{"id":8229,"date":"2020-12-16T22:34:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T02:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=8229"},"modified":"2020-12-16T22:34:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T02:34:59","slug":"a-statement-by-the-bloc-quebecois-on-mr-otooles-comments-on-residential-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/12\/16\/a-statement-by-the-bloc-quebecois-on-mr-otooles-comments-on-residential-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"A statement by the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois on Mr. O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s comments on residential schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Quebecflag-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8230\" width=\"270\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Quebecflag-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Quebecflag-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Quebecflag-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Quebecflag-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Quebecflag-1-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 85vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>First, here is Mr. Yves-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchet&#8217;s tweet, including his <em>Bloc Qu\u00e9becois<\/em> (<em>BQ)<\/em> party&#8217;s statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"536\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blanchet_onOToole.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blanchet_onOToole.jpg 624w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Blanchet_onOToole-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not understand French, here is a quick translation of the tweet above: &#8220;<em>I am not that interested by the motivation of the Leader of the Conservative party to suggest that residential schools may have had another intention than the acculturation of the Indigenous people. Nevertheless, I wish that the real history, even if it is troubling, be admitted, known, and taught<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, below, you can read the official statement of the BQ, as published in French first, followed by a quick translation into English for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Mr. Blanchet for your wise and straightforward words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi was curious to see the reaction of Ms. Jody Wilson-Raybould. As of 10:23 PM, there was no reaction on her Twitter account. Bambi will allow herself to say the following: Thank you Ms. Jody Wilson-Raybould for not playing politics over either mere stupidity (or malice?!) of your peers. As usual, you remain focused on the crying issues of your fellow Indigenous people, without any virtue signalling or pandering. Thank you for your authenticity, which is rare in politics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bloc-quebecois\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ooGF50LK6l\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blocquebecois.org\/2020\/12\/17\/le-bloc-quebecois-sinquiete-des-propos-du-chef-conservateur-sur-les-pensionnats-autochtones\/\">Le Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois s&rsquo;inqui\u00e8te des propos du chef conservateur sur les pensionnats autochtones<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Le Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois s&rsquo;inqui\u00e8te des propos du chef conservateur sur les pensionnats autochtones\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blocquebecois.org\/2020\/12\/17\/le-bloc-quebecois-sinquiete-des-propos-du-chef-conservateur-sur-les-pensionnats-autochtones\/embed\/#?secret=ooGF50LK6l\" data-secret=\"ooGF50LK6l\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Le Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois s\u2019inqui\u00e8te des propos du chef conservateur sur les pensionnats autochtones<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Shawinigan, le 16 d\u00e9cembre 2020 \u2013 Le Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois s\u2019inqui\u00e8te des propos tenus par le chef conservateur, Erin O\u2019Toole, devant des militants de son parti. La lecture historique que fait le chef du PCC est erron\u00e9e. Yves-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchet souligne qu\u2019on ne peut pas ainsi confondre une volont\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9ducation des enfants autochtones et g\u00e9nocide culturel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Le chef du Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois prend toutefois acte de l\u2019admission d\u2019erreur du chef conservateur. Il consid\u00e8re qu\u2019il faut plut\u00f4t saisir l\u2019occasion et, au contraire, enseigner l\u2019histoire r\u00e9elle de la relation entre les Autochtones et le Canada qui, pendant des d\u00e9cennies, avait pour intention de faire dispara\u00eetre un ensemble de cultures riches et diversifi\u00e9es en assimilant les enfants autochtones dans un r\u00e9seau de pensionnats administr\u00e9s par le clerg\u00e9.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois worries about the Conservative leader\u2019s comments on residential schools<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Shawinigan, December 16, 2020 &#8211; The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois is concerned about remarks made by Conservative leader Erin O\u2019Toole in front of his party activists. The historical reading of the CCP leader is wrong. Yves-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchet emphasizes that we cannot thus confuse a desire to educate Indigenous children with cultural genocide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The leader of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, however, takes note of the Conservative leader&#8217;s admission of error. He considers that one must rather seize the opportunity to, on the contrary, teach the real history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada, which for decades intended to wipe out a set of rich and diverse cultures by assimilating Indigenous children into a network of clergy-run boarding schools.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, here is Mr. Yves-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchet&#8217;s tweet, including his Bloc Qu\u00e9becois (BQ) party&#8217;s statement: If you do not understand French, here is a quick translation of the tweet above: &#8220;I am not that interested by [&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\/8229"}],"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=8229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8234,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions\/8234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}