Canada is a colonizing nation. Canada always has been and will always be, including Indigenous Peoples

 

We have been hearing the word "colonizer" shouted about, hoping to insult white Canadians most of the time.  It is a term that is often misunderstood, especially in the present situation and when the movements of "Reconciliation" have been moving slowly and not at the pace that many people would like it to go.

Here is the problem though.  Canada was never intended to be a republic, was never meant not to allow for immigration.  Canada was never meant to be anything else but a colonizing country.  Those who have studied the British North America Act of 1867 will come to the realization that the political institutions of England, were simply transported to Canada even if these institution failed to provide the much need infrastructure that was needed.

What occurred was that Ottawa became the "colonial office of England" and the provinces became the colonies of Ottawa.  This also included all the treaties signed by the government before and after 1867.  Is Canada a colonizing government or nation?  Yes absolutely and unfortunately there is nothing Canada can do about it, unless the governments, including First Nations, are willing to sit down and over the next twenty or so years, come up with a new constitution that is acceptable to everyone.  this includes having the same members on this council for the entire twenty years.  Yes the whole constitution in all it's parts and sections would all have to be changed along with all relating laws and programs and political infrastructure which would include repealing the Indian Act and other related government acts.

Even if this was achieved, it would not erase the history of the country, including First Nations history for they too have a history of colonialism to some degree with other First Nations, including the ones that do not exist anymore and have been absorbed into other First Nations in the past and present.

There are many things that need to be changed, and no one appears to understand how deep these changes may have to go.  To use "colonizer" as a slang or derogatory term is meaningless.  The reality is that Canada was and is a colonizing country right from the beginning, and there is historical evidence that even some First Nations were colonizers as well.  Where will all of this go?  I believe everyone knows that answer.  For now it is not going anywhere.