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Originally Posted by JD¹³

Canada is gluttonous with first world problems and ignorant populous. It's been too good for too long and people here are SOFT. The moronic leadership we have from PM to Premieres like Horgan and City Counselors like Ben Isitt reflect the stupidity of the voting population. The video of the protestor who doesn't even know what she's protesting is a singular example of a widespread problem. Common sense, accountability, due diligence, and informed opinion have been replaced by blind passion and crying to get what you want, like a child. The country is getting exactly what it deserves on a variety of levels.

The level of ignorance and blind virtue regarding this matter alone extend all the way to the UN.

https://nationalpost.com/news/first-...o-be-shut-down

A Canadian First Nations chief is slamming a recent directive from a United Nations anti-racism committee after the organization called for the shutdown of an Indigenous-backed pipeline only to later admit that it did not seek Aboriginal views toward the project.

In December, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) released a directive calling for three large-scale natural resource projects in British Columbia to be “immediately” shut down, including the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline that would feed into a massive export facility along the West coast. The project has signed benefit agreements with 20 Indigenous communities along its 670-kilometre route.

But in an interview with Reuters published Thursday, CERD chair Noureddine Amir admitted that the committee did not study First Nations views toward the project, saying he “did not know” that most communities supported it.
“I did not know that most First Nations agree on that,” he told Reuters. “This is something new that comes to my understanding.” He further said he did not seek out further information on the project because the role of the committee does not involve investigative work.