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| '''Canada''' is a [[Settler colonialism|settler-colonial]] and [[Imperialism|imperialist]] state in [[North America]]. Despite being a wealthy country in terms of GDP, over four million people, more than 10% of its population, do not have access to sufficient food.<ref>{{News citation|author=Thin Lei Win|newspaper=Reuters|title=Millions go hungry in wealthy Canada - and some die young as a result|date=2020-01-20|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-health-food-idUSKBN1ZJ0JE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123144111/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-health-food-idUSKBN1ZJ0JE|archive-date=2021-02-23|retrieved=2022-05-22}}</ref> It is a nominally independent country which is still ruled by the [[British Crown]] through the commonwealth system.<ref>[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53036/10-things-queen-england-still-does-canada 10 Things the Queen of England Still Does for Canada] by Kathleen Elise for Mental Floss [https://web.archive.org/web/20220308042440/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53036/10-things-queen-england-still-does-canada (archived)]</ref> | | '''Canada''' is a nominally independent country which is still ruled by the [[British Crown]] through the commonwealth system.<ref>[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53036/10-things-queen-england-still-does-canada 10 Things the Queen of England Still Does for Canada] by Kathleen Elise for Mental Floss [https://web.archive.org/web/20220308042440/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53036/10-things-queen-england-still-does-canada (archived)]</ref> |
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| As a de-facto British territory, it has been a supporter of the Anglo-Saxon global unipolarity through its support of NATO and the US's in foreign interventions.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-role-in-libya-its-biggest-military-gambit-in-decades/article583888/ Canada's role in Libya its biggest military gambit in decades] by [[Paul Koring]] on [[The Global and Mail]]</ref> | | As a de-facto British territory, it has been a supporter of the Anglo-Saxon global unipolarity through its support of NATO and the US's in foreign interventions.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-role-in-libya-its-biggest-military-gambit-in-decades/article583888/ Canada's role in Libya its biggest military gambit in decades] by [[Paul Koring]] on [[The Global and Mail]]</ref> |
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| == Settler colonialism ==
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| Following colonization by the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British Empire]], Canada was under British rule until 1867. In 1876, Canada passed a law that prevented people from testifying or having their case heard in court if they did not adopt [[Christianity]].<ref>{{Citation|author=Andrew Armitage|year=1995|title=Comparing the Policy of Aboriginal Assimilation: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand|chapter=|section=|page=77–78|quote=|pdf=|city=Vancouver|publisher=University of British Columbia Press|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> Children were prevented from speaking their native languages and forced to adopt Christianity and the culture of the settlers. Canada was one of only four countries to vote against the [[Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]] in 2007.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2007-09-13|title=UN adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples|url=|newspaper=United Nations News Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925040218/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10612.doc.htm|archive-date=2014-09-25|retrieved=}}</ref> In 2020, indigenous people were seven times as likely to be murdered as settlers.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[CGTN]]|title=Homicide rate for Indigenous people 7 times higher than non-Indigenous in Canada|date=2021-11-26|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-26/Homicide-rate-for-Indigenous-people-7-times-higher-in-Canada-15uV2CyO8cE/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034214/https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-26/Homicide-rate-for-Indigenous-people-7-times-higher-in-Canada-15uV2CyO8cE/index.html|archive-date=2021-11-27|retrieved=2022-07-01}}</ref>
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| === Residential schools ===
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| Canada forcibly assimilated much of its indigenous population by sending Native children into residential schools from 1831 to 1996.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=CGTN|title=Hundreds of unmarked graves found at another indigenous school in Canada|date=2021-06-24|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-24/More-unmarked-graves-found-at-another-indigenous-school-in-Canada-11m7cJUslBS/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703060743/https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-24/More-unmarked-graves-found-at-another-indigenous-school-in-Canada-11m7cJUslBS/index.html|archive-date=2021-07-03|retrieved=2022-07-01}}</ref> The terrible conditions at these schools led to many deaths, and children were often buried in unmarked graves at the schools. In 2021, 751 graves were uncovered at a single school in [[Saskatchewan]].<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2021-06-24|title=Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243|newspaper=BBC|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2021-12-31}}</ref> In [[British Columbia]], two more mass graves were found, one at Kamloops with 215 indigenous children<ref name=":0" /> and another with 182 graves at Cranbrook.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=CGTN|title=182 unmarked graves discovered at another indigenous residential school in Canada|date=2021-07-01|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-01/182-unmarked-graves-found-at-another-indigenous-school-in-Canada-11xstLW62GY/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702080331/https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-01/182-unmarked-graves-found-at-another-indigenous-school-in-Canada-11xstLW62GY/index.html|archive-date=2021-07-02|retrieved=2022-07-01}}</ref>
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| == Imperialism ==
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| Canada spies on its citizens as part of the [[Five Eyes]] alliance<ref>{{Citation|author=James Cox|year=2012|title=Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910204519/http://www.cdfai.org.previewmysite.com/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf|city=|publisher=|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> and is part of the terrorist organization [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]. It intervened in the [[Russian Civil War]] to help the monarchist [[White Army]], invaded [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|Korea]] in 1950, and invaded [[Libya]] in 2011.
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| === Ukraine ===
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| Canada's military also trained far-right [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] groups including [[Military Order Centuria]] and the [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[Azov Battalion]]. In 2018, Canadian officials met with the Azov Battalion but did not denounce their far-right ideology. Canada's federal government has spent over $890 million on training Ukrainian forces as part of [[Operation Unifier]].<ref>{{News citation|author=Christy Somos|newspaper=CTV News|title=Mounting evidence Canada trained Ukrainian extremists, gov't needs to be held to account: experts|date=2022-04-28|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mounting-evidence-canada-trained-ukrainian-extremists-gov-t-needs-to-be-held-to-account-experts-1.5879303|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503190700/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mounting-evidence-canada-trained-ukrainian-extremists-gov-t-needs-to-be-held-to-account-experts-1.5879303|archive-date=2022-05-03|retrieved=2022-05-22}}</ref>
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| == Economy ==
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| 75% of the world's mining companies are based in Canada.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Owen Schalk|newspaper=[[People's Voice]]|title=Going for Gold: Neocolonialism and Canadian mining in Africa|date=2021-09-06|url=https://pvonline.ca/2021/09/06/going-for-gold-neocolonialism-and-canadian-mining-in-africa/|retrieved=2022-12-27}}</ref>
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