That's a nonsense rascist statement. Arguing feelings from 'people' 200 years oops since 1492 err 900ad err 10,000 yers ago err possibly 125,000 yers ago. trying to figure who is first, while biasly interpretting recorded history by artifacts of ghosts is silly. How far back are we going to go to settle historys' 'inconvenient truth' to make you feel better today? Evolutionist? or Creationist?...how absurd.
As a descendant of colonizers I think we have done/are doing a very poor job of honouring the promises we made to the original inhabitants to get them to move into tiny areas of the country so we could bulldoze the rest. The list of atrocities is long and they continue to this day.
I do have a dog in this fight as the mother of my two sons is indigenous who was a victim of the 60s scoop. Through knowing her, truths I was never taught about in school have been sought after and revealed to me. I sometimes hang my head in collective shame that really belongs to past and present governments who still do their best to oppress our first citizens albeit via the courts instead of with guns.
Being adopted I think I relate more than most of my peers to the plight of those wrenched from family ties. I feel little attachment to most of my adoptive parents family outside of my immediate family members like my mom, naturally born sister and my sons. My also adopted sister and I never got along and she passed almost 4 years ago. I do feel a lot closer to their children but have little contact with them and don't know any of their children. A lot of that is because I moved way up to northern Alberta almost 23 years ago when my nieces and nephews were just teens or younger.
It's taken all of my adult life and a couple years of therapy to finally begin to understand vaguely how much my beginnings may have shaped the chaos of my life and how similar circumstances have affected generations of the first people. I never used to dwell on it much but since becoming alcohol free two and a half years ago I find my thoughts drifting into those areas more often. After decades of alcohol abuse I can feel my brain still clearing as it heals slowly and hope I enough time left to reach clarity.
As to immigration I believe we need to stop thinking of it as an alien invasion and welcome those that wish to become Canadians regardless of race, colour or creed. In a couple hundred more years we will all be little brown babies so hopefully that part of prejudice will be eliminated. Then we can deal with religion if it's still a disruptive factor. Or exists at all.
Heaven knows we need many strong backs and talented people to fill positions us lazy ass Canadians can't or won't fill. Each new wave of immigrants settle in after a generation or two and in the meantime bust their humps to improve their lot thereby improving the lot of all Canadians.
