Throughout the history of Canada, the Canadian government, its colonial predecessors, and European settlers perpetrated systematic violence against Indigenous peoples\a]) that increasingly has been recognized as genocide. These actions included forced displacement, land dispossession, deliberate starvation) policies, physical violence, and compulsory assimilation) programs.\2])\3]) These atrocities have also been described as ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.\4])\5])\6])
Canada is a settler-colonial nation whose initial economy relied on farming and exporting natural resources like fur, fish, and lumber.\7]) The Canadian government implemented policies such as the Indian Act,\b]) health-care segregation, residential schools and displacement that attempted forced assimilation of Indigenous peoples into Euro-Canadian culture while asserting control over the land and its resources.\3]) Despite current views that might define these actions as racist or genocidal, they were seen as progressive at the time.\9]) In response, Indigenous communities mobilized to resist colonial policies and assert their rights to self-determination and sovereignty.\10])
Although Canadian historians contend that the treatment of Indigenous peoples constitutes genocide, Indigenous genocide denialism is still a component of Canadian society. A period of redress began with the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada by the Government of Canada in 2008.\11]) This included recognition of cultural genocide,\12]) settlement agreements,\11]) and betterment of racial discrimination issues, such as addressing the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women.\13])
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_genocide_of_Indigenous_peoples
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Fun fact, the European rule of law alone is a genocide to indigenous peoples that is why the left fights so hard to dismantle it. Kind of like how if you were to move drivers from Central America to Norway just the increased volume of traffic fatalities and insurance/ cost of living increases would be enough to send the Norwegian birth rate well below it’s replacement level. I was able to estimate that 250,000 Central Americans would put Norwegians on the endangered species list within 100 years. Even faster if they are driving trucks and Norway doesn’t build barricades along every sidewalk. Demographics are a delicate balance and interesting to study
I’m assuming this is somehow trying to counter Canada’s stance on Palestine? Canada isn’t mass starving and carpet bombing First Nations Peoples in 2025. What happened happened over a century ago. Doesn’t make it ok, but it’s not like we’re actively doing it like some countries.