On a topic that literally lends itself to satire — the continuing failure of successive federal governments to improve the lives of Canada’s Indigenous people no matter how much taxpayer money they throw at the problem — the CBC and APTN entertainment divisions chickened out.

Both government-funded organizations, their now-paused “satirical” show Northland Tales clearly had almost nothing to do with their stated claim which was to “increase better understanding of historical injustices” and to support truth and reconciliation.

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Their real purpose, based on what they attempted, was to humiliate, through deception, people they despise.

For example, those who question the claim of mass graves being found at residential schools, who believe Canada’s founding prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, should be honoured today, and who support the work of the RCMP.

Their tactics resembled the........

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