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Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 5:38 a.m. No.15601111   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/copper-broken-on-parliament-hill-in-first-nations-shaming-ceremony-1.2719175

Copper broken on Parliament Hill in First Nations shaming ceremony

2014

 

A traditional shaming ceremony held today on the steps of Parliament Hill is meant to challenge the federal government to renew its troubled relationship with First Nations, says a prominent West Coast artist.

Beau Dick, 59, a master carver and hereditary chief from the Namgis First Nation, says the ceremony involves cutting or breaking a large copper shield.

“Breaking copper is a challenge, it is also a shaming, and it is also about banishment,” Dick explained.

“There are a lot of layers to this. Some people have described this as a protest and that is valid … [But] it's beyond that. What it is, is about waking up the consciousness.”

Once practised throughout the Pacific Northwest, when copper shields were a measure of wealth and power, the shaming rite had all but disappeared until Dick revived it with a ceremony in front of the B.C. legislature in 2013.

Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, a master carver who served as president of the Council of the Haida Nation for 13 years, provided the copper for the shield. Guujaaw has been a high-profile figure since the '70s, when he led efforts to protect Haida Gwaii from logging and other resource development.

“[The] copper that is being provided is brought forth by the Haida Nation who have suffered atrocities over the last 150 years, almost totally alienated through genocide," said Dick.

Dick and other supporters from B.C. First Nations began their journey to Ottawa earlier this month, leaving Vancouver on July 2. They travelled over 5,000 kilometres and made several stops along the way to meet with various communities.

By the time the group arrived in Ottawa on Saturday, they were 20 strong and included members of the Blackfoot Nation in Alberta.

Sunday's event took place on the front lawn of Parliament Hill atop a banner with text from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology for Canada's residential schools.

After taking more than 10 minutes to break the shield, organizers took the broken shield to the front steps of Centre Block.

Although the ceremony is meant to shame the federal government, Dick says it also symbolizes an opportunity for the country's leaders to renew what is seen as a deeply fractured relationship with First Nations.

And he hopes it's a wake up call for all Canadians.

“Hopefully we can touch the conscience so people will start caring more and work towards creating a world of well-being for all of our children and our mankind," he said. "People need to be aware of the situation that we’re in in regards to our environment.”

Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 5:45 a.m. No.15601147   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>15601132

>$60M of the $90M raised by the #BlackLivesMatter national org in 2020 remains undistributed & unaccounted for. And the organization now has no official leader.

Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 5:46 a.m. No.15601152   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1257 >>1304

>>15601137

>The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, and the local Chamber of Commerce have join the City of Windsor in suing the Freedom Conoy at the Ambassador Bridge.

Let's see how that works out.

Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 5:51 a.m. No.15601185   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1192

>>15601156

>What was the point of them?

I bet they had practical use as lasso defence.

Put your head by the horses neck, and the feathered arch would catch any rope being thrown over horse's head.

That's my best guess.

Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 5:58 a.m. No.15601219   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1230

>>15601195

>https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1460816537812668425

Police cars revolving lightBREAKING NEW MOTION: Kenosha prosecutors WITHELD VIDEO EVIDENCE from Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Team

Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 6:03 a.m. No.15601234   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-europe-canada-f738e5f2d7a56bab72864b9f15a3bdd0

Blockades by virus protest convoys banned in Paris, Brussels

Authorities in France and Belgium on Thursday banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions, in part inspired by protesters in Canada.

Citing “risks of trouble to public order,” the Paris police department banned protests aimed at “blocking the capital” from Friday through Monday. Police will put measures in place to protect roads and detain violators.

Blocking traffic can lead to two years in prison, 4,500 euros (more than $5,000) in fines and a suspended driver’s license, the police department said in a statement.

Online chat groups in France have been calling for drivers to converge on Paris starting Friday night, and to continue north to Brussels on Monday. There have been calls to action in Belgium for truckers to converge on the capital, which houses European Union institutions.

Authorities in Belgium banned Monday’s threatened blockade, and said a wide perimeter around the city of 1.1 million would be set up to keep an excess of trucks out of the center of Brussels.

Brussels Mayor Philippe Close said in a Twitter message that officials decided to ban the ”Freedom Convoy” protest because organizers failed to seek permission to hold the event.

A similar freedom convoy is planned in Vienna on Friday.

The protests would mirror those of truckers in Canada who have blockaded border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa.

In France, small groups of drivers set out Wednesday from Bayonne on the Atlantic coast and Nice on the French Riviera, with stickers on their cars reading “Freedom Convoy.”

Departures were also reported or planned in about a dozen other cities, with groups calling for them to converge on Paris on Friday evening and to protest there on Saturday.

Those looking to take part in the convoy appear to represent a mix of causes, and vehicles, from trucks to motorcycles and camper vans.

FranceBleu radio in the southern Vaucluse region quoted the head of a transport company as saying he and three employees would rally to Paris in separate vehicles. “It’s truly a peaceful convoy,” FranceBleu quoted the man, identified only as Sylvain, as saying.

“The idea is to make ourselves seen, heard. We have to end this health pass,” he was quoted as saying, referring to a COVID-19 pass France requires to get into restaurants and other public venues, and noting that the country has a presidential election in two months.

While the vast majority of French adults are vaccinated against COVID-19, France has seen weekly protests against vaccine rules and virus-related restrictions for several months, notably by far-right groups. The convoy attempt comes as participation in the protests has waned recently.

French hospitals and older adults have been hit hard by repeated infection surges during the pandemic. Health Minister Olivier Veran said Thursday that was too early for people to let down their guard, warning the pandemic isn’t over yet.

The French convoys do not appear to have a single organizer or rallying cry. Some of the online groups include people who were active in the yellow vest protest movement against perceived economic injustice, which largely fizzled in 2019 after the government responded to some of the participants’ concerns.

The French protesters have been sharing images of truckers in Canada who have blockaded border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa. They want an end to Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions, including a rule for all truckers entering the country to be fully vaccinated.

Some are also calling for gatherings elsewhere in Europe, but it’s not clear whether the different actions in different countries are coordinated.

A couple of Telegram groups in Spain are calling for gatherings and trying to organize logistics and food donations.

Anonymous ID: 7698fa Feb. 11, 2022, 6:10 a.m. No.15601273   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1288 >>1304 >>1663 >>1795 >>1837

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-freedom-convoy-protest-in-ottawa-today-1.5777051

Here's what you need to know about the 'Freedom Convoy' protest in Ottawa today

Ottawa's police chief is issuing a warning to people thinking of coming to the capital for a third weekend of 'Freedom Convoy' protests: don't come.

"We expect that many demonstrators are considering coming to the city this weekend; please do not come," Chief Peter Sloly says.

"For those of you that are planning to come here and commit offences, don't! There will be accountability for any unlawful criminal activities that occur in this city in relation to this demonstration."

As the protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health measures in downtown Ottawa reaches its third weekend, 400 trucks remain parked on Wellington Street and roads throughout the Parliamentary Precinct. Several roads, businesses and a COVID-19 vaccine clinic remain closed.

New emergency measures could be on the way from the province in a bid to bring the Ottawa protest, and a blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit, to an end.

CTV News has learned that the Ontario government will invoke new emergency measures on Friday, and possibly issue a state of emergency. Sources say Ontario will use the measures to levy stiffer fines and penalties.

Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to make an announcement Friday morning at 10:30 a.m.

As of Thursday, Ottawa police reported 25 arrests in connection to the demonstrations, while more than 1,700 tickets have been issued for Highway Traffic Act and Bylaw offences, including excessive noise, use of fireworks and suspended licences.

There are 126 active investigations ongoing in connection to the demonstration.

Sloly says negotiations continue to have the remaining vehicles in the so-called 'red zone' leave the area.

"The negotiations have been ongoing, literally ongoing from before the first convoys arrived in Ottawa," Sloly said, adding officers negotiated the removal of 12 trucks from the Ottawa Baseball Stadium and ten trucks from the downtown core on Thursday.

"In every one of the negotiations, we've tried to find a peaceful and lawful way for individuals and groups of individuals, including the vehicles and conveyances that they've brought here, to leave peacefully, lawfully. We have also been clear that unlawful behaviour will be met with consequences."

The chief says a team of Ottawa police liaison officers and negotiators from across the province are in town to speak with the demonstrators.

"To convince people who feel they came here, have made their points, are now suffering, potentially in jeopardy for any unlawful activity to return to their homes and bring their vehicles with them," Sloly said.

"It will continue until the very last day when the very last truck and demonstrator leaves here, either through negotiation or through enforcement."