{"id":7232,"date":"2020-10-21T17:01:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=7232"},"modified":"2020-10-21T23:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:29:16","slug":"to-what-extent-is-it-wise-as-journalists-and-as-vice-prime-ministers-to-add-oil-to-heated-conflicts-just-to-score-a-political-point-about-systemic-racism-even-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/10\/21\/to-what-extent-is-it-wise-as-journalists-and-as-vice-prime-ministers-to-add-oil-to-heated-conflicts-just-to-score-a-political-point-about-systemic-racism-even-i\/","title":{"rendered":"To what extent is it wise, as journalists and as vice-Prime Ministers, to add oil to \u201cheated\u201d conflicts, just to score a political point about \u201csystemic racism\u201d, even if it at the expense of the sad NS fisheries dispute?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lobster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7233\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lobster.jpg 377w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lobster-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lobster-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 85vw, 172px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <em>Global News<\/em> article entitled \u201c<em>Systemic racism \u2018runs very deep in Canada<\/em>\u2019\u201d, Ms. Chrystia Freeland said the latter \u201cwhen asked about the dispute over Mi\u2019kmaq fishing rights in Nova Scotia\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-global-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zrqr9PpNjq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7407857\/systemic-racism-runs-very-deep-chrystia-freeland\/\">Systemic racism &#8216;runs very deep&#8217; in Canada, Freeland says<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Systemic racism &#8216;runs very deep&#8217; in Canada, Freeland says&#8221; &#8212; Global News\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7407857\/systemic-racism-runs-very-deep-chrystia-freeland\/embed\/#?secret=zrqr9PpNjq\" data-secret=\"zrqr9PpNjq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if that was 100 percent true (not just by criminals who committed arson of fire in the fishery plant and van but by every family member of every fisher of every NS town\/village), the words seem unwise, even if they may be courageous, because they are not put into context and they are tempered in any way whatsoever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi will rise above this conflict that she is not an\nexpert of anyhow, to just bring some perspective from a second life she had in\none of the most boiling regions of the world, much more than the province of Nova\nScotia for sure\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanese political leaders, as disconnected from the population or as corrupt as they can be, at least ALL have the wisdom of calming things down. Even militia organizations despised by the majority have discipline and common sense when needed to stop abuses (and abuses there are constantly, and especially now). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bambi\u2019s non-expert citizen\u2019s opinion, Ms. Freeland\nshould have explained to the population, through the question of the journalist,\nwhat is at stake in this conflict, out of respect for both Indigenous and other\nfishermen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the main blocking point in the dispute? Why\nare we there and why have we been in this double bind Marshall judicial\ndecision of 1999?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why can\u2019t we be at a different place, like for example\nour government helping the indigenous company in starting a business (as a start-up),\nproviding a loan, etc. ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why don\u2019t these indigenous fishermen work in the other industry or the other fishermen one day in their industry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should we have an apartheid of fishing rules, in\nhonouring not just peace and friendly treaties, but also common sense in our\ncountry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi is not an expert of fishing, even if she grew up\nby the Mediterranean sea and is a proud Atlantic Canadian. She just knows that people\nget angry when they see double standard in life (even when it is in the spirit\nof reconciliation, as Ms. Freeland said very well, thank you). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it normal to have one group fishing all year and\nthe other only during legal season? Even in the name of \u201cmoderate livelihood\u201d\n(even without a clear definition of the latter)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, why can\u2019t Mi\u2019kmaq lobster fishers fish MORE\nthan moderate livelihood? Why can\u2019t they become owners of successful and rich businesses\ndown the road in 2, 5, 10 or 50 years from now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bambi\u2019s non-expert opinion, the above could be done\nwhilst having the same rule about fishing seasons for all, for equity and\ndemocracy in our country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi will keep saying the same, even if a group of Lebanese-Canadians\n(former Phenicians) decide to begin a lobster business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is convinced of this. This is democracy 101. She\nwill allow herself to borrow the words of a great natural psychologist (hello\nGladson, Dear brother-in-law or rather brother ?).\nHe said many years ago about Lebanon during her visit there: \u201c<em>Lebanon always\nloses when one group takes control over the others, regardless of the group<\/em>\u201d.\nHe meant group in power or interest group. Bambi thinks that the same logic\nwould be a voice of wisdom in any country, including us in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, she hopes from the bottom of her heart that the dispute will end. No one will be injured. Everyone will be fishing, eating, selling, and earning a living. When the pandemic will end, she hopes they will all celebrate lobster festivals together and we will eat their delicious products (same product of our same Dear Atlantic ocean!)! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Global News article entitled \u201cSystemic racism \u2018runs very deep in Canada\u2019\u201d, Ms. Chrystia Freeland said the latter \u201cwhen asked about the dispute over Mi\u2019kmaq fishing rights in Nova Scotia\u201d: Even if that was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7232"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7249,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7232\/revisions\/7249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}