For God's sake. This was not a day for a powerful white man to weigh in.

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

I watched the special on tv. I wore orange. I just shut up and listened.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. PM Trudeau already weighed ....when he helped spearhead creation of this new national day of

Remembrance.

Trudeau should shut up and not comment on the day he was instrumental in creating?….I fail to join in the outrage.

[applegrove]

2. He only commented after he had been attacked. Their point is he should have

been in Ottawa. This day is not about scoring political points either.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. Why must he have been in Ottawa? Think he should be headlining from wherever he

wants…the creation of this day was much his doing.

Anyone aware of the history of that creation would not be so concerned about making molehill into mountain.

Why he had to be in Ottawa this day?

[applegrove]

4. Exactly. A mountain out of a molehill. Chantal Hebert said it was stupid

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politics on Trudeau's part. I say why not wait a day and go surfing on Friday instead of Thursday. But that O'Toole jumped on Trudeau on his trip made this not about reconcilliation but about politics.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

5. O'Toole's days are numbered. Final swing of the dead cat for media consumption...they like to eat.

[riverbendviewgal]

6. Phone calls are what he made

It is good enough for doctors to do instead of in person visits with their patients. I have anxiety counseling over the phone.
Reconciliation day is a holiday for some institutions like banks but not schools, like Remembrance Day. I don't get it.

I got to go to my aquafitness on reconciliation day. It was not closed but banks were.

Trudeau is a good PM and a good father. People need to have holidays with their children. It is good parenting.

I am happy that Reconciliation Day is happening and that Canada recognizes it's shameful devastating history of Aboriginal children taken from their families by the government and then abused, raped or killed by religious institutions in residential schools. It is time to shine the light on our bad history. I saw many orange shirts yesterday, "All children matter" .

Is there such a thing happening in America?

[applegrove]

7. Don't know if Reconcilliation is going to happen now in the US. Different

histories amount to the same thing I bet: genocide of one form or another, or all forms, and like you say abuse of all kinds. Just sickening.

[True Dough]

8. It's not just some media outlets that are criticizing Trudeau

It's widespread and deserved. Indigenous leaders across the country are making their voices hears on this. It was unacceptable.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Tofino vacation on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation shows where his priorities really lie, says a local Indigenous advocate.

Trudeau flooded headlines leading into the weekend after it was confirmed by his office that he was on vacation Thursday despite his itinerary stating he was in meetings in Ottawa.

“This nation, and the leaders that it has had in the past, have taught its citizens how to treat Indigenous people. A sitting Prime Minister, who knowingly and willfully went on vacation on Truth and Reconciliation day instead of standing with the people he represents says a lot,” says Connie Greyeyes, with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.

https://energeticcity.ca/2021/10/01/114599/

[True Dough]

9. Trudeau apologizes (yet again) for doing nothing wrong

Funny how that works. I wish we had Prime Minister Jagmeet Singh!


https://globalnews.ca/news/8239654/trudeau-apology-first-nation-reconciliation-tofino/