Wow it's a title

are we drawing the connection between worker safety and consumer safety & public health yet?

More on the health point:

"US Department of Labor proposes more than $1M fine following worker fatality at New Jersey vegetable processing facility"

Heres a not so friendly reminder, as an lgbt metis person, i dont give a single fuck what your blog is themed or if this is too painful for you to look at. Reblog this post. Reblog this post with the sources of the 751 children who were found.

Your compliance and silence as well as the compliance and silence of your ancestors is what allowed these schools to open and kill first nations children. The children of MY people.

Dont follow me if you cant reblog this post or the one with sources to your political blog or your most popular blog. Add trigger warnings if you must but if your political blog is only focused on the harms you personally face like being lgbt then you need to see some bigger pictures and stop being afraid of angering your racist mutural or actually saying some shit about racism. If you can reblog some antifa graphics or add blm to your bio to be a surface level ally, you can reblog some sources on the genocide first nations people faced and still face today.

They were CHILDREN.

I’d like to add this photo I took last night in Victoria of the statue of Captain Cook. Though I myself am not indigenous, I 100% agree that these murderers, kidnappers and rapists shouldn’t have huge statues and plaques that decorate them and say how “great” they were.

Here’s another photo of the legislative assembly from yesterday. Later on there were more items, candles and signs at the memorial, as well as a big poster with 1505 painted on it but I didn’t get a picture

People need to see this. Not just quickly glance at the photos and keep on scrolling. They need to see this.

I went to a “Cancel Canada Day” event and burst into tears - not because I was surprised to learn of the unmarked graves (survivors told us they were there. Our government pushed it aside, and we let them), but because seeing all the people gathered in mourning drove it home: They. Were. Children.

This is my country’s legacy - and it’s not history. The last schools closed during my lifetime. My Father went to school with students who lived at the local residential school, after it was changed to a boarding house (read: holding centre) for indigenous youth who went to local schools.

Content Warning: This message discusses Residential Schools, denialism, and genocide. It may be triggering. Please prioritize your well-being. If you need support, contact the 24-hour Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419

other resources:

Resources

Indian Residential School Crisis LineA national service for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience. Support is available 24/7. (604) 985-4464

Indian Residential School Crisis Line (toll-free) 1 (866) 925-4419

Hope for Wellness Help Line (toll-free)Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention by phone or online chat to all Indigenous people across Canada. 1 (855) 242-3310

Hope for Wellness Help Line (online chat) Visit the website

KUU-US Crisis Line Society (adults/Elders line)Provides crisis services for Indigenous people in BC (250) 723-4050

KUU-US Crisis Line Society (children/youth line) (250) 723-2040

KUU-US Crisis Line Society (toll-free) 1 (800) 588-8717