Melissa Mbarki: Don't blame Indigenous people for Calgary cancelling July 1st fireworks yyc
I’d like to know how many Indigenous groups, people and communities were consulted about this. Many of us look forward to July 1st festivities, including the fireworks. It’s one of the few times when Canadians get together and celebrate the diversity of our country.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
By its very nature, reconciliation needs to include a wide range of voices, especially when a decision is made on behalf of Indigenous people. Hearing just one or a handful of voices, with a particular viewpoint, is not the foundation for long-lasting relationships between Indigenous communities and government.
Attempting to be culturally sensitive on our behalf is placing Indigenous people in a silo. This move makes us look as if we’re anti-Canadian and/or anti-fireworks, which makes no sense at all. Decisions like this pit us against other Canadians, and quite frankly, make us look naïve and uneducated. We saw this in a tweet by Calgary city councillor Kourtney Penner, who was defending the decision. A tweet that could perhaps have been about the environment or traffic control turned out to be about her views on reconciliation. Penner went on to claim that reversing the fireworks decision would be “upholding colonialism and racism.”
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