See this picture? This comes from a town in Canada where a 24 pack of water bottles is 104 dollars and formula milk for a baby is priced at 55 dollars a pack. What’s more, a pack of diapers is 95 dollars and one head of lettuce is 26 dollars. Inuit people are starving in a country known for it’s generosity.
If you don’t believe this is true, you can find more images like this here. This is the only grocery store these people have in their small towns, and many people are going hungry & elderly are dying faster.
You’ll send aid to foreign children that are starving, so why won’t you pay a little extra to feed the people in your own country who work hard & still can’t afford the prices for healthy food for their families?
Please reblog this photo to raise awareness that even in our own countries people are starving, join the movement and show the government that we won’t sit by and watch people starve.
Children in a first world country are getting sick & starving, and nobody is even aware it’s happening. You can let people know by reblogging and showing you care. People I am close to, my friends and future in-laws are going through this.
Love how little attention this post gets from my beach blog followers.
Signal boost.
I was expecting explanation as to WHY the prices are so high… o_o
wtf. Can we send them some cows? (I know that sounds insulting, it’s kind of meant to - my school’s idea of helping other countries is the wonderful idea of sending them cows, so it’s an inside joke. Also I’m not entirely joking, we are surrounded by cows in this area, we joke there are more cows in a given town than people… I wonder if I could steal one or two and how much it would cost to mail them to some of these unfortunate families. Again, wtf why and how and WHAT and HOW ARE THE PRICES SO HIGH?)
Actually, you can explain that by the fact that they are so much further down the road that the groceries that can reach them cost a fortune to get there because of the gas.
And the cost isn’t going to change so long as the powers that be in Ottawa (Harper & co.)’s only interest in the North is ‘how many militaries can I fit up there?’
so, this happened yesterday in the Canadian House of Commons
I love my country
i love my country too.
Pat White for the win!
Sometimes, JUST SOMETIMES, the heckling is worth it.
children in Soviet Russia exposing their bodies to a uv lamp to make up for the lack of sun they were getting
You probably laughed, but people past a certain longitude don’t get enough sunlight and are vitamin D deficient because of it. I had to take pills my whole life to compensate for lack of sun until I moved to Edmonton for school.
Guys… Gals… Non-gender specifics…
Saskatoon just legalized sex workers.
This is big news. Like
HUGE.
Like… Canada-wide precedent I think…
More to come soon.
Idle No More Protests Held Across the North →
Idle No More rallies were held Friday across Canada, including in the territories.
The grassroots movement takes aim at the federal government’s handling of First Nations treaty rights and supports Attawapiskat Chief Teresa Spence, who is on day 11 of a hunger strike. She’s demanding the prime minister meet with First Nation leaders.
In Yellowknife, more than 200 people joined a march that began at the Dene Nation office and culminated in a traditional tea dance at a downtown intersection.
Melaw Nakehk’o organized part of the Yellowknife event.
“We had a beautiful fire feeding ceremony this morning,” she said. “The kids in Ndilo school came out and prayed with us as the sun was coming out.”
In Iqaluit, 30 demonstrators broke out into a drum dance at the airport just after noon. They sang an ayaya song about hope and attracted the attention of holiday travellers.
Lakuluuluk Williamson-Bathory, one of the organizers of the Iqaluit event, said the federal government needs to live up to its side of treaties and land claim agreements.
She said she was happy with the support for the event.
“It’s a great turnout,” she said. “Lots of people who wanted to sing, who wanted to dance, who wanted to drum who wanted to hold signs. For Iqaluit, where it’s a small place and not many public spaces to be in together, I think it’s fantastic.”
The flash mob was organized through Facebook and Twitter like many Idle No More events across the country.
People gather at an Idle No More rally at the Elijah Smith building in Whitehorse on Friday. (David Croft/CBC)
In Whitehorse, more than 100 people crowded in the lobby of the federal building. Most were First Nations and many were young.
There was only one short speech. Sylvester Jack Jr. asked Yukoners if the federal and territorial governments are standing up for what they want.
“And I ask everyone to have a true look and be honest with yourself,” Jack said. “Is your government representing us, and the second question I ask you, do you support what our government is doing to us?”
Dustin Wilkinson, 19, said he believes it’s time to step up to protect the environment.
“I feel like I should be part of it, and I feel like should be getting my voice to everybody, because it’s not only us that’s getting affected, it’s everybody around the world,” he said.
On Thursday, Idle No More organizers in Meander River, Alta., just south of the N.W.T. border, blocked traffic heading south on the Mackenzie Highway.
“It was great, actually,” said Sidney Chambaud, one of the organizers. “We stopped traffic. We used the local fire truck with the emergency lights on and then we had some barricades up on both the south and north lanes of the highway.”
Chambaud said protesters blocked off the southbound lane for about an hour creating a kilometre-long lineup of traffic.
In Hay River, there was a protest too with more than 50 people in attendance.
Sooooo… we just got a Christmas Card from Stephen Harper…
Where do I even begin?
First off, is he sending one of these to everyone? All 30 odd million of us? What a waste of money, just send us E-cards or something.
Secondly, no one in this house voted for you, fuck off.
Thirdly, I see that your fetishization of the Jews and support base of Conservative Christians are catered to and everyone else is nondescriptly filed under “seasons greetings”. It’s good to see you haven’t changed.
…fuck it, just add all applicable critiques of Harper and his shenanigans on top of that. I’m lazy. Brb got to go burn this.
Canada, you need to look deep within yourself.
This is what Natives in Canada deal with daily. Anti-Native racism is so normalized that, while it would be considered impolitic for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba to allow this Braydon fellow to continue being their youth wing president, this is representative of the ugly face of Canadian populism.
Why is this so persistent? Even if it can be easily discounted and dismissed with only a modicum of research?
The legitimization of settlement is through a narrative of conquest and destiny. Without which, the naked land grab and theft that constituted settlement and laws like the Dominion Lands Act could not be so easily justified.
and wherever there is a narrative of conquest and destiny, there has to be noble victors and a vile and inscrutable enemy to pit them against. Losers, fated to succumb to inevitable domination at the hands of indefatigable settlers marching inexorably forward under banners of progress. Losers who have always been cast in shadows and existing outside of linear time, moribund savages described according to essentialisms of primitivity and stubborn resistance to prescribed betterment.
Canada needs its colonial bogeymen, and Canada will always invent new roles for them to play.
Roles like “freeloading indians.”
But in an age where the leaseholder fails to uphold its obligation according to the terms of the lease, one which has made the leaseholder rich beyond its wildest dreams, who is really the freeloader?
oh, and you can let Braydon Maz know just how wrong he is here.
We’ve got a lot of work to do to pry settlers from their cherished racism.
It’s actually really, really bad here, especially in the prairie provinces.
Never scroll past a twerking soldier. Thank you for serving our country with your brave booty.
Officer Booty reporting for duty.
Call of Booty
Call of Booty: Back Dat Ass Ops.
Oh. My. God. That is a Canadian soldier.
This is what our tax dollars go towards. #betterthanmostofthetorybudget. #stillbetterthanfighterjets
Marching on the Courthouse.
Rounding to the Courthouse
At the Courthouse
Marching on Canada Place
At Canada Place with Liv
Marching off.
Sorry for the photo spam. But today, all across Canada there occurred a mass of protests in coordination with the “Idle No More” movement. The Idle No More movement was started by 4 women (3 aboriginal, 1 caucasian) in opposition to the Harper Government’s use of Omnibus bills, specifically bill C-45, to mess with the Treaties that Aboriginal Nations have with the Queen (and by extension, the Government of Canada). Harper is no friend of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, but has done his best to placate any potential Aboriginal resistance thus far in his reign. But all across Canada, people are waking up and saying no.
I was there today in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Idle No More march/rally. At it we heard from speakers from many different Aboriginal governments and organizations. They spoke on the topics of Aboriginal sovereignty, the Treaties, Aboriginal appeals to the UN, and how Aboriginal people need to stand up and say ‘No’. There are even entire community and band councils which are saying No to the Harper government, and not receiving government payments because of it!
It was a very powerful protest, with drummers, prayer songs, and songs of resistance. There was easily 1200 people out today (with just over 1500 saying they were coming on facebook). It was overwhelming the sense of solidarity that I felt today, aboriginal, non-aboriginal, all were there in support of the rights of Aboriginal Canadians. I brought some of my Wobbly comrades in solidarity and went with my Aboriginal friend (Athabaskan Chipewyan First Nation). The drumming resounded in the hearts of all present and as the beats echoed among the buildings of this metropolis of capitalism and colonialism, everyone present could feel the gravity of the situation, and the collective strength of those in attendance, and those who would be if they could be.
The march stopped at the courthouses to decry the corrupt system and appeal for fairness in arbitration regarding Treaties and Aboriginal Government’s dealings with the Federal Government. Once the march reached Canada Place, there were more drum songs and a circle dance the size of two skating rings side-by-side formed circling the entire entrance area of Canada place. I partook in the dance and the feeling of cooperation and brotherhood/sisterhood was incredible. There was easily 300 or more people in one massive dance.
Afterwards the march moved to a school for a feast (which was packed so me and my friends did not attend). It was a good day with a good march and excellent organizers. I helped marshal as the march moved through the streets. We (the IWW Edmonton GMB members) brought some of our “In Solidarity” picket signs, and a couple Syndicalist/Anarcho-Communist flags in solidarity with our Aboriginal borthers and sisters. When asked (a dozen or so times over the course of the event) about the flag’s meaning, we recieved positive comments and encouragement from all the people who inquired. Many were glad that their cause was reaching such a diverse base, and that non-Aboriginals took as seriously the issue of the betrayal of the Treaties as many Aboriginals, and they appreciated the solidarity and support.
I must admit I was a little worried that we might be viewed as trying to co-opt things or disturb shit, but we went with pure intentions and were received thusly. I am always careful to try and not patronize or belittle (whether accidentally or intentionally) other cultures or what have you, and living in the NWT it is sometimes difficult to not come across as patronizing or some kind of white saviour because of how much experience I have with Aboriginal culture (I’ve done many First Nations games and been to feasts, drum dances, and witnessed many smudging sessions and prayer songs). I’m glad that no one that spoke to us saw us as people with white-saviour complexes or some kind of hipster fetishizing douchebags, and that I was welcomed into the circle dance.
It was an incredibly powerful and moving protest. And I was marching for all my Aboriginal friends who couldn’t, and for human decency in general.
Mr. Sub gets Canadians - (x)
This is possibly one of the best unwitting caricatures of Anarchy I’ve seen in a commercial haha. Oh if only they knew what they were doing…
I shall call this video, the Canarchy video.
The 2002 Canadian film Men With Brooms, starring and directed by Paul Gross, centres on the sport of curling, telling the story of a curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective life issues and struggle to win the championship for the sake of their late coach. The film grossed over $4.2 million, almost all of it in Canada, making it the top-grossing Canadian English-language film subsidized by Telefilm Canada between 1997 and 2002.
Sometimes I love this country haha.
