We should be proud that Macdonald betrayed the Métis, specifically Louis Riel, a founding father of confederation in Manitoba and had him tried and hanged for treason for of all things, defending indigenous rights. https://twitter.com/erinotoolemp/status/1300111756287709186

We should be proud that Macdonald enacted his own Manifest Destiny by destroying the economy of First Nations & Métis west of Canada so their land could be appropriated and redistributed to white people of European descent. Condemning most indigenous to abject poverty.

We should be proud that Macdonald betrayed the Métis who chose to join confederation in Manitoba and were promised land in exchange for loyalty to the nation, but were instead forced out by a mob of Orangemen from Ontario.

We should be proud that Macdonald sent a government supported militia to forcibly remove the Métis provisional government that had governed Rupert’s Land territory with FN leaders for a couple hundred years. Many of the Métis sons having been educated in Toronto or Montreal.

We should be proud that Métis and First Nations traded furs for blankets and trinkets, while the European trappers were given liveable wages in exchange for furs which were then sold for exponential profits for English & French aristocracy. Enriching Britain & France.

We should be proud that Macdonald facilitated the expansion of Canada all along the 49th parallel to British Columbia to protect British citizens living on the west coast from being annexed by US, completely destroying indigenous lifestyles that were in practice for millennia.

We should be proud that indigenous FN were forced under duress to sign away land rights in treaties that they did not understand, not being given a lawyer or representation to protect their rights and freedoms and having no knowledge of English common law.

Then were herded like animals into concentration camp reserves that kept them from interacting with “civilized” white people, frequently referred to as savages and subhuman, only to be stripped of their treaty rights if they ventured off reserve.

Do you mean that kind of proud? The white supremacist’s pride in having swindled indigenous inhabitants that enabled France, England and Canada’s mainstream to propel into global economic powerhouses on the suffering of indigenous people while almost exterminating them?

There are many individuals who contributed to the greatness of Canada of whom Canadians can be proud. Macdonald isn’t one of them. Not by a long shot.

That you are promoting his “accomplishments” as genocidal free market imperialist is indicative of the reason reconciliation is currently unachievable.

That you celebrate and honour a genocidal Orangeman who was convinced of his own genetic superiority it quite revealing.

It’s very revealing to be honest. Because it clarifies for every Canadian who you intend to “Take Canada Back” from and gives every Canadian indication how you intend to accomplish that end. Using the same strategy of Macdonald. Dehumanization of indigenous people.

The “Canadians” you fight for are those who are willing to ignore the trauma of the past and celebrate the mastery of European colonizers and imperialism.

I don’t believe most indigenous people are willing to accept those terms. Nor are the majority of mainstream Canadians.

Educated indigenous individuals won’t allow Canadians to white wash the past.

You’re attempting to destroy us once again. Because you’ve sold natural resources to foreign imperialists.

That’s your misfortune to contend with the consequences.

You will never obtain a majority government in Canada ever again. Because all you represent is oppression, brutality, subjugation, white supremacy, Dominionism, and a lack of respect for law and order and upholding treaty rights.

@threadreaderapp please unroll