by Sean Orr | “There’s a kind of racism (…) that is really so steadfast and true that I almost kind of begrudgingly, you know, admire it in a way” – David Cross. Not the case here: Aboriginal Affairs Minister literally won’t stand up for missing and murdered women.

The National Post delves into semantics, anecdotes, false equivalences, and moral relativism: Debunking the half-truths and exaggerations in the Truth and Reconciliation report. To sum up: “Education fucks over a lot of people, not just aboriginals. Aboriginals should’ve known it was going to happen because they signed some paper 150 years ago completely voluntarily and without duress. There are like a million of them, so it couldn’t have been genocide. Even the ones that didn’t go to residential schools are fucked, so it must be something in their genetics that make them want to be poor. There’s probably no such thing as collective trauma. One of us worked at a residential school and saw nothing afoul, so that’s gotta ne something. Institutionalization was all the rage in the ’60s. Bad shit happened to white people, too. And finally, the Holocaust, so shut up…”.

Read the Truth & Reconciliation report’s 94 recommendations here.

But yeah, let’s put a 10-storey so-called Mother Canada statue with outstretched arms pointing towards Europe. That sounds like a great idea… Cape Breton Highlands war memorial opposed by new group.

Protest at Imperial Metals AGM turns ugly as shareholder goes full racist. Watch the video for this old chestnut: “Where does your money come from? Native Welfare, eh?”

The Tories may suck at things like, you know, society and stuff, but at least their fiscal conservatism keeps the economy afloat: Judging the Odds for an “Election Recession”: “Austerity at all levels of government, therefore, is now making the economic situation worse…”

Related: Here are 7 things people who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ don’t understand.

But just to show they really care about us, they’re throwing us some scraps: Conservatives to back NDP push for ban on pay-to-pay bank fees. Hooray for populism! “Our government understands the concerns of Canadians who feel nickel and dimed by bank fees…”. It just doesn’t understand the concerns of Canadians who feel nickel and dimed by…the government.

And now for 37 links about Vancouver’s housing crisis. Sigh: Vancouver’s housing crisis: No, not like before, and not like anywhere else (except Hong Kong). Not like this. Not like this. It’s like a scene from The Matrix…

Vancouver housing: remove developers from affordability debate says expert. “Builders will not initiate innovative ideas because they are profit motivators, so the city needs to act as a catalyst”. Yeah, man. We know. Even Gregor knows, despite being purposely super vague on the definition of affordability. At least we hope he knows. Unfortunately, the Minister for Housing doesn’t have a clue.

Enter the inevitable, requisite Is it time to leave Vancouver? article.

Health Canada warns Vancouver radio station over ads for marijuana dispensary. It’s a real shame that they didn’t reply by playing this for 12 hours straight…

3 Inches of Blood to disband. I guess they finally slayed all the Orcs. Congratulations.

Bonus: ‘Jeopardy’ contestant fails Canadian geography, loses it all. Hahaha.