Let's end apartheid

Let’s open up a conversation that everyone in this country, including our politicians, stay away from like the plague.

Canada’s Indigenous apartheid system was studied and used as a model in South Africa in the 1940s. It’s a system that uses status cards and classifies people by race. Those status cards should and would have been abolished if it were not for the entitlements that come with them, so apartheid and status cards remain. 

When are people and politicians going to grow a back bone and tackle this subject head-on and start nation building so we become one country, all proud Canadians under one flag. Any person born here or becomes a citizen should be entitled to equal rights on a level playing field for all. Not to be labeled a settler or a colonist — we do not rent a country, this is our home a home for all, we are not going anywhere.

Why are we so righteous today that we think that we can put our values of today on the history of yesterday. We did not live in those times, but we do learn from history to improve and move forward to make a better country.

I, as many, think the situation where we apologize for the past is also accompanied by the seductive power of money as if it seems to solve any situation. Is it such a bad idea that we become one nation working together for the benefit of all?

I embrace our different cultures and we should all be proud of our roots, but under one umbrella called Canada.

I for one do not think that we should have a government within a government in one country.

We have the ability to work together nation building and be inclusive what we achieve could be infinite. This is one of the best countries to live in. Let’s end apartheid and tackle the huge elephant in the room.

Justice for all! Start the conversations if you have the courage and ability! O Canada!

Nicholas Parsons, Penticton