tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post2273451215268159807..comments2024-03-08T14:23:31.503-05:00Comments on A Puff of Absurdity: Hedges - the Last Word on Cancel CultureMarie Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-33388340145105425752020-07-28T17:55:09.869-04:002020-07-28T17:55:09.869-04:00The system is much bigger than corporations. Even ...The system is much bigger than corporations. Even in Canada, our legislative process is slow and gives large corporations the advantage since they move at the speed of business and profit. <br /><br />Here in BC, we have the new Declaration Act with a progressive view for systemic change, giving government the power to align laws to the spirit of UNDRIP. Operationally, we are tied to the legislative process which means that amendments to laws, introduction of new laws can only happen a few at a time. e.g If put our efforts into amending the Water Sustainability Act in a session, we don't get a chance to amend policy on Children and Families. <br /><br />I once went to a session hosted by the Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs (they've changed their names many times since) where there was a suggestion to dismantle the Indian Act. He listed the implications a change like that would make - no Indian Status, Indian Reserves disappear, support structures go, the entire department vanishes - what would be the benefits of dismantling a government organization that has racist beginnings but has now become integral to the function of government?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138368545125942921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-32327044384257584332020-07-27T20:06:19.026-04:002020-07-27T20:06:19.026-04:00Yes, I keep reading his words over and over thinki...Yes, I keep reading his words over and over thinking, but what does that <i>look</i> like?? How do I begin to actually <i>do</i> that?? Something about police turning around to face the real enemy, the way the barons did to join forces with peasants in 1215, but I don't have any idea how to make that happen. Or maybe we just spread the word and wait for it to manifest!Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-68446472837603239522020-07-27T18:39:10.613-04:002020-07-27T18:39:10.613-04:00Hedges is ready with prescriptions but he always c...Hedges is ready with prescriptions but he always comes up short on vision of how they might be accomplished. Eventually, endlessly repeated, it becomes empty rhetoric. He runs a good race until the finish line draws in sight. The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.com