{"id":3395,"date":"2018-05-08T13:52:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T19:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2018-06-26T05:59:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T11:59:45","slug":"this-is-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2018\/05\/08\/this-is-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol class=\"poem\">\n<li>This is Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Soil be ripping up<\/li>\n<li>Water is dripping yep<\/li>\n<li>Forests we flipping up<\/li>\n<li>This is Canada.<\/li>\n<li>First ones we devastate<\/li>\n<li>Brown ones incarcerate<\/li>\n<li>White ones we insulate<\/li>\n<li>This is Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Rainbows are shining through<\/li>\n<li>But ignore white, pink, blue<\/li>\n<li>Each one they&#8217;re lying to<\/li>\n<li>This is Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Sorry a thick facade<\/li>\n<li>Hiding the sickness caused<\/li>\n<li>Poor to do business on<\/li>\n<li>This is Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Listen on my podcast<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/463651635&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Canada. Soil be ripping up Water is dripping yep Forests we flipping up This is Canada. First ones we devastate Brown ones incarcerate White ones we insulate This is Canada. Rainbows are shining through But ignore white, pink, blue Each one they&#8217;re lying to This is Canada. Sorry a thick facade Hiding the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/img_6480.jpg?fit=1280%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-SL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2006\/08\/11\/google-showtimes-seach-in-canada\/","url_meta":{"origin":3395,"position":0},"title":"Google showtimes seach in Canada","author":"Kim Siever","date":"11 August 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Google showtimes search now works in Canada. 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The idea was that if we create many such athletes, we could dominate the olympics in total\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Raymond Parade","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1148\/720425129_29b7ad1688_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3834,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/09\/30\/rhetoric-around-indigenous-people-hindering-progress\/","url_meta":{"origin":3395,"position":3},"title":"Rhetoric around Indigenous people hindering progress","author":"Kim Siever","date":"30 September 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This sort of language is a continuation of centuries-old rhetoric of Indigenous people hindering settler progress.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Seton_blockade-e1569841356617.jpg?fit=1039%2C781&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Seton_blockade-e1569841356617.jpg?fit=1039%2C781&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Seton_blockade-e1569841356617.jpg?fit=1039%2C781&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Seton_blockade-e1569841356617.jpg?fit=1039%2C781&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3916,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/10\/11\/canadian-conservatives-are-a-minority\/","url_meta":{"origin":3395,"position":4},"title":"Canadian conservatives are a minority","author":"Kim Siever","date":"11 October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Canadian voters are overwhelmingly left of centre. 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