Friday, March 27, 2015 10:09 AM

Subject: FW: Declaration of Voters' Rights

Date: Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM
From: Kim Patrick Weaver <kim@kimpatrickweaver.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:04:38 -0700

To: Ian Morrison - FRIENDS <ian.morrison@friends.ca>
Conversation: Declaration of Voters' Rights
Subject: Re: Declaration of Voters' Rights

She:kon Ian (Hello in Mohawk)

I am in receipt of you e-mail. I need to cover an issue that is very important
to me and I am sure it will be with you. So please read the full contents of
this email. Your response to this information will determine my future
support of FBC and that of my many followers in social media.
I cannot support Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. By extension I cannot
support Fair Vote Canada. The reason is simple. The CBC, by policy.
Supports active racism and the perpetuation of racist ideology and bigotry.
They also support slander and libel of public individuals and organizations.
I am sure your reaction to reading this is to think Another Internet nutter.
This type of response will not serve your advocacy group or the CBC.
The CBC online presence includes a facility for online readership to
comment on stories that CBC selectively open for comments. The
moderation platform uses the Viafoura system and a contract moderation
centre in Calgary. The current CBC policy allows users to disguise their
identity by using pseudonyms. I have monitored the CBC Aboriginal site
and Aboriginal stories across their platforms for a couple of years now. The
use of pseudonyms has encouraged a hard core of white supremacists,
denialists, and anti-Indigenous hate mongers to become established on the
CBC sites.
It is important to examine the distinction between free speech and
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opinions expressed through a pseudonym account. Free speech carries

the responsibility of being factual and and considered in the ideas
expressed. This prudence is enforced by the knowledge that there are
consequences of crossing certain lines. Accountability in this form is a
mandatory component of free speech. Comments made through use of a
pseudonym are not subject to the laws or rules implicit in accountability.
The sample I provide herein will demonstrate the lack of accountability.
I have contacted the CBC Ombudsman. They have declared the propagation
of racist ideology on CBCs online presence is not in their mandate. They
directed me to Jennifer McGuire, Director of News. I have written formally
to her twice now and informally several times. She has yet to respond. I can
only conclude that she is okay with providing a platform that supports racist
comment and even the genocide of First Nations people. As a First Nations
person, I take her position very seriously. It makes her and the CBC, part of
the systemic racism that is institutionalized in Canadas governments and
policies as noted by James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Next week I will be initiating a social media campaign to call attention to the
relationship between Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the CBC, Canadian
taxpayers and the policies of the CBC that continue to support racism and
bigotry with public funds.
I am providing links to my correspondence with the CBC on this matter. I
have also included screen shots of a selection of comments that demonstrate
my point. I have hundreds of screen shots capturing a wide range of racist
ideology from various CBC sites.
The possible actions that you as an interested party, might suggest to the
CBC are:
1. Stop allowing comments on online stories.
2. Allow comments and establish a mechanism requiring real names in the
way the Huffington Post runs their comment boards
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Thank you for your attention to the issues I have raised.

:nen ki' whi
Kim
Kim Patrick Weaver
Turtle Clan
Kanyenkeh:ka
kim@kimpatrickweaver.com
Links:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/256792814/Message-to-CBC-OmbudsmanFeb-24-2015-Comments-Sections
https://www.scribd.com/doc/257775988/Second-Letter-on-CBC-commentpolicy
https://www.scribd.com/doc/259375400/Letter-MArch-20-2015-toJennifer-McGuire-CBC

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