Toronto mayor Olivia Chow is encouraging the idea of adding an
indigenous (i.e. Indian or Inuit (formerly Eskimo)) councillor to the
Toronto City Council. This individual would be *appointed*, not elected,
but still have full voting rights.
Brian Lilley points out why this is objectionable just in case it isn't >obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsMieSpx-gU [3 minutes]
Some of the comments are fun. A few of them propose Buffy Ste. Marie to
fill the post; she's only recently admitted that she was born in the US
after decades of being honoured as a Canadian aboriginal performer; she
was "adopted" by a Cree tribe in Saskatchewan as an adult and used that
to obtain various awards and honours in this country.
Toronto mayor Olivia Chow is encouraging the idea of adding an
indigenous (i.e. Indian or Inuit (formerly Eskimo)) councillor to the
Toronto City Council. This individual would be *appointed*, not elected,
but still have full voting rights.
Brian Lilley points out why this is objectionable just in case it isn't obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsMieSpx-gU [3 minutes]
Some of the comments are fun. A few of them propose Buffy Ste. Marie to
fill the post; she's only recently admitted that she was born in the US
after decades of being honoured as a Canadian aboriginal performer; she
was "adopted" by a Cree tribe in Saskatchewan as an adult and used that
to obtain various awards and honours in this country.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
Toronto mayor Olivia Chow is encouraging the idea of adding an
indigenous (i.e. Indian or Inuit (formerly Eskimo)) councillor to the
Toronto City Council. This individual would be *appointed*, not elected,
but still have full voting rights.
Brian Lilley points out why this is objectionable just in case it isn't
obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsMieSpx-gU [3 minutes]
Some of the comments are fun. A few of them propose Buffy Ste. Marie to
fill the post; she's only recently admitted that she was born in the US
after decades of being honoured as a Canadian aboriginal performer; she
was "adopted" by a Cree tribe in Saskatchewan as an adult and used that
to obtain various awards and honours in this country.
How is that not a pr0n star name?
On Mar 17, 2025 at 1:34:14 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
Toronto mayor Olivia Chow is encouraging the idea of adding an
indigenous (i.e. Indian or Inuit (formerly Eskimo)) councillor to the
Toronto City Council. This individual would be *appointed*, not elected,
but still have full voting rights.
Brian Lilley points out why this is objectionable just in case it isn't
obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsMieSpx-gU [3 minutes]
Some of the comments are fun. A few of them propose Buffy Ste. Marie to
fill the post; she's only recently admitted that she was born in the US
after decades of being honoured as a Canadian aboriginal performer; she
was "adopted" by a Cree tribe in Saskatchewan as an adult and used that
to obtain various awards and honours in this country.
This happens in Hawaii, too, and I've never been able to figure out how it has
survived given how unconstitutional it is.
Hawaii has seats in the state legislature that are "native only". If you're not a Hawaiian native with proof of your pedigree, you literally can't run for
office to be elected to those seats.
Imagine if Colorado or Wisconsin had several seats in the state legislature reserved for white candidates only. That wouldn't be allowed to stand for a millisecond. Yet Hawaii gets away with it. I can only imagine no one has ever challenged it because if anyone *had* challenged it, there's no way any court could allow it given the Constitution and federal statutes and civil rights jurisprudence against it.
The only other way I can see this being allowed is under the moviePig 14.5 Amendment-- otherwise known as the Seems To Amendment.
On Mar 17, 2025 at 1:34:14 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
Toronto mayor Olivia Chow is encouraging the idea of adding an
indigenous (i.e. Indian or Inuit (formerly Eskimo)) councillor to the
Toronto City Council. This individual would be *appointed*, not elected,
but still have full voting rights.
Brian Lilley points out why this is objectionable just in case it isn't
obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsMieSpx-gU [3 minutes]
Some of the comments are fun. A few of them propose Buffy Ste. Marie to
fill the post; she's only recently admitted that she was born in the US
after decades of being honoured as a Canadian aboriginal performer; she
was "adopted" by a Cree tribe in Saskatchewan as an adult and used that
to obtain various awards and honours in this country.
This happens in Hawaii, too, and I've never been able to figure out how it has
survived given how unconstitutional it is.
Hawaii has seats in the state legislature that are "native only". If you're not a Hawaiian native with proof of your pedigree, you literally can't run for
office to be elected to those seats.
Imagine if Colorado or Wisconsin had several seats in the state legislature reserved for white candidates only. That wouldn't be allowed to stand for a millisecond. Yet Hawaii gets away with it. I can only imagine no one has ever challenged it because if anyone *had* challenged it, there's no way any court could allow it given the Constitution and federal statutes and civil rights jurisprudence against it.
The only other way I can see this being allowed is under the moviePig 14.5 Amendment-- otherwise known as the Seems To Amendment.
On 2025-03-17 5:57 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
Toronto mayor Olivia Chow is encouraging the idea of adding an
indigenous (i.e. Indian or Inuit (formerly Eskimo)) councillor to the
Toronto City Council. This individual would be *appointed*, not elected, >>> but still have full voting rights.
Brian Lilley points out why this is objectionable just in case it isn't
obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsMieSpx-gU [3 minutes]
Some of the comments are fun. A few of them propose Buffy Ste. Marie to
fill the post; she's only recently admitted that she was born in the US
after decades of being honoured as a Canadian aboriginal performer; she
was "adopted" by a Cree tribe in Saskatchewan as an adult and used that
to obtain various awards and honours in this country.
How is that not a pr0n star name?
Are you familiar with her? Not in the biblical sense, but the
entertainment sense ;-) She's a singer/songwriter dating back to the
folkie era. I have no idea how well known she is in the US
shouldn't be completely unknown to you given that some of her songs have
been successful, although most of them became hits for other people
doing them as covers. I'm personally not a fan of her vocal style.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Sainte-Marie
Despite claiming for decades that she was a Cree from Saskatchewan, she
was actually born in Massachusetts to an Italian father and a mother of English heritage.
anti-Italian sentiment at the time, the family changed it to the French-sounding Sainte-Marie.
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