05/21/2026
Victoria Day celebrates a monarch who presided over some of the most brutal years of colonial expansion, when Indigenous land was stolen, the Indian Act was imposed, and treaties were signed under false pretenses. These treaties, became tools of dispossession, stripping Indigenous peoples of sovereignty, rights, and freedom. Symbols of partnership, like wampum belts, were exchanged, but the promises were broken.
What was meant to be shared became a centuries-long prison of pain, loss, and grief.
Queen Victoria also oversaw the creation of residential and boarding schools, designed to separate Indigenous children from their families and cultures, a legacy of violence that continues today.
Where is the reconciliation?
The Canadian governmentâs actions speak louder than words:
đ„Undermining international law by rejecting and eroding UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples).
đ„Pushing colonial bills (Bill 5, 97, 54, 14, 15, C-5, C-2, the Canadian Economic Act) that serve corporate greed, not justice.
đ„Jeopardizing Indigenous sovereignty and endangering the rights of migrants, workers, and all people in pursuit of fossil fuel pipelines and billionaire profits.
đ„Canadaâs so-called sovereignty is built on a racist doctrine that justifies dispossession. These bills are part of a broader agenda of oppression, echoing Trump-style attacks on labour, migrants, and climate justice.
Canadaâs colonial violence isnât historyâitâs ongoing. Survivors walk among us. The trauma is intergenerational. The fight for justice continues.
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