'Idle no more' in a Society of Idleness and Consensus

Canadians are being divided and are weakened by this division.

It is no surprise that a divided nation is weak.We Canadians are not seeing the bigger picture anymore and are instead made to focus in on the petty. Well, we apparently relish in it. We have been inundated with Reality Television, squabbles between petty characters, emotionally saturated with the puerile to the point we no longer know what is going on in our own backyard.

Bill C-45 is going on and ask anyone on the street, at work, at church what that Bill means, they'll probably reply with  negative and often racist comments about the aboriginal people fighting it. They might comment on the native's inability to manage money following Therese Spence's audit. 

How hypocritical we are as a country when we look to the south and see the racism of Americans without seeing our racism and at the same time our own ignorance. What is bill C-45? Ask someone you know. If you don't know and they don't know, shouldn't that scare you more. Shouldn't you be concerned when newspapers try to discredit a person when they are taking a stand? Shouldn't that make you question things? It is one thing to fire criticism at a person, it is another to ignore what the other monkeys are doing and start thinking for yourself.

There was the Oka Crisis back in 1990 and racism came out then. Does anyone remember what that was about? It was about a land dispute. 

In this issue, this 'Idle no More', we also have land in question.

Bill C-45 has overhauled the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) of 1882, renaming it the Navigation Protection Act (NPA). The former mandated approval and consultation of any kind of construction in or around a water way. Under the latter, there is more room for approval for development along a circumscribed list of waterways set by the Minster of Transportation. 

Certain waterways flow through native land. 'Development' means change but what kind of change?

The NWPA has restricted development and of course, environmental damage and destruction. 

With the NPA and Bill C-45, that could change and not only native land but Canadian land could be destroyed due to corporations and cronies of our Prime Minister. 

But no, no, no, we focus on Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence. The audit, her inability to lose weight. All these things show up in the comments below on-line columns and news reports. What is wrong with us? Are we so low as to resort to high school taunting and bullying approaches? This woman is fighting for Canada and her people, not just one or the other. 

But we defend our stupidity. We read newspapers and rally to our idiot boxes and office coolers, making snide lazy comments instead of writing to our MPs and asking questions. We are so ridiculous we believe we have crafted opinions using our own minds when the Canadian brain is becoming the most polluted resource in the northern hemisphere. Fed on a diet of television and junk food magazines, most Canadians are as aware of what is going on in their countries as the average American. 

I have certainly read the criticism and tried to investigate the other side but I have to ask - why the audit? If Chief Spence was in the wrong, if she is making a fool of herself, then there would be no need to bring that up. This was an obvious tactic, one of 'pointing the finger' back. If the government believed they were doing the noble thing, why would they have the newspapers dig up such an issue. Mismanagement of money? Canadian politics is rife with that, Liberals and Conservative governments alike have wasted our money. 

But when it came to Prime Minister Chretien, he had CEOs pay their own way on trips to Europe, Asia and South America. February of last year, Harper and 30 CEOs were entertained in China. Who fit the bill for each one of these CEOs? We, idle and complacent Canadians, of course.

I am afraid of this country because of the arrogance, the racism and moreover, the absolute complacency involved in this consensus of idleness and petty criticism. The Canadian majority don't know that they insult their own selves by remaining unaware. They insult themselves by repeating the reports they've heard or read instead of forming thoughts for themselves. They are decided because they adhere to a certain party. That is just as ludicrous as saying 'I follow because I am told'. There is no deductive reasoning going on in this country. There is no investigation by everyday people. Not at all. They are brainwashed and their lashing out is the tell-tale sign. They rally to the executioner, they prefer Stalin without realizing one day Stalin will attack them.

Anyway... isn't anyone going to ask why Harper went to China? Why did Harper go to China? Well China basically owns part of the tar sands in Alberta. In 2011 China's CNOOC acquired the bankrupt OPTI Canada. OPTI's "main asset was a 35 percent working interest in Nexen's Long Lake oil sands project," according to Jennifer A. Dlouhey of the Houston Chronicle. 

Those who criticize 'Idle no More' without asking questions themselves should look at the Tar Sands in Alberta. Please also see the link to the Destructive Canadian Oil Sands

For those who are parents and grandparents, this is not the time to get lost in the mundane. The aboriginal culture believes they are guardians of the land whereas the the White European Legacy has always been take and destroy. The land is theirs to take and pillage.

Who do we side with? In the Bible it says 'love thy neighbor.' There is no specifications. The neighbour doesn't have to be a certain way. This land never belonged to anyone. We are here to live and live wisely. The neighbour is everyone as Christian philosopher Soren Kierkegaard notes in his Works of Love. And our neighbor is sitting on land that was designated for them. Land that is in trouble of being contaminated. Land that is part of Canada. This country.

54,000 square miles of land have been ruined in this country. That is a quarter of Alberta. What's next? Northern Ontario? Saskatchewan? Doesn't matter because there will be jobs. Of course, the economy. The economy. Our kids and grandkids can deal with the mess. Let's watch the movie Wall-E and not even consider that a possible future for this country.

But no, let's be racist and say terrible things about people that are standing up for this country. Our Prime Minister is selling Canada out but many still defend him because they voted for him. Just because you voted for him, you swore allegiance to him. He is human and makes mistakes. Harper isn't Canada. We are.

To me, this is not an issue of Liberal, NDP or Conservative. This is an issue concerning a country that is being destroyed on a vast scale. The environment is important. In Germany, there are wind farms and houses are blanketed with solar panels. We could do that here without jeopardizing our soil and our waterways and dishonoring our relationships with the aboriginals.

To some extent, I feel it is too late and write not to the choir but to those of the motley crowd who have traded away their thinking. I am writing to my MP. I am asking him questions. Are you concerned at all? Why do you trust what you are told? Why do you want to insult and sully yourselves by being racist and complacent about an important issue? Pick up the pen. Type out a simple letter. Start somewhere. I am trying to. I'm nauseated by all this destruction I am beginning to see. I think of a tool box sticker in a shop: "If you're not angry, you're not paying attention."