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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: August 6, 2023, 4:58 pm
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/un-rapporteur-syria-prisons-canada-1.6926787
Canada is condemning citizens in Syrian camps to 'life
sentence,' UN rapporteur says
It's OK for hypocrisy to be "white"
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> The UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human
rights says Canada is putting the lives of its citizens at risk
by not helping to return them from prisons in Syria.
>
> "It is inconceivable for any country, including Canada, to
leave its vulnerable children in these camps for a day longer
than they should be," said Fionnuala Ní Aoláin in an interview
airing Saturday on CBC's The House.
>
> The UN special rapporteur also accused the Canadian government
of hypocrisy, arguing that its actions on citizens in Syria
devalued other efforts on the international stage.
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> "Canada is the leading state on the children-in-armed-conflict
agenda at the UN. But actually those words ring hollow when
you're telling other countries to look after their children in
other conflicts and you're not prepared to look after your own,"
she said.
>
> A number of Canadian citizens have been detained in Syrian
camps, suspected of links to the ISIS terrorist group. They
haven't faced charges or been given a trial. The camps are
controlled by Kurdish-led authorities.
>
> Ní Aoláin visited a series of the camps and prisons during a
visit to the region last month, and she told guest host Ashley
Burke that she was devastated by the conditions, especially in
what's known as the Panorama prison.
>
> "It is, in my view, the worst prison we have on Earth at this
time, simply because of the scale of mass arbitrary detention of
children," she said.
>
> "There's nothing like this place on Earth."
>
> Ní Aoláin painted a picture of life in which children are
regularly torn away from their families without notice or
recourse. Boys as young as 12 years old were in one camp her
group visited, and there are 700 male children in the Panorama
prison, she said.
>
> "I know people are tired of hearing about the conditions in
northeast Syria, but the conditions worsen by the day."
>
> The Canadian government has been embroiled in a federal court
lawsuit launched by families of citizens detained in the camps.
The families' lawyer argues it's against the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms for Canada to let these citizens "rot over there"
and not bring them home.
>
> Ní Aoláin also said security experts she had spoken to argued
that countries like Canada had the capability to mitigate any
security concerns and give citizens due process while still
upholding their responsibilities.
>
> "But again, I would say civilized society don't separate women
from children. Canada has had a long and terrible history of
that, and I wouldn't suggest we start again with women and
children in northeast Syria."
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: August 9, 2023, 3:04 pm
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/toronto-principal-suicide-weaponized-rhetoric-1.6928122
It's OK for anti-racist suppression to be "white"
Black students, teachers and politicians concerned about
rhetoric after Toronto principal's death
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> The group said it fears people are weaponizing the incident to
push back against anti-racism initiatives
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> Black students, teachers, politicians and advocates from
Hamilton gathered Friday, voicing concerns about the rhetoric
around a Toronto principal who died by suicide, sayingpeople are
weaponizing his death to push back against anti-racism efforts.
>
> Kike Ojo-Thompson, chief executive officer of the KOJO
Institute and the anti-racism trainer accused of denigrating
Bilkszto, said the accusations are false and mischaracterize
what happened.
>
> Ojo-Thompson calls Bilkszto's death a tragedy and offers her
condolences to his family, but also said his death has been
weaponized to discredit and suppress anti-racism efforts.
>
> 'We're not going anywhere'
>
> "For the government of Ontario to put into question the hard
work that Black, Indigenous and racialized people have fought so
hard for is simply illogical," Naomi Ogunjobi, a 17-year-old
Hamilton student entering Grade 12, said. She was one of the
students in attendance at the event.
>
> "We want change seen in the halls of our schools, the hearts
of our students ... everyone here stands united."
>
> Aaron Parry, a Black graduation coach with Hamilton-Wentworth
Catholic District School Board, said he has seen Black students
face hyper-surveillance, racist bullying from school staff, a
lack of safe spaces and a lack of caring staff.
>
> "We know anti-Black racism exists, now it is a question of if
it matters," he said.
>
> She said she fears if that resistance gains momentum, the
voices of racialized staff and students will be ignored.
>
> Hamilton Centre member of provincial parliament Sarah Jama
stressed the important of anti-racism resources, saying how it
teaches racialized children that the discrimination they face
isn't their fault and they're not alone.
>
> Hamilton Centre member of parliament Matthew Green said he and
others will fight to ensure anti-racism training doesn't
disappear.
>
> "After every social progress, there is a reaction. We're not
going anywhere," Green said.
>
> They're calling on all school boards in Hamilton to affirm
their commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression training.
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: August 11, 2023, 4:04 pm
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-racist-place-names-remain-1.6924026
It's really shameful': N.B.'s racist place names remain, despite
years of calls for change
It's OK for place names to be "white"
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> When elders from Chief Allan Polchies's community see place
names with derogatory language, it's triggering for them, he
says.
>
> At least seven locations across the province bear the name of
a racist and misogynistic term used against Indigenous women —
more than any other province or territory, according to the
Canadian Geographical Names Database.
>
> "Our elders see that, it upsets them," Sitansisk Chief
Polchies said.
>
> "When your spirit is upset, it doesn't give you a very good
feeling," Polchies said. "We want to make sure those place names
are changed."
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> Mi'kmaw leaders have urged the province to change derogatory
names for years, according to an organization representing
several communities.
>
> In 2019, the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing
and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls called upon governments
to prioritize eliminating "the social, economic, cultural, and
political marginalization of Indigenous women, girls, and
2SLGBTQQIA people when developing budgets and determining
government activities and priorities."
>
> "Whenever issues of overt racism are not managed immediately,
it is difficult to believe that dealing with racism is a
priority," Varma wrote in the report.
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: August 11, 2023, 4:09 pm
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HTML https://www.immigration.ca/expanding-immigration-while-not-fixing-systemic-racism-could-deter-newcomers-from-coming-to-canada/
Expanding Immigration While Not Fixing Systemic Racism Could
Deter Newcomers from Coming To Canada
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> Independent research professional Themrise Khan sheds light on
the endemic racism that exists within Canadian society, arguing
that leaving it unaddressed while simultaneously expanding
economic immigration would deter migrants from coming to Canada
or staying for long.
>
> the social implications of bringing in newcomers are often
underlined by racism and discrimination towards the “visible
minorities” entering the country.
>
> She cites “heightened surveillance of select immigrant
populations, intense scrutiny of some of their financial
resources and discrimination against migrant workers” as
examples in support of her point.
>
> Khan adds on that “there have also been incidences of hate
crimes against members of immigrant groups. The government must
address the issue of racism in immigration policy with a series
of broad measures.”
>
> Immigrants are drawn towards Canada in the hopes of improving
their standard of living through increased economic returns;
however, with a socially hostile environment as detailed above,
their chances of accruing economic ground would be continually
threatened.
>
> They would resultantly not come to Canada in the first place,
or instead leave prematurely to escape a systemically
threatening environment for them and their loved ones.
>
> 70 percent of the annual immigrant intake comprises non-white
newcomers from the Global South
>
> Racist treatment of foreigners is not confined to purely
interpersonal interactions, according to Khan, but is even
propagated in official discourse.
>
> They are treated as “numerical targets” to be achieved in a
pre-specified time-frame – a form of dialectic subjugation that
is implicit in capacity, but produces real-world consequences
for immigrants’ and Canadians’ perception of newcomers to the
country.
>
> The point in question is again demonstrated in the form of the
“ideal immigrant” narrative surrounding international students,
which is nothing but a racist stereotype that is normalized by
Ottawa.
>
> Herein, students become numbers and factorials in broader
calculations regarding the Canada labour market and long-term
socio-economic returns, and are lost in micro-level
considerations regarding their ability to enrich themselves and
have a brighter future through education.
>
> Khan’s main point – in discussing the foretasted social issues
– is that immigrants are reduced to labels and economic tools,
which separates them from any sociological evaluation of
racism’s role in hindering their own social and economic
flourishing.
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: August 18, 2023, 7:47 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD59TyBzx-E
#Post#: 21687--------------------------------------------------
Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: August 23, 2023, 2:27 pm
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HTML https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/jamaican-migrant-workers-sent-back-from-ontario-farm-after-exposing-conditions-1.6528212
Jamaican migrant workers sent back from Ontario farm after
exposing conditions
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> Jamaican migrant workers were sent back to the Caribbean from
a farm in Ontario earlier this month after holding a one-day
strike in protest of their workplace conditions
>
> Videos shared to TikTok back in June showed the conditions
that the workers were living in and prompted the Jamaican
government to begin its investigation, which remains ongoing.
>
> In one of the videos obtained by CTV News Toronto a row of
toilets with shower curtains acting as doors are flooded to the
brim, overflowing into the kitchen area of a bunkhouse.
>
> In another video, a man can be seen shouting and swearing at
workers, “That’s bullshit. This is costing me a f***g fortune,”
seemingly alleging the farmers clogged the drain by pouring
grease in it.
>
> “You guys can clean the goddamn thing out," the man yells
while standing in the middle of a bunkhouse of workers.
>
> The man, who identifies the bunkhouse as “his property,” can
then be heard telling the employees that they cannot stop
working in protest of the sewage spilling into their living
quarters.
>
> “If you choose not to work today, that will be a problem,” he
says. “You don't pick and choose the day you want to work --
anyone have a problem with my schedule?”
>
> At another southern Ontario farm, a Jamaican man died in 2022
while operating farm equipment, triggering calls for the
Canadian government to provide more rights and safety for
migrant workers.
>
> The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program has recruited
Jamaican farmers to Canada for eight-month stints since 1966 and
has since expanded to Mexico and other Caribbean countries.
>
> It’s a program requirement to provide workers with “adequate,
suitable and affordable housing,” according to the federal
government.
>
> local media reports in which a representative for the group
suggested that they were sent home as “payback” for raising
concerns about their living conditions.
>
> The Justice for Migrant Workers said the premature
repatriation and the employment of new workers are “attempts by
the employer to suppress workplace resistance,”
>
> “This incident demonstrates that the existing mechanisms not
only fail to protect workers, but actively facilitate their
precarity both here in Canada and back home,” the grassroots
organization says, indicating that these issues are system-wide,
rather than isolated. “Workers who complain are routinely
disciplined and repatriated.”
>
> Bibi said the conditions at the Ontario farm are “rough,"
consisting of nearly 12-hour days of hunching over and pulling
tomatoes until his contract concludes in October.
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: August 31, 2023, 3:10 pm
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HTML https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/this-canadian-province-wants-to-pick-immigrants-based-on-their-nation-is-that-fair-or/article_f32063b9-4fb7-5c5c-8677-460c7a4d5d56.html
This Canadian province wants to pick immigrants based on their
nation. Is that fair, or a ‘slippery slope’?
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> In a first-of-its-kind pilot project, Saskatchewan is picking
skilled immigrants based on their country of residence, raising
eyebrows for deviating from Canada’s selection system that has
otherwise been open to all regardless of race and nationality.
>
> The unique program is only open to candidates who live in
Czechia, Germany, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia
and Ukraine. One professor says that undoes Canada’s successes
with the points program.
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: guest98
Date: September 8, 2023, 4:09 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/6/migrant-workers-in-canada-vulnerable-to-modern-day-slavery-un-expert
It's OK for modern-day slavery to be "white"?
Migrant workers in Canada ‘vulnerable’ to modern-day slavery: UN
expert
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> UN special rapporteur says he is ‘deeply disturbed’ by migrant
workers’ accounts of abuse and exploitation in Canada.
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> Montreal, Canada – Canada’s temporary foreign worker
programmes are a “breeding ground” for modern forms of slavery,
a United Nations expert has warned, about a year after Jamaican
farmworkers in the province of Ontario denounced their
mistreatment.
>
> The UN’s special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,
Tomoya Obokata, said on Wednesday that he was “deeply disturbed
by the accounts of exploitation and abuse shared” with him by
migrant workers during a two-week fact-finding mission to
Canada.
>
> “Employer-specific work permit regimes, including certain
Temporary Foreign Worker Programs (TFWPs), make migrant workers
vulnerable to contemporary forms of slavery, as they cannot
report abuses without fear of deportation,” Obokata said.
>
> “We are treated like mules and punished for not working fast
enough,” they said.
>
> “We are exposed to dangerous pesticides without proper
protection, and our bosses are verbally abusive, swearing at us.
They physically intimidate us, destroy our personal property,
and threaten to send us home.”
>
> For years, rights advocates have called on the Canadian
government to address systemic issues in its temporary foreign
worker programmes, arguing that the schemes leave labourers open
to abuse and with little recourse to get redress.
>
> Between 50,000 and 60,000 foreign agricultural labourers come
to Canada each year on temporary permits to work
>
> Yet the workers, many of whom have been coming to Canada for
decades, say they are forced to live in crowded, substandard
housing and work long hours in unsafe conditions. They also say
they face the threat of deportation or other retribution if they
raise complaints.
>
> rights groups have urged Canada to immediately grant
permanent immigration status to all temporary foreign workers
and other migrants in the country, saying such a move would
offer them the best protection against possible abuses.
>
> Demonstrations demanding “status for all” will take place
across the country later this month.
>
> “The United Nations Rapporteur has yet again stated what we
all know, and migrants have been saying for decades – a two-tier
system of immigration … breeds exploitation, exclusion and
violence,” Hussan said in a statement.
>
> “All migrants, including undocumented people, migrant
students, workers and refugees, must have permanent resident
status to protect themselves and ensure a fair society.”
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: .
Date: September 9, 2023, 8:08 pm
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HTML https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/pathologist-testifies-in-trial-of-manitoba-jail-guard-explains-cause-of-inmate-s-death-1.6554018
Pathologist testifies in trial of Manitoba jail guard, explains
cause of inmate's death
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> Robert Jeffrey Morden, a corrections officer at the Headingley
Correctional Centre in Manitoba, has been charged with criminal
negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities
of life. He has pleaded not guilty.
>
> The charges come in connection to the death of William Ahmo, a
45-year-old Indigenous man who had been an inmate at the jail
when he became involved in a standoff with guards on Feb. 7,
2021.
>
> Court heard Ahmo became enraged and agitated during a standoff
with officers after he believed he was the subject of a racist
joke. The comment, court heard later, may have come from another
inmate.
>
> Throughout the struggle, Ahmo can be heard – at times yelling
and at times gasping – that he couldn't breathe – words he said
more than 20 times.
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Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
DIR By: .
Date: September 15, 2023, 8:59 pm
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HTML https://www.cp24.com/news/video-shows-london-suspect-telling-police-he-hoped-to-inspire-young-white-men-1.6562613
It's OK for inspiring to be white
Video shows London suspect telling police he hoped to inspire
'young white men'
(video at link)
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> Hours after his arrest, the man accused of killing four
members of a Muslim family told police he hesitated before
carrying out his attack but decided to get it “over with,”
hoping to inspire other young, white men to target Muslims, his
trial heard Friday.
>
> Nathaniel Veltman has been charged with four counts of
first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for
hitting five members of the Afzaal family with his truck while
they were out for a walk in London, Ont. Prosecutors have
alleged his actions in June 2021 amount to an act of terrorism.
>
> Veltman - who has pleaded not guilty - is seen telling London
police detective Micah Bourdeau that he carried out his attack
with a vehicle so that other white men who share his views could
see it was possible to kill Muslims even without access to guns.
>
> He further told police that he was compelled to commit
violence against Muslims because he felt he would be called a
racist and ostracized if he expressed his views about Muslims
and other minorities through non-violent means.
>
> The accused said he had been watching videos online of attacks
on mosques and synagogues. He listed the 2019 mass shooting in
New Zealand, which saw 51 Muslim worshippers slaughtered, as a
source of inspiration. Another was the Quebec City mosque
shooting in 2017, Veltman told police.
>
> “It was the clothes,” Veltman is heard telling police in the
video, confirming that he identified the family members as
Muslims based on what they wearing.
>
> “I was aiming for the parents but I know there was going to be
collateral damage, and I didn't care because I think it had to
be brutal,” Veltman told the detective when asked if he had
known he had targeted children.
>
> Veltman said he felt “sick” to his stomach for brief moments
during the attack but he was “relieved” after running over the
family.
>
> Prosecutors have alleged Veltman was motivated by white
nationalist beliefs.
>
> “They will see what I did and they will be inspired by me.”
>
> he'd left his home on the day of the attack looking for
Muslims to kill and that he'd used a truck to send a message to
others that vehicles can be used to attack Muslims.
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>
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The Canadian government and all the whites within it will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the law for the terrible war
crimes they have committed and continue to commit on me and my
family.
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