#parliament of canada

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“CLASS OF SISSY BOYS WOULD BE PRODUCED,” Weekly British Whig (Kingston). May 10, 1922. Page 17. ---- If We Wipe Out Militia Training, Says Gen. A. E. Ross, Kingston. ---- Ottawa, May 11 - In discussing the militia estimates in the Commons, Brig.-General A. E. Ross, (Cons., Kingston) said it was rather interesting to see that estimates which were whittled down to the lowest figure could be still further reduced. He asked who the people- were who objected to militia training. There were those who had an aversion to what they called "brass hats." Then there were the uplifters. who said we should treat all men as brothers, forgetting that brothers. sometimes quarelled. Others took the ground that there were signs of lasting peace, and cited the disarmament conference in support of this contention.

General Ross emphasized the value of training. As a Canadian example of the value of training, he said that a week's winter training in Canada, with its experience of operations under low temperatures, had provided a method by which it had been possible to wipe out the malady known as trench feet.

"If we wipe out militia training and cadet training and all kinds of training," remarked. General Ross, in conclusion, "we shall produce a class of sissy boys, fanatics in dancing, and not the good old class of boys who made the British Empire what it is."

[olum-sessizligi]

Capital of 🇨🇦

[rabbitcruiser]

The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park as the country’s first national park on June 23, 1887.    

[intersectionalpraxis]

Where do I even begin? I'm appalled. The Canadian government living up to its roots in colonial-settler violence... this is beyond criminal. Contact your MP's. This erasure and anti-Palestinian racism is unacceptable.

For anyone reading this on or after February 26th, 2024 -here is more information/updates:

[oneistoinfinity]

Mapled Mei Day 3: Ottawa

Mei heads to Downtown Ottawa to see the sights and what stories are behind them! #canada #ottawa #visitcanada

Konnicchasssuu! Time to continue the Canada special here in the blog while I am sort of not busy! I suddenly find myself with a busy year-end ahead then start of 2024 will also be a big one. I am taking one step at a time though because I don’t want to stress myself up. Anyway, Day 3 will be a long one so hope you are ready to read it! As always, photos will guide the story on how the day…

[ceilingstar07]

What a week:(

Monday, July 4): US Independence Day! Fireworks and Fun!

Also another devastating mass shooting in the US: Highland Park parade shooting.

July 6: 40+ U.K. MPs resign

July 7: Boris Johnson resigns (basically the UK government collapsed)

July 8: Former PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe is assassinated

There was an internet outage across Canada

July 9: After protestors stormed the Sri Lankan president's house, the president and PM resign.

Elon Musk backs out of Twitter deal

Ex-president of Mexico dies at 100

Meanwhile the war in Ukraine is still ongoing

What a wonderful time it is to be world leader. For the first time, the BBC's homepage isn't just full of America's problems

[newsfromstolenland]

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president.

Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him. Rota introduced Hunka as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division.

Observers over the weekend began to publicize the fact that the First Ukrainian Division also was known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division, a voluntary unit that was under the command of the Nazis.

Full article

Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

[roszabell]

househusband gil likes to be annoying. but make no mistake, matt’s still def gonna tap that when he gets home

pls click 4 kwalitty

[catocomet]

CANADIANS: THERE IS A PETITION YOU CAN SIGN FOR CEASEFIRE

IT IS PARLIAMENT LEVEL

DO NOT LET YOUR VOICES GO UNHEARD

CEASEFIRE NOW. FREE FALASTEEN.

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"NEGOTIATE WITH INDIANS," Weekly British Whig (Kingston, Ont.) September 23, 1912. Page 1. ---- Commission to Secure Surrender of Aboriginal Rights. ---- Ottawa, Sept. 19. - A commission will be appointed shortly to negotiate with the Indians in the newly annexed parts of Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba for the surrender of their aboriginal rights. They will be restricted to reserves and be compensated financially for any rights they may forego.

[eopederson]

Horizon du vieux port, Québec, 2023.

[ireton]

Pastor Artur Pawlowski’s son Nathaniel speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels.

[vox-anglosphere]

On this day in 1819 Canada's Mother of Confederation was born

[intersectionalpraxis]

Imagine cutting humanitarian aid to any country around the world without batting an eyelash. People at their most vulnerable -who are being massively ethnically cleansed and displaced -who are being permanently disabled because of destructive bombings and with whom will probably have little to no resources to help them manage these disabilities their entire lives, who have been and are at the brink of starvation and death... this is what these western/European countries are doing instead of the bare minimum which is a ceasefire.

Albeit it's not a surprise to me (or most of us) since settler-colonial and imperial countries like the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK have notorious histories of genocides against Indigenous people and have been (and currently are) perpetrators of imperial violence.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency provides basic assistance for people -and to deny that life-saving help to Palestinian people (because we know what this is about) is aligning with IOF terrorism -and it undeniably makes these governments all equally complicit.

My MP's office is closed on weekends but I'll be calling and emailing her, and then emailing genocidal apologist Trudeau. Call and/or email your representatives. This is beyond heinous. I truly don't think these governments could sink any lower -be any more evil, and then they do and it's beyond disgraceful.