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by FpUser 825 days ago
>"On moral grounds, I find it questionable to give some citizens special birth rights greater than others."

They did not ask to be a citizens of Canada. They were invaded, conquered, killed and actively suppressed. Mistreatment still continues. How's that for moral grounds?

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Nobody born in Canada was asked to be a citizen of Canada. Nobody born to poor parents was asked to be born poor. Just treat everyone equally based on their own actions and merits, and their actual individual circumstances, not based on their broad ancestry.
>"Nobody born in Canada was asked to be a citizen of Canada"

Tell that to Ukrainians who are now in a territory that Russia claims to own.

Morality really only has relevance to an individual. Was it moral to invade Canada? No, at least not under contemporary morality.

Is it moral to give a random subset of people special rights in modern Canada? Is a seperate question, that has nothing to do with historical treatment.

My take is that the current government does not adequately represent several groups in Canada, and the best solution would be to allow for separatist actions as a fundamental human right.

>"and the best solution would be to allow for separatist actions as a fundamental human right."

This will lead to countless wars.

By that logic, neither did New Yorkers. New York was largely Loyalist during the American Revolution.