Veldon Coburn
@VeldonCoburn
Associate Prof @mcgillu Anishinaabe from Pikwàkanagàn & family from Kinngait. PhD - political science | Personal account
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Liberal MPs call for Canada to join France in recognizing Palestinian state ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…
My thoughts on the usage of mass starvation as a weapon of war in Palestine: When you take away a peoples humanity, you can justify the most unjustifiable acts. We must all speak up against using mass starvation as a weapon of war. It is a war crime. Let us not lose our…
Yes. When you starve children to death, people tend to dislike it.
We keep losing celebrities... Michael Caine has officially been afflicted by propaganda derangement syndrome.
Fascinating shift on Israel in the last few days from a very wide range of center-left politicians & voices that had previously defended the country’s conduct
Fascinating shift on Israel in the last few days from a very wide range of center-left politicians & voices that had previously defended the country’s conduct
The obligation to prevent genocide, including through starvation, binds Canada. Israel is deliberately creating conditions of life calculated to physically destroy Palestinians in Gaza. Canada is failing in its duty to take all reasonable measures to prevent Israel’s actions.
Canada condemns the Israeli government’s failure to prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Israel’s control of aid distribution must be replaced by comprehensive provision of humanitarian assistance led by international organizations. Many of these are…
The humanitarian crisis? It’s a genocide, Anita. We’re well beyond a humanitarian crisis.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens by the day. Women and children are starving, without adequate access to food and water, the most basic of needs. It is inexcusable and must end. Canada’s position is unwavering: an immediate ceasefire is essential. Hostages must be…
If your email address is published on your employer’s website, you can test the Multi-Factor Authentication just by making a post about the genocide in Gaza. MS Authenticator is getting a workout tonight.
PM Carney still using some reserved language for what has become the stain on the 21st Century and humanity: the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Canada condemns the Israeli government’s failure to prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Israel’s control of aid distribution must be replaced by comprehensive provision of humanitarian assistance led by international organizations. Many of these are…
Western leaders are abandoning Bibi the Butcher. His voracious appetite for the genocide of Palestinians has turned Israel into a pariah state. If there is any justice, these same leaders will discharge their obligations to the ICC and arrest this monster.
We strongly condemn President Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre. Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became. A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a…
This man should be sitting in Scheveningen with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
Funny how respecting constitutionally‑protected treaty rights suddenly becomes a ‘5 % veto.’ It’s not a popularity contest, it’s the law—and it’s been on the books since 1763, 1870, and 1982. Maybe crack open the Constitution before blaming Grand Chief ‘Big Bad 5 %.
We've kind of backslid into accepting that representatives of ~5% of the population can veto projects affecting 100% of the population. It's making us all poorer, weakening us against the United States, and we've never actually voted on it. It's untenable.
CBC has quietly censored pro-Palestinian voices under pressure from HonestReporting Canada—a group openly aligned with the Israeli state. In doing so, the broadcaster has traded journalistic integrity for appeasement, and lost credibility on all sides. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…
If Indigenous people were treated equally, settler society would have to make good on paying the rent you owe to Indigenous people and proper compensation for unjust enrichment by selling Indigenous resources of which you did not have right or title.
What would occur if that “settler society” withdrew all financial support and treated Indigenous peoples equally alongside all other Canadians?
A new report commissioned by the Wabun Tribal Council says there is no historical evidence of Métis communities on their territory — a direct challenge to the Métis Nation of Ontario's claims to the region. cbc.ca/news/canada/su…
Alberta—the province that brought in the Alberta Sovereignty Act—wants to run over the sovereignty of every other jurisdiction.
As with Quebec, provinces that block pipelines shouldn't be able to collect equalization. Welfare bums are telling workers they can't do their jobs.
Indigenous people have no obligation to rescue settler society from its own failings. Take some responsibility for your shitty economy and pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.
Ah yes. All about the dollars. Nothing to do for what’s best for Canada.
📢 New report by Dr. Leila Inksetter, commissioned by Wabun Tribal Council, finds no evidence of a distinct, mixed-ancestry community in Wabun Territory—challenging MNO claims. Read here: chiefs-of-ontario.org/wp-content/upl… For more information, please visit: chiefs-of-ontario.org/priorities/jus…