I assumed you mentioned it was in the Globe's comments section because you felt it gave some weight to your own post, otherwise why mention it. Well, at least we now know your position. Fair enough.
You remind me of myself when I first joined UT back in, IIRC, 2002'ish. I was confident in my positions and opinions on things, held strongly black-white conservative views and intentionally looked for articles, quotes and information sources that supported my preconceived opinions. Any opinion, article or post contrary to my own was considered rubbish and as written by ignorant fools, lefties and special interests. Well, I'm an older fellow today, and will freely admit that I do my best to consider and respect all perspectives of an issue and to remain both intellectually curious and suspicious before I post anything. I can't speak for you of course, only for myself and if I could look back on my younger self I'd tell him to question every opinion and notion he's ever been held or been told by his elders, peers and family. So, the above comment in the Globe, did you ask yourself why he posted this, what was his objective, what feelings did he want to convey, etc?
As for the Idle No More movement, I'm interested in knowing what the native demands are. All land is conquered land, it's the way of human expansion across the globe. In Canada's case we made treaties with those who came before us. Do they, for example want to expand upon the rights granted under these treaties?
On wiki it says "The founders of Idle No More have outlined the vision and goals of the movement in a January 10, 2013 press release as follows:
- The Vision [...] revolves around Indigenous Ways of Knowing rooted in Indigenous Sovereignty to protect water, air, land and all creation for future generations.
- The Conservative government bills beginning with Bill C-45 threaten Treaties and this Indigenous Vision of Sovereignty.
- The Goal of the movement is education and the revitalization of Indigenous peoples through Awareness and Empowerment."
So, now we need to know what this means specifically so we can consider and then either grant or reject their demands.