charter of lefts

A big thank-you to the Vancouver mayor and (ABC slate) councillors who applied the brakes to some of the runaway madness at City Hall. The February 15th council meeting included a proposed Climate Justice Charter which was officially received but apparently will not be dictating any future course of action.

Manifestos such as this one are increasingly coming out of the closet to reveal that the issue is really more about Socialism and the redistribution of money, resources and land, than Climate.

The Climate Justice Charter would have us accept that at the core of the climate emergency (what emergency?) are the privileged descendants and beneficiaries of pioneer thievery:
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To understand the significance and scale of climate justice, we must look back at the devastating legacy of settler colonialism in the climate crisis we are facing. Settler colonialism was used across Turtle Island (North America) to remove Indigenous Peoples from their lands so that white settlers could steal them and profit from rampant resource extraction such as logging, mining, fishing, whaling, and trapping.

The document is heavily laced with the premise that indigenous sovereignty is the solution to the crisis (what crisis?) and the number one goal is:

Recognize and accept Indigenous sovereignty as a foundation of climate justice, such as:
• Participating in ongoing decolonization and reconciliation processes, including:
• tangible reparations such as returning lands and waters to Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations with potential areas for their exclusive cultural and spiritual uses;

Contrary to the Disney version however, a recent case of indigenous sovereignty in action is the Sen̓áḵw Development planned for Kits Point. The Squamish Nation intends to build 12 towers up to 59 stories as market housing for 10,000 to 12,000 people with a density of 545 dwellings per acre, and Vancouver’s racist and environmentally destructive zoning practices can’t do anything about it. Another example is the post-treaty blanketing of housing and a mega-mall on former suburban farmland at Tsawwassen First Nation. Like “climate justice”, it seems the concept of “land stewardship” is open to broad interpretation.

Appendix A of the Climate Justice Charter also provides a glossary called anti-oppressive terms including Racism, White Supremacy, Genocide, Colonialism and Settler Colonialism (one being more egregious than the other?). This just seems to exude deep feelings of divisive hatred, rather than adding insight into the concept of reconciliation the authors purport to achieve.

In these politically-correct times it is very dangerous to stand against the narrative, and the ABC team should be commended for their bravery.