A Winnipeg, Man., woman who has somehow never met an Indigenous person, let alone worked with the Indigenous community, said she will no longer support their causes after was seven minutes late to a peewee hockey game because of a rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en people.
“I’m giving up, I can’t do this anymore,” said Karen Cieca, 54, from her certified pre-owned mid-sized SUV.
“I mean, I never so much as read an article to learn about Indigenous people, but inconveniencing me is no way to get people to support your cause.”
Meanwhile across Canada, non-Indigenous communities are this close to almost having to go without many of the things currently denied many First Nations communities because of ongoing rail blockades.
Even though Canada will move heaven and earth to ensure they have clean water, heat and other necessities, analysts say the very risk of going without is considered much, much worse for non-Indigenous people than it is for First Nations who actually live without.
