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Katie Goodine :
the card is a benefit tho, is it not?
2026-10-26 19:59:24
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Brandonk Tubbs :
Everyone should pay the same for everything
2026-10-27 00:23:08
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1nonblonde ❌️ :
and those cards expire, as if our true identity expires!
2026-10-26 20:12:52
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Kathy Renton-Mcleod :
my God-- the ignorance about taxes and the racism in the comments is disgusting
2026-10-26 22:27:03
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J :
Abolish the card, the act and everything. No more tax free, everyone pays, everyone works.
2026-10-26 21:16:06
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robshello :
Abolishing the Indian act doesn’t mean abolishing the treaties.
2026-10-26 21:31:49
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user1451638987587 :
Tear up all the deals made over 100 years ago and treat everyone the same. Taxes for everyone
2026-10-26 20:09:14
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Sir brooklyn booms alot 🇨🇦 :
we should all be canadians no one gets nothing more then the others.
2026-10-27 00:05:43
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George. :
So no card means no free everything then right. You’ll pay taxes , and everything else like the rest of us.
2026-10-26 22:08:30
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Judge :
🤔♾️🪶🧡✊🏾We need to be very careful on how we revamp this. We need to be sure any changes do not screw over us or future generations. The government is far from earning our complete trust but they are respectfully trying.
2026-10-26 19:50:40
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Vizible :
I’m First Nations and I still pay taxes like everyone else and that’s what Canadians mostly think like we don’t pay taxes but actually we do.
2026-10-27 00:20:26
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Eva_KillsEnemy53 :
Im full native and grew up in the Rez my health card papers wrote “North American immigrant” i was like WTF 😂
2026-10-26 22:44:35
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timtam 🇨🇦 :
You need to have Native people in Parliament. DO NOT give anything up to this government without a safety net
2026-10-26 23:42:49
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Deathchop666 :
I love this guy please run for Prime Minister of Canada
2026-10-27 00:15:09
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erinsutherland :
Why not just add the number to your id card? Like drivers license? Still get the benefits but not a singled out status card?
2026-10-26 21:21:03
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Lori🇨🇦 :
Wab Kinew for Prime Minister
2026-10-26 21:16:15
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Jenn :
my card expired a long time ago
2026-10-26 23:27:36
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Peter :
We pay taxes like the rest were do you think not maybe some on reserves but not off reserves.
2026-10-26 23:56:48
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hammer :
So you will pay all taxes just like me. Have to buy moose tags like me?
2026-10-26 21:43:46
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Al.TB.705.1978 :
I agree. No more difference between any race, religion or peoples.
2026-10-26 21:07:35
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gneuf :
cheap cigarettes, free dental, eye care, education no income or other tax on reserve. Sure you want to get rid of it?
2026-10-26 20:19:57
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Jay20413 :
so if we're eliminating "race based forms of identification" we're also going to eliminate race based benefits, right? RIGHT!?!
2026-10-26 22:21:12
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Harley Fan :
So does that mean that you’ll be treated like everybody else in Canada and pay all the same taxes that we do and not get the cheap gas and not get the cheap cigarettes and everything is the same as everybody else
2026-10-26 22:29:05
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Donald :
The Chiefs are not gonna be happy with him
2026-10-26 21:13:29
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Jake :
No I like my status card
2026-10-26 20:59:36
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