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Originally Posted by vid
I am looking at their website right now and the only thing about it is the weekly summary of Day 6, literally in the lowest and furthest right position on the home page.
Also, since native people consider their contracts to be between them and the crown, the death of the second closest person to the crown is actually something they're thinking about. Local coverage in Northern Ontario has been about Philip's visits with indigenous leaders here.
So by all means, do go ahead and say the rest of the things you're not saying in your observation.
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Yes, I am sure that the CBC national networks based in Toronto had treaties with Indigenous people in mind when they went all in on coverage of the Prince's death and tributes to him.
I actually don't care if Canada acts as though it has obvious ties to the UK. It's actually a bit ridiculous to claim as some do that the British (erm Canadian actually) Royals are no more relevant to Canada than say the Sultan of Brunei or Akihito in Japan.
If people can't see the ironic contradiction between all of the coverage about Philip this weekend and the CBC's anti-colonial and decolonial bent, then what can I say?
So if the Crown based in London is surprisingly but also conveniently exempted from our contemporary collective scorn for colonialism, then who or what is going to be the lightning rod for Canadian anti-colonial activism? Honest question.
You guys will be pleased to know that over the weekend on other forums I rapped on the knuckles of Québécois nationalists, media types and politicians who were asking questions like "why the fuck is the National Assembly's flag at half-mast for this guy?". It was fun to remind them (as a non-monarchist) that the deceased was one of the top people in the "Crown" structure which is the source of the power and authority of the legislature in question. Well, you'd think that most of them would know this and maybe they did...