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It’s remarkable how productive Dr. Rubenstein is. The fact that stands out for me is this: “Police counted 90 arson attacks in 2021, the same year the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation of Kamloops announced the “discovery” of 215 children’s graves hidden at a Residential School site.”

Vilifying Canada to win currency within woke institutions comes at a cost to historic structures.

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I’m not sure if this was the intention, but it almost sounds like the thought is that the same misguided motivations were at play, or could have been at play in both the church burnings and bridge burning. It was definitely arson that got the bridge, but the range of potential motivations is a lot different I think. There are numerous fire bugs in the city and some people are talking about potential economic motivations. Makes sense to keep an Indigenous political grievance in mind but I don’t know if it makes sense here. It’s really a big loss for people living on the reserve to not have that access now to downtown.

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The video of that one section crashing into the river is pretty impressive. I suppose it's possible that IF the fire was deliberately set, the arsonist(s) (who could be ANYONE) might have been motivated solely by the possibility of capturing it on video. Firebugs are like that.

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