Dallas Brodie： ‘Nothing to Reconcile For’
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Summary
A bill that would remove Truth and Reconciliation Day as a holiday in British Columbia, Canada, was introduced in the House of Commons of Commons Speaker Mike Notley on Nov. 14, 2019. Bill C-69 would remove the day as a public holiday because it doesn t deserve to be one.
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Mr. Speaker, our bill will remove Truth and Reconciliation Day as a holiday in British Columbia.
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This day celebrates the greatest lie in Canadian history,
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the lie that 215 bodies were found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
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But the truth is, Canadians never have committed a genocide.
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This holiday seeks to shame Canadians for building a civilization.
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For building Canada instead of leaving this land as an untamed wilderness.
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The idea that we need to reconcile presumes an act of wrongdoing and regret.
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But we have no regrets, nothing to reconcile for, and no apologies to give, because we did nothing wrong.
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Settling and building Canada was great, and we're proud of it.
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Canadians embarked on grand and daring journeys to explore this continent.
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They braved rocky rivers and scaled towering mountains.
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They built this beautiful legislative building.
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Canadians discovered insulin and saved millions of lives.
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Canadians ushered in marvels of engineering and sent astronauts into outer space.
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We're proud to have staved off the American invasion in the War of 1812.
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We're proud to have fought in one and two world wars.
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We're proud we ended slavery, established laws, and brought peace to warring tribes.
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We're proud to have brought Indigenous people with us into the modern age and formed Canada together.
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Instead of guilting our nation, let's celebrate it.