By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--August 14, 2022
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“A federal government body is investigating posthumous honours received by the Canadian inventor of the telephone due to his “controversial beliefs.” “According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board stated that it was reviewing the designations because of “views, actions and activities condemned by today’s society.” “Board members did not provide any details about what supposed controversial beliefs Bell held when flagging him for the review.”
Bell was a British subject throughout his early life in Scotland and later in Canada until 1882 when he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1915, he characterized his status as: "I am not one of those hyphenated Americans who claim allegiance to two countries." Despite this declaration, Bell has been proudly claimed as a "native son" by all three countries he resided in: the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.(Wikipedia)
“In 2019, the Liberals launched a Framework For History And Commemoration to review the 2,200 historical designations across Canada. To date the board has axed 208 monuments including Bell’s. (True North) “In Canadian history colonialism, patriarchy and racism are examples of ideologies and structures that have profound legacies,” the Framework explained. “There is a need to be cognizant of, and to confront, these legacies. This contributes to the ongoing process of truth-telling and reconciliation.”Who does this Framework think they are kidding when they speak from the same forked tongue as their obnoxious leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
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“Blacklisted historical figures include Canada’s first prime minister John A. Macdonald who was cited for “colonial assumptions,” Jacques Cartier and suffragette Louise McKinney. (True North) “24 historic Canadian forts are currently also being investigated for “colonial assumptions.” Those include British Columbia’s Fort Steele, Fort La Reine in Manitoba, Fort Malden in Ontario and Fort Laprairie in Quebec. “The Liberals have also targeted historical archives. In March, it was revealed that a Trudeau-appointed archivist called on federal workers to purge thousands of pages including a biography of Macdonald on government websites. “We need to discuss having a disclaimer on the website about having content that may offend people. I feel very strongly about that,” chief archivist Leslie Weir said in an email on June 9, 2021.”Prediction: The day will come when the Trudeau-appointed archivist Leslie Weir will be held personally accountable for the erasing of Canadian History. The PM’s Klaus Schwab-trained supercilious nose is now sniffing out “Canadian history colonialism”. Colonialism, Mr. T.?
“The Scottish-born Bell had a lifelong interest in the nature of sound. He was born into a family of speech instructors, and his mother and his wife both had hearing impairments. While ostensibly working in 1875 on a device to send multiple telegraph signals over the same wire by using harmonics, he heard a twang.(Wired, March 10, 2011) "That led him to investigate whether his electrical apparatus could be used to transmit the sound of a human voice. Bell's journal, now at the Library of Congress, contains the following entry for March 10, 1876: “I then shouted into M [the mouthpiece] the following sentence: "Mr. Watson, come here -- I want to see you." To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said. “I asked him to repeat the words. He answered, "You said 'Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you.'" We then changed places and I listened at S [the speaker] while Mr. Watson read a few passages from a book into the mouthpiece M. It was certainly the case that articulate sounds proceeded from S. The effect was loud but indistinct and muffled.”
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