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| Canada Kanada Kanata ᑲᓇᑕ Zhaaganaashiiwaki | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Capital | Ottawa |
| Largest city | Toronto |
| Official languages | English French |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Bourgeois parliamentary republic |
• King | Charles III |
| Justin Trudeau | |
| Mary Simon | |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,984,670 km² |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 38,436,447 |
| Currency | Canadian dollar |
Canada is a settler-colonial and imperialist state in North America. Despite being a wealthy country in terms of GDP, over four million people, more than 10% of its population, do not have access to sufficient food.[1]
Settler colonialism
Following colonization by the British Empire, Canada was under British rule until 1867. In 1876, Canada passed a law that prevented people from testifying or having their case heard in court if they did not adopt Christianity.[2] Children were prevented from speaking their native languages and forced to adopt Christianity and the culture of the settlers. Canada was one of only four countries to vote against the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007.[3] In 2020, indigenous people were seven times as likely to be murdered as settlers.[4]
Residential schools
Canada forcibly assimilated much of its indigenous population by sending Native children into residential schools from 1831 to 1996.[5] The terrible conditions at these schools led to many deaths, and children were often buried in unmarked graves at the schools. In 2021, 751 graves were uncovered at a single school in Saskatchewan.[6] In British Columbia, two more mass graves were found, one at Kamloops with 215 indigenous children[5] and another with 182 graves at Cranbrook.[7]
Imperialism
Canada spies on its citizens as part of the Five Eyes alliance[8] and is part of the terrorist organization NATO. It intervened in the Russian Civil War to help the monarchist White Army, invaded Korea in 1950, and invaded Libya in 2011.
Ukraine
Canada's military also trained far-right Ukrainian groups including Military Order Centuria and the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. In 2018, Canadian officials met with the Azov Battalion but did not denounce their far-right ideology. Canada's federal government has spent over $890 million on training Ukrainian forces as part of Operation Unifier.[9]
Economy
75% of the world's mining companies are based in Canada.[10]
References
- ↑ Thin Lei Win (2020-01-20). "Millions go hungry in wealthy Canada - and some die young as a result" Reuters. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ Andrew Armitage (1995). Comparing the Policy of Aboriginal Assimilation: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand (pp. 77–78). Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
- ↑ UN adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007-09-13). United Nations News Centre. Archived from the original on 2014-09-25.
- ↑ "Homicide rate for Indigenous people 7 times higher than non-Indigenous in Canada" (2021-11-26). CGTN. Archived from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hundreds of unmarked graves found at another indigenous school in Canada" (2021-06-24). CGTN. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school" (2021-06-24). BBC. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ↑ "182 unmarked graves discovered at another indigenous residential school in Canada" (2021-07-01). CGTN. Archived from the original on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ James Cox (2012). Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community. [PDF]
- ↑ Christy Somos (2022-04-28). "Mounting evidence Canada trained Ukrainian extremists, gov't needs to be held to account: experts" CTV News. Archived from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ Owen Schalk (2021-09-06). "Going for Gold: Neocolonialism and Canadian mining in Africa" People's Voice. Retrieved 2022-12-27.