Dear Editor:
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberals in 2025 are allowing legally purchased land to be taken away by judges and given to Indigenous peoples.
I have family members who are Indigenous and I dearly love them and I am glad they have status and the benefits that they do with dental and school tuition, etc.
However, when I see total injustice which can affect all Canadians, I have to speak out. If the federal Liberals want to give away homes and land, they are welcome to give their homes and land to Indigenous, as the federal politicians have higher wages and investments, probably overseas, to offset their donation.
However, the average Canadian has worked and sacrificed years to own a home for their family. Richmond, BC has already had a judge give land to the Indigenous in 2025. This has set a precedent which now has Indigenous in Quebec pursuing settlements.
So, I would suggest that municipalities stop announcing Indigenous land in our communities, as it is history, not land today. Remove the statements. You are literally promoting the removal of your own home. Our early explorers built homes in Canada, too. We are not posting statements about that municipally. How come?
Our homes and land are not part of any land deal in 2025. You and I “legally,” through a lawyer and/or a legal document, purchased our land and homes and no one has the right to say the sacrifice we made to do this is meaningless and Indigenous own it because they may have travelled through the land or set up a camp hundreds of years ago.
We have to remove Liberal leadership and get a common-sense government in like the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre to bring wealth and jobs back for all Canadians and justice to our country.
I am a senior. Previous political leaders like Conservative John Diefenbaker or Liberal Lester B. Pearson would never have condoned land grabs from Canadians. It is undemocratic. It is insane.
Please voice your desire to protect your home and land while we can and speak out against the land grab for our homes. Injustice thrives when good people do nothing!
Carolann Krusky,
Fergus
*Editor’s note: Canada’s branches of government are independent and therefore politicians do not have a say in court decisions. The Richmond decision mentioned in this letter was made by the BC Supreme Court. The federal government, along with the city and province, is appealing the ruling. Quw’utsun (Cowichan) Nation officials have repeatedly stated they have no intention of displacing private property owners.