In order to sell pot in Canada, you would need a license from the Federal government.

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/industry-licensees-applicants.html

Growing and selling vegetables would mostly depend on local By-laws.

This all coming from an non-Indigenous person.

There are websites dedicated to indigenous businesses;

https://sac-isc.gc.ca/rea-ibd
https://chiefs-of-ontario.org/priorities/economic/ofnbd-listing/
https://indigenousthrive.com/
https://saskchamber.com/initiatives/indigenous-business-directory/
https://www.ccib.ca/main/member/

If you live by indigenous territory, attend events or buy items from stores there. For example: https://alderville.ca/alderville-first-nation/tourism-and-events/

If you are looking for a tattoo and live by Kingston, I wholly recommend https://www.instagram.com/johnnycats_tattoos/. Did fantastic work on my tattoo and looking forward to getting many more from Johnnycats.

You can write a letter to your MP asking to at least update the fucking language in the Indian Act.

Donate money to a community organization or if a community organization is fine with it, volunteer.

Tell racists and those that deny Residential school abuse to shut the fuck up. Edit: If you are going to argue with these kinds of people, remember that they will argue in bad faith. You are not arguing with them to change their mind, you are arguing with them to show other people that you are right.

If an Indigenous organization is involved in a high profile litigation, donate money for the litigation. The Courts are slowly trying to address the systemic issues in the law. Edit: From the article, https://www.gofundme.com/f/saddle-lake-cree-nation-treaty-health-legal-defense-fund?attribution_id=sl%3A3476c505-854b-40e0-9d0e-9fc69c234982&ts=1789022961&video_sharing=enabled

Edit 2: If you want to find Indigenous artists, there is the CBC Music show Reclaimed. On a side note, if you like variety in a music show, you are going to get variety with Reclaimed. You might get folk music then hip hop then punk then pop music all in the span of an hour.

Finally, follow the guidelines to be an ally:

https://guidetoallyship.com/
https://www.diversityresources.com/how-to-be-an-ally/
https://www.queensu.ca/indigenous/decolonizing-and-indigenizing/being-ally

Thanks. I deleted the second post.

It would be a boon for transparency if the government had to state why organizations are being listed. I’m not expecting list of evidence however an explanation would be good.

Section 11© of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms confirms that defendants cannot be compelled to testify in their own matter. It’s Canada’s verision of the right to remain silent.

A witness can be compelled to testify however their testimony can’t be used against them in other proceeding except for prejury charges. This is found in section 13 of the Charter.

Ultimately, it’s up to the Crown to prove their case. It all comes back to being innocent before proven guilty. Section 11(d) of the Charter.

If you were to flip it all around, you would be considered guilty until proven innocent, you would always have to testify, and any witnesses that could help you would be open to being charged. In that scenario, good luck at not ending up in jail. The vast majority of defendants don’t have the resources to take on the State in a criminal matter.

The defence had video recordings of the women verbally consenting

I haven’t followed this casenor seen the evidence that was provided by either the Crown or the Defence. However, the Supreme Court confirmed in R. v. J.A., 2011 SCC 28 (CanLII), [2011] 2 SCR 440 that consent for sexual activity requires ongoing consent.

[65] In the end, we are left with this. Parliament has defined sexual assault as sexual touching without consent. It has dealt with consent in a way that makes it clear that ongoing, conscious and present consent to “the sexual activity in question” is required. This concept of consent produces just results in the vast majority of cases. It has proved of great value in combating the stereotypes that historically have surrounded consent to sexual relations and undermined the law’s ability to address the crime of sexual assault. In some situations, the concept of consent Parliament has adopted may seem unrealistic. However, it is inappropriate for this Court to carve out exceptions when they undermine Parliament’s choice. In the absence of a constitutional challenge, the appropriate body to alter the law on consent in relation to sexual assault is Parliament, should it deem this necessary.

The victim may have consented at first however if consent was revoked during sexual activity then it becomes sexual assault.

For thos who want to learn a new fact, it’s illegal in Ontario to discriminate against people because of their family status.