Although existing since 1982, Idle No More really gained power during the 2011 Canadian elections in response to the negative, spiraling and often neo-liberal motivated policies across North America. Specifically targeting the omnibus bills proposed by the conservative government (C-45 was the most divisive one) Idle No More mobilized a protest movement spanning both the United States and Canada. Inspiring for others in opposition to the Harper government policies, Idle No More presented a cohesive movement despite starting in a country with unprecedented apathy and a lack of history in social upheaval and discourse with regards to anything but a lost hockey game.
Idle no more unifies a broken people into a cohesive force
An unprecedented moment in history
Summer and the future of Idle no More
Death Knell for Idle No More, or just the exasperations of the embedded status quo
If other movements had joined with Idle No More, would Canada look different today? Would we have a different prime minister or at least a leadership interested in addressing the people’s needs rather than lobbying efforts. All in all, if the general Canadian population had as much bravery and interest in political process as the participants in Idle No More, Canada would be a much better, and more cohesive bastion of democracy.