The original claim was made after ground-penetrating radar found anomalies. Nothing has been excavated, in spite of 12 million dollars having been given to the Kamloops band specifically to investigate the graves. Why have they not done any digging? I have heard them say that the spirits should not be disturbed, and that they would rather carry out ceremonies to guide the children’s spirits home. However, could it be that they, the Natives, simply do not want to dig, because they fear they will not find any skeletons? Could those anomalies detected by the ground penetrating radar be old tree roots from the orchard? or old septic field lines? How can we know, if nobody digs?
I have been talking quite a lot about these issues over the past few years, as it concerns me greatly that we in Canada are being accused of having committed genocide, and laws have even been introduced which, if passed, will land you in jail for questioning these graves or for questioning their atrocity stories about the schools or for saying anything positive about the schools. This sounds very much like the Holocaust denial laws! Even the language is similar – “Residential School Denial” – that is what they are in the process of criminalizing.
In these “the Flipside with Monika” broadcasts on RBN the Republic Broadcasting Network, here, here, here, and here, this was the main topic. Also, these interviews with Jim Rizoli, here and here.
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The above background gives context to my little action. I made a two-sided sign, and strolled along the public side-walk in front of the community centre with my sign. The action lasted about 45 minutes. The photo here was taken on the edge of town, before going on location.
Just four words. No Reconciliation without Truth. Does that sound offensive to you, dear reader? Are there any problems there? Is it logical? Can we have reconciliation without truth?
Likely you think, why on earth is she asking these silly questions. The answers are self-evident are they not? Well, evidently, some people do get very offended, and I witnessed it first hand.
The other side of the sign also had just four words: Unmarked Graves?? Evidence Please!!
Here is a quick summary of some of my encounters today. I wish I had had a videographer along to document the whole event, but here it is from memory.
The first Native man who saw me (I’ll call him Man#1) approached with a big smile on his face and thumbs up. I expressed my delight that he liked my sign. I had the “no reconciliation without truth” side facing him. He liked it a lot. I then showed him the other side with “unmarked graves?? evidence please!!” and he really liked that too. He was beaming ear-to-ear. Again I expressed my joy that he was with me on these simple but important messages. He asked if he could give me a hug, and of course I accepted his big bear-hug. This was such a heart-warming start to my little action.
Over to my left I could see that people were peering curiously at us from the other side of the glass windows of the entrance lobby. People were milling about, walking in and out of the doors, as well as going to and fro, between the Legion across the street where some of their activities were taking place, and the community centre. Children were playing off to one side near the big wall tent that the organizers had set up next to the building. The children saw me and they waved and smiled. I waved and smiled back. It was all very pleasant. Alas, that was about to change.
From the entrance lobby, a Native man (I’ll call him Man#2) came marching over to me, and looked my sign up and down (the “Truth” side) and demanded in a hostile tone, “what are you doing here?! what is this?! why are you here?!” I simply responded by pointing at the message and saying that it was important to have truth in order to have reconciliation. I do not remember his precise words back, but something to the effect of “What! Your truth!? What are you talking about?!” He was clearly VERY offended by those four words, “no reconciliation without truth”.
I calmly turned the sign to show him the other side, and asked if there was evidence to support the unmarked graves story. I told him that I was interested in seeing evidence. His hostility grew. I was regaled with
“We have our memories! We have our stories – these things happened! We have Elders and – are you accusing them all of being liars?!?!”
This he practically screamed in my face. At some point during his ranting and raving, I couldn’t help but to chuckle a little, and that really got him hopping mad!
“And you are laughing at us!”
When things were calmer again, I asked why do they not use the money that the government gave to them, earmarked for the investigation, and do an excavation and find the evidence. He was extremely hostile in response to that suggestion. He repeatedly talked about their memories and their stories, and demanded an answer from me regarding his accusation that we are calling the Elders and the “survivors” all liars if we do not believe them. This discussion was clearly going nowhere.
Man#1 was still standing there next to Man#2, and he was looking bewildered and uncomfortable. I told Man#2 that this man (motioning towards Man#1) had really liked my sign and had given me a hug, and had no hostility towards me at all. Then Man#1 stammered that he hadn’t really understood my meaning, but he couldn’t explain what he meant by that. He was now siding with Man#2, but was clearly confused. He was not overtly hostile at all, just had a very troubled look on his face. At this point I must say I felt sorry for him.
Man#2 took his cell phone out to take a picture of me in an intimidating manner as though he expected that I should want to run and hide from his desire to document my presence. I think I took a bit of the wind out of his sail when I stood proud, and smiled beside my sign, posing for the photo. and said,
“I’m proud of my sign.”
After he snapped the photo, I turned the sign to show the other side and posed again with an even bigger smile.
What I witnessed happening there between Man#1 and Man#2 was a small but extremely important example of how “group think” works, and how peer pressure will affect people’s perceptions, memories, feelings, the very way that they think and behave. The video linked above – and here again – is called ‘UNDRIP and the Graves. Reference Material‘. In it, there is a description of the TRC sign which was prominently displayed at the entrance of the hearing rooms as the IRS testimonials were gathered across Canada. That sign would set the stage for the participants, suggesting that these schools were terrible places, where terrible things happened. There is little doubt that this would have had a dampening effect on anyone who might possibly have wanted to tell about their positive experiences, and it would certainly have helped them “remember”, even if by hearsay, that these were terrible places. That specific topic discussion beginning at approximately minute 9 in the video lasts for about six minutes. (Incidentally, immediately following that section, comes an interesting fact about Robert Carney, the father of the current Prime Minister. This video was made before Mark Carney became PM.) The entire video is well worth the hour and a quarter to watch, but if you are strapped for time, you might like to check out those bits, especially in relation to the peer pressure which I just described above.
Back to my little action. Other Natives started coming over to take a closer look. Many short conversations took place. Some just told me that I was not welcome there and that I was trespassing and should go away. I responded that I was on public property and had no intention of interfering with their event or activities. Some talked with me, but none were friendly like Man#1. I pointed out to the growing throng that they were being instrumentalized by the government who was actually at war against the Caucasian Race, and that they were being used as instruments of that war. The government was trying to divide us all and get us all to hate one another, I told them. I explained that they would not likely be better off with the replacement population who were being brought into the country.
One native fellow accompanied a woman who passed closely by me and loudly sputtered that he was there to protect her from my verbal abuse. I smiled at them.
An elderly native woman approached me with her walker and with glowering eyes told me that she attended the Kamloops school! She paused in such a way as though awaiting my shocked gasp, like as if she had just told me she got struck by a fire-breathing dragon. When the expected gasp of horror did not come, she continued,
“there was abuse there!”
I asked her why the Indian band had lobbied the government to keep the school open when it was to be closed. I also asked her why so many former students attended the school reunion several years after the school closed. Would they really have wanted to attend a joyful reunion if it was such a traumatic – and genocidal – place?
Several Natives accosted me with statements like “there are chiiiillllldren here!” drawing out that word in such a dire tone, that a blind passerby might have thought I was engaging in a violent freak show or perhaps pornography! [Oh, but wait, a pornographic display might have been okay with them, given what is being fed to our children (presumably their children too) right in the public schools – but I digress.]
A White woman walked by and practically spit her words at me “you are a HATER!”
A White man was the most upset of all, and he just yelled at me.
“We stole their land! And my wife was a 60’s scoop baby! We stole their land! And then we stole their babies! And we’re still stealing their babies!”
I told him (or tried to speak in between his outbursts, at least for the benefit of other people nearby who might have been listening) that I personally know a “60’s scoop” woman who is very grateful that she was adopted and raised by a White family, because she was aware that she had a much better upbringing than she could ever have had with her biological family, who were completely dysfunctional. She was doing very well in life, because of her loving adoptive family, who happened to raise her with a deep appreciation and knowledge of her people and their traditions and culture. Does that sound like it was genocide? Why would White families adopt these children that are in precarious situations, where perhaps the parents are either absent or drunk or abusive? Could it be because our people care?
Another sidebar: I personally know of several White families who have adopted native children who came out of terrible circumstances, and in each and every case the adopting family did it out of love and care. These children were not stolen! And in many cases these loving White families are rewarded for their care with life-long difficulties associated with their FAS-affected (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) adopted children. That is of course blamed on the “evil White man” as well. They will blame the parents’ alcoholism on their school experiences, and that they are “survivors”.
When does the blaming stop, and when should a people assume responsibility? Do the German people assume victimhood status and whine to the world about being bombed and burned during that long war also known as WW1 and WW2? No! Instead, the Germans are industrious and are still paying reparations to a certain group of people who are ALWAYS the victim while perpetrating war and destruction and genocide on others, and if we notice, then we are called anti-semitic. But I digress again.
I will never say that there was never an abuse. Of course not, because one cannot say that about any institution or any group or any school! But systemic abuse? Genocide? Murder? Secret burials by night? These are serious allegations, and it behooves us to demand evidence, and it behooves the accusers to provide that evidence. Thus far, there has been obfuscation and non-stop wailing about the evil White man and multi-generational trauma.
About those children who were allegedly being traumatized by my mere presence, I must say, the cheerful and carefree smiles and waves were a most interesting display of trauma. They did not even run away when I smiled and waved back. I cannot help but wonder if the trauma inflicted upon those sweet innocent children was to come afterwards when their elders would have corralled them into their meeting spaces and infected them with the victim mentality that pervades their entire existence these days. Perhaps THAT is, in reality, the multi-generational trauma of which they speak.
It was no surprise at all to me, when the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) showed up after about 25 minutes, as I could see that several people were glancing furtively back and forth, over at me and then down on their phones, punching numbers. It was not hard to guess that they were calling the police. I fully expected them to arrive at any minute, and I had no intention of running away. When the police did finally arrive on the scene, I greeted them cordially. They asked what my purpose was and why I was there, and I pointed at my sign, the messages, affirming to them that I was on public property, and asked them if what I was doing was illegal. Basically they had to show up because they were called. Fine. One of them went over to the group of Indians there, and the other stood near me and said nothing at that point. He simply had to keep watch, while the other officer went over to the complainants and talked with them. I could hear one of the Natives telling the officer in dramatic fashion that there were children here and that I was a threat to them.
When the two officers were back together again in my presence, we had a nice little chat. I was forthright with my messages on the sign. They simply told me that they did not want any problems, and they were there because they had received the calls from these Natives. Of course I was not causing any problems. I was on the sidewalk. Nobody has to pay attention to me on the sidewalk if they don’t want to.
We carried on the discussion. I even told them openly that many people advise that one should never talk to the cops in a situation like this, but I told them that I do talk to them because I consider them to be actual people too. I mentioned that surely they are noticing that there is a war against our people (and this included them as they were both Caucasian men). I mentioned to them about the Hate Crimes unit visiting me just over two years ago, (article here) because of an anonymous complaint about contents on the Truth and Justice for Germans Society website. I told them that I do a lot of interviews and shows and broadcasts online, and work very hard at getting the truth out there. I gave them my business card which contains my websites and social media and my weekly radio show on the Republic Broadcasting Network.
At some point during our discussion I assured them that I was not planning on staying here all night, and it was going to be dark soon anyway. They were visibly relieved! I think that they had been quite concerned with how they would handle the situation about my unwanted presence there, while clearly I was not breaking any laws. Now they would not have to grapple with that dilemma any more. We moved a few steps over and I put the sign in my car.
Then I told them an important part of my background, and that is about my upbringing in a family who loved the natives. I explained why my parents immigrated to Canada, to go live among the Eskimos in the far north, which they did in the 1950’s. Later, our home in Edmonton where I grew up was full of Inuit art which my father had purchased from soapstone carvers and print makers. We often had visitors from the north staying with us in Edmonton, and we loved the natives! That is an important part of my background, I told them, because they needed to know that I come from a place of love, not hate. However, I despise the lie. I hate the lie.
Lastly, I told them that soon we could go to jail for the words on my sign. With broad smiles they assured me that I was NOT going to jail that night. With an equally broad smile I said I was happy about that, however, this is becoming seriously problematic, referring to the laws which are being drafted.
Indeed, the MP from Winnipeg Centre has re-introduced her “Residential School Denial” law into the House of Commons. Dear reader, you can view her announcement here.
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On a completely unrelated topic, I must make a brief comment about the ostrich “cull” which culminated the same day as my little action above, and so it is timely.
Ostriches on the Universal Ostrich Farm near Edgewood BC were killed the evening of November 6th into the morning of November 7th, 2025. This was an 11-month battle, after some of the ostriches died from illness in December 2024. The remainder of the flock recovered and was healthy ever since. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) deemed it necessary to kill (they say “cull”) the flock to “stop the spread” as they say.
I say that is about as logical as murdering all the remaining villagers in a town where some of their people died last winter, in order that these healthy people don’t spread whatever it was that made some of their friends die a year ago.
Telling CBC HQ to get fucked to their faces at their workplace while they stared fearfully, scurrying around in the windows was a high point of my year.
Immense thanks and respect to the club, their supporters and families.
I’ve carried this weight around for a long time and it was very satisfying and righteous to be able to physically point to those who are truly responsible for so much death of our people.
You wanted our “comments”, CBC. Soon the entire country will have them.
Our Noble Stewards of Planet Earth (PART 1 ) ( 1st in a Series )
Part of the mythology re: the Indigenous is that they are in sync with Nature and that they are stewards and protectors of Mother Earth. Perhaps to some degree ,..at least in the Past.
What is rarely noted is that since the “Settlers” came..the Indigenous numbers grew substantially as Settlers provided modern amenities, much like the Black population exploded in South Africa under the Boers. We should all refute, debate and expose false gods. My Terms of Reference is we are ALL, at least in theory, ” EQUAL “.
However we have every right to both defend ourselves from demeaning and insulting words ,outright lies and also expose hypocrisy and those continually taking advantage of our benevolence and generosity . However, if we don’t ,then this further emboldens and encourages abuse, exploitation and rising INequality and we ALL will suffer.
In August 2023, it was reported that there was dumping of large amounts of material on land within the Cowichan Tribes reserve on Tzouhalem Road. The unauthorized dump site is causing environmental concerns due to the presence of construction and demolition debris, soil, and other materials. Asbestos was detected. A recent report estimated the volume of waste exceeded 290,000 cubic meters and highlighted issues with leachate impacting the Cowichan River. Waste at the dump site includes construction debris, imported soil, wood, and household garbage. It releases harmful substances like heavy metals (arsenic, lead, zinc), hydrocarbons, and volatile organic compounds. The MOE order relates to 3 lots 5544 Indian Road above the Cowichan River.
James Anthony Peter, 59, has been fingered for the illegal dumping and for the expensive task of cleaning it up. Peter is required to hire a professional to develop a site pollution prevention and remediation plan. He appeared on a list of Councillor Candidates in 2022.
The three destroyed lots fall on Cowichan Tribes land.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has conducted a “formal investigation” into the dumping on the Cowichan Tribes reserve on Tzouhalem Road.
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COMMENT:
I will expose more of these “abuses” in upcoming PARTS . In this case, it appears some “rogue” Cowichan Band Member has been “fingered” as THE cause and in control aka “to blame “. Really ?
QUOTE:
“……In August 2023, it was reported that there was dumping of large amounts of material on land within the Cowichan Tribes reserve on Tzouhalem Road. The unauthorized dump site is causing environmental concerns due to the presence of construction and demolition debris, soil, and other materials. Asbestos was detected. A recent report estimated the volume of waste exceeded 290,000 cubic meters and highlighted issues with leachate impacting the Cowichan River…….”
HOW MANY TRUCK LOADS = 290,000 cubic meters ?
FROM AI
The number of truckloads for 290,000 cubic meters depends entirely on the capacity of the dump truck used. Dump trucks have widely varying capacities, typically ranging from 6 to 30 cubic meters for full-size commercial trucks, or up to 80 cubic meters for larger specialized trucks with trailers.
Here are the estimated number of truckloads based on common dump truck sizes:
Dump Truck Type
Approximate Capacity (cubic meters)
Estimated Number of Truckloads
Small dump truck
3 m³
~96,667 loads
Tandem dump truck
8 m³
~36,250 loads
Full-size/Large dump truck
15 m³ (average within 6-25m³ range)
~19,333 loads
CONT’ D
Let’s average this out and estimate it’s around 40,000 loads.
AI Overview re: Truck sizes.
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An average standard dump truck is about 8.5 feet wide, 20–26 feet long, and 10–12 feet tall. They can typically haul 10 to 25 cubic yards of material, with payload capacities ranging from 10 to 25 tons depending on the model.
40,000 Dump Trucks lined up end -to -end = approx . 175 MILES.
Finger Pointing one individual is laughable.This Reserve is pretty much surrounded by Non Indigenous lands. This attack on Nature seems to be packaged
as a figurative quick event that happened overnite.
” We just found out “. It’s beyond reasonable that the Band was aware as were neighbouring properties given all the truck traffic, noise, leaching, smells etc.
CUI BONO
AI Overview
Dump fees in the Cowichan Valley, charged by the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), have specific rates for different materials effective as of January 1, 2025
. For example, the fee for garbage is $204.00 per tonne, and the minimum fee for a small amount of garbage remains at $7.00. Mattresses are $16.00 each, while organics/food waste costs $140.00 per tonne.
…….It is further reasonable to assume each “average” Dump Truck load dumping fees would be in excess of $1,000. This would then
calculate to 40,000 truckloads @ $1,000/truckload = $40 MILLION (WOW.)
The obvious reality is Indigenous Bands have control over their lands to a degree that far exceeds NON Indigenous landowners..
even though Band Lands are effectively kept IN TRUST by the Crown(Gov’t). So..why doesn’t Gov’t intervene re:this abuse and pollution ?
This cowardly approach to allow and not challenge and stop the start of this dumping is very disturbing. WHO knows WHAT is in this unauthorized and illegal
dump. The list posted already shows some very bad and toxic compounds. Are BODY’s part of the dump contents ? Who knows?
The fallout out will be leaching
and off -gassing for decades and there are few if any means to address this . Surrounding properties and waterways will be impacted as well as the pollution
crosses property lines. Rather than set an example of good stewardship,it appears their legacy is to exploit Planet Earth as they see fit.
$$$ trump good stewardship ?
They have also shite in their own beds as the Dumps pollutants will. also leach onto the Band’s own lands and ultimately end up in the Ocean as well.
CUI BONO/SUMMARY: A combination of things.
It is fair to say the Cowichan Dumping Fees would be less than approved Dump Sites. We can be sure complaints
were filed soon after dumping commenced. However, the various Authorities, as usual, are too timid to treat the Indigenous Bands as “Equals” but
instead as “Superior UNtouchables”, no more obvious than with ad nauseam Land Acknowledgements. In all likelihood the Taxpayer-” Settlers ” will pay for the
clean up ( if its possible ) of Indigenous- led pollution, greed and being a bad neighour. It appears that greed took over, as you likely made $MILLIONs off dumping fees and turned a blind eye
as to what was actually dumped..the evidence is all there in the article (above).
Message to Cowichan. Clean up your own back yard first before attacking and insulting others. and imposing UNnecessary and avoidable costs onto Taxpayers solely due to to your actions.
If you want equality and respect.?….. then YOU EARN IT like the rest of US !!!
White Guilt, Made Up Native “History”, Out-of-Control Courts: Could this be the end of private land ownership in Canada?
All eyes are on Richmond, B.C., a Vancouver suburb now at the centre of a growing storm over private land rights in Canada. A recent Supreme Court ruling granted Aboriginal title to the Cowichan Tribes on privately owned land. Days later, homeowners opened their mail to discover something shocking — they might not fully own their homes after all! Amid a nationwide push for “reconciliation,” many Canadians are now asking the same question: Are our homes truly safe? This decision has reignited the debate over land acknowledgements —the scripted rituals repeated in schools, workplaces, and government meetings. If these acknowledgements declare that Canada sits on “stolen land,” are they quietly laying the groundwork for more claims like the one in Richmond?
That’s why OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie introduced the Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act last week. It’s a bill she calls a stand against “the anthem of a suicidal nation.” I sat down with Brodie and her Chief of Staff Tim Theilmann, a former Aboriginal law attorney, to talk about why this bill mattered. I also spoke with B.C. Conservative MLA David Williams to discuss why most of his party joined the NDP in killing this bill. Click here to watch my report.
Land acknowledgements have gone from symbolic to absurd ritualistic mantras that humiliate ordinary Canadians and deny our country’s sovereignty. Unfortunately, Brodie’s bill never got a fair hearing, thanks to the NDP, and shockingly, most of the B.C. Conservatives. (If the so-called Conservatives won’t defend land rights, what exactly are they conserving?)
This situation is directly connected to B.C.’s adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) — now law in the province. Brodie’s bill was an opportunity to push back against compelled speech and to stand up for B.C.’s sovereignty. Instead, the political class chose cowardice and wouldn’t even allow the bill to pass first reading. If you want to help fight back against this UN-fuelled overreach and support our independent reporting that defends Canada’s sovereignty, visit StopUNDRIP.com.
Yours truly, Drea Humphrey
P.S. B.C.’s UN-inspired Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act creates a two-tiered society where an elite group’s influence and legal authority take precedence over the interests of the vast majority of Canadians. That’s not reconciliation. It’s discrimination. Help us stop it by visiting StopUNDRIP.com and sending a one-click email to B.C. Premier David Eby demanding this dangerous law be repealed.
