Alan Ho MUST GO!
The Issue
This is where our tax dollars in Markham are going.
Estimated over $150,000 each year of it to Alan Ho.
How can elected officials disrespect Indigenous Peoples.
With one breadth the City of Markham professes to embrace and partner with a First Nation, but with another, they refuse to address the disrespect that they witnessed first hand.
We demand the resignation of Alan Ho.
FACTS:
On September 14th at a Regional Meeting, Markham Regional Councillor Alan Ho completely disrespected Indigenous Peoples.
Regional Councillor Alan Ho: I'm talking about, you know, that land acknowledgement. The reading of land acknowledgement and we all wonder, you know, what is the use of that kind of, you know, land acknowledgement?
Mayor John Taylor: to make a comparison between somebody having their house broken into – which can be traumatic, I am not dismissing that – and an entire culture having their language wiped out, having their children taken away and put in residential schools, full of abuse. A history of dispossession of land, of systemic oppression and racism and comparing that to somebody having their home broken into is just, in my opinion, not only not a fair comparison but unacceptable.
1 hr 26 to 1 h 37min
FACTS:
On January 31, 2017 the City of Markham signed a historic agreement of Cultural Collaboration with Eabametoong First Nation, also known as Fort Hope.
Eabametoong is an Ojibway First Nation located 360 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ontario on the northern shore of Eabamet Lake. The community is located approximately 1,000 kilometres north of Markham and the total population of Eabametoong totals over 2,500, of which approximately 1,500 live on-reserve. The community is accessible by air and winter road.
Through the agreement Markham and Eabametoong have agreed to:
Promote social, cultural and economic collaboration in conjunction with Canada’s 150 anniversary
Promote harmony and goodwill for the betterment of their residents
Stimulate public awareness
Petition Closed
The Issue
This is where our tax dollars in Markham are going.
Estimated over $150,000 each year of it to Alan Ho.
How can elected officials disrespect Indigenous Peoples.
With one breadth the City of Markham professes to embrace and partner with a First Nation, but with another, they refuse to address the disrespect that they witnessed first hand.
We demand the resignation of Alan Ho.
FACTS:
On September 14th at a Regional Meeting, Markham Regional Councillor Alan Ho completely disrespected Indigenous Peoples.
Regional Councillor Alan Ho: I'm talking about, you know, that land acknowledgement. The reading of land acknowledgement and we all wonder, you know, what is the use of that kind of, you know, land acknowledgement?
Mayor John Taylor: to make a comparison between somebody having their house broken into – which can be traumatic, I am not dismissing that – and an entire culture having their language wiped out, having their children taken away and put in residential schools, full of abuse. A history of dispossession of land, of systemic oppression and racism and comparing that to somebody having their home broken into is just, in my opinion, not only not a fair comparison but unacceptable.
1 hr 26 to 1 h 37min
FACTS:
On January 31, 2017 the City of Markham signed a historic agreement of Cultural Collaboration with Eabametoong First Nation, also known as Fort Hope.
Eabametoong is an Ojibway First Nation located 360 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ontario on the northern shore of Eabamet Lake. The community is located approximately 1,000 kilometres north of Markham and the total population of Eabametoong totals over 2,500, of which approximately 1,500 live on-reserve. The community is accessible by air and winter road.
Through the agreement Markham and Eabametoong have agreed to:
Promote social, cultural and economic collaboration in conjunction with Canada’s 150 anniversary
Promote harmony and goodwill for the betterment of their residents
Stimulate public awareness
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Petition created on September 29, 2023