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Indigenous Issues in Canada: A Reality Check Through the Lens of Us Too Advocacy

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A Demand for Accountability.

Founder’s Statement: A Demand for Accountability.
By Sean Jerome (Founder, Us Too Advocacy)

For three years, the Canadian Justice System didn’t see me as a man, a partner, or a citizen. To the Crown, the Defence, and the Judiciary, I was merely a file—a “beast” to be fed into a machine that prioritizes the finality of a conviction over the discovery of the truth.
My name is Sean Jerome. My story is one of systemic failure, but my mission is one of systemic reform.

The Standard We Demand:

We are often told that “no one is above the law.” Yet, I sat in a prisoner’s box and listened to a complainant admit—under oath—to the federal crimes of perjury, theft of mail, and forgery. I watched as the members of the Bar and the Bench remained silent, choosing to protect the “sanctity” of the proceedings rather than the sanctity of the truth. No charges were laid. No accountability was sought.

This is not justice. This is “Just Ice”—a cold, calculated indifference.

At Us Too Advocacy, our position is clear:
Those who operate within the “system”—the lawyers, the Crown attorneys, and the judges—must be held to a higher standard of conduct than the general population. They hold the power to strip a human being of their life, their liberty, and their reputation. With that power must come absolute, uncompromising accountability.

Our Purpose:

I founded this organization to be a voice for those silenced by intimidation and the self-righteous attitudes of a legal “brotherhood” that has lost its way. Through my music as Mason Grey (to be released soon), I document the emotional wreckage of these failures. Through Us Too Advocacy, I provide a platform for others to stand up and say, “The system failed me, too.”

We are not here to ask for permission. We are here to challenge the status quo and hold the mirror up to a corrupt architecture.

The Creator sees the truth, even when the system chooses to be blind. I survived three years of shadow to walk with the Creator in the light with my wife and co-founding partner, Meredith. Now, I invite you to join us. If you have been a victim of systemic misconduct, your story belongs here. Contact Us Too Advocacy via phone:

(236)522-2943

or email:
[email protected]

We are here “To Seek And Speak The Truth For Those Who Can’t”

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A Time for Reflection and Honoring National Indigenous People

Brigadier Oliver Milton Martin

He fought in the trenches of one world war and flew above them. He commanded thousands of Canadian troops in the next. He became a brigadier, the highest rank known to have been reached by an Indigenous Canadian soldier during that era. And through all of it, Canada would not let many of his own people vote.

Oliver Milton Martin was born in 1893 on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory, a Mohawk in a family and nation with a long tradition of fighting alongside the Crown. In peacetime, he chose the quietest kind of service. He became a schoolteacher.

Then came 1914, and the teacher went to war.

Martin served overseas with the 114th Battalion (Brock’s Rangers), a unit with many volunteers from Six Nations. He endured the Western Front as an infantry officer, then did something remarkable for any Canadian of that era, let alone an Indigenous one facing the prejudices of the day. He qualified first as an observer and later as a pilot, finishing the war in the air.

Trenches and sky. Rifle and wings. One war, both worlds.

Between the wars, Martin returned to the classroom, teaching and eventually serving as a school principal in Ontario, while remaining active in the militia. Year after year, he quietly earned promotion through experience, leadership and training.

So when the Second World War came, Canada found it had something rare. An experienced, respected, battle-tested Indigenous officer ready for high command.

Oliver Milton Martin rose to command at the highest levels of Canada’s home defence, leading first one brigade and then another, responsible for thousands of Canadian soldiers. He became one of the highest-ranking Indigenous officers in Canadian military history, and no other Indigenous Canadian is known to have reached a higher rank during his lifetime.

Sit with the contradiction of it, because Martin had to live it. A Mohawk brigadier commanded thousands of Canadian troops in defence of a democracy that still denied status Indians the unconditional federal vote. Many of the men from his own community who served under the flag returned home still governed by the restrictions of the Indian Act. Martin understood this better than most, and he refused to stay silent. After the war, he spoke publicly for the rights, dignity and equal citizenship of Indigenous people, using the standing his rank had earned him as a platform few Indigenous Canadians had ever possessed.

And he was still not finished making history. In 1944, Ontario appointed him its first Indigenous provincial magistrate. The teacher, soldier, pilot and brigadier now sat on the bench.

He died in 1957, three years before Canada finally granted Status Indians the unconditional right to vote in federal elections without giving up their status.

Teacher. Infantryman. Pilot. Brigadier. Magistrate. Advocate. Oliver Milton Martin lived about five lifetimes of service to a country that took its time deserving him.

Say his name alongside the others. Canada’s Indigenous soldiers did not just serve this country. They led it.

Source: Facebook – Canadian Legacy

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