Marc Cardinal former MLA, who is Aboriginal, talks about Attawapiskat and other Reserves-Since 1970, ALL Alberta communities were dependent on Welfare, and Alcoholism was rampant. Under Ralph Klein, Cardinal REDUCED E.I. rolls from 100,000 to 30,000! Cardinal, and others, piloted a project to develop employment on the Reserves. But, the Natives complained about the environment(it figures). Heaven forbid that the Environment get a little damaged in achieving financial prosperity ! (Oh No!). The Alberta Government said the WORST thing for the environment is POVERTY. Besides, why are some reserves WAY OUT in the middle of nowhere? These reserves are TOTALLY isolated from civilization! This, and many, many, more obvious problems need to be addressed. The NDP or any other leftist organisation AREN'T the ones to do it. They just want Canada to spend more of OUR money!
Senator Patrick Brazeau, he is Aboriginal MP from Que., and an Aboriginal Activist. He comments on Attawapiskat and how First Nation Councils operate (there's 19 members on council for a reserve of only 2000). He regularly gets called a red apple-red on the outsde but white in the middle 'cuz of his critcisms of Aboriginals and the Reserves. The school there was torn down 'cuz it was built on a Diesel Fuel dump. Instead of building a NEW school, which would be the RIGHT thing to do, the Band built a Hockey Rink and spent 75,000 on a Zamboni instead. AND, the First Nation's want the right to self gov't. You know, there's a reserve in the Annapolis Valley (N.S.) and the Chief (Chief thief?) earns 160,000/yr. Oh, right, the Natives don't pat taxes, so, the figure is $246,000! Not bad, he only runs a reserve of 114 people. Harper is PM of at least 30 mil. and he earns maybe $150,000. Seems to be a problem here. AND, the Bands don't want to be held accountable, they tell Canada that the books they keep are none of our business to look at. If there are any discrepencies, well, it's just a mistake. Oh, well then, we'll just let it GO! (sic). You know, it's painfully obvious here, the Natives just want our MONEY and more of it!
It’s not that the Natives want our money; everyone in our materialist society wants everyone’s money. The problem is fiscal and political accountability. As you suggest, this is not a red or white, left or right problem, but a human problem. The underlying difficulty, however, is that our nations politicians will not put aside partisan interests to deal with it. And, until we insist they do, they won’t.
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