B.C. First Nation signs multimillion-dollar deal with gas pipeline company

[Mowich]

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Opinion: Using Indigenous peoples as political pawns in resource development is simply wrong — The Globe and Mail

The Canadian public needs to understand the unintended consequences that constant protesting against resource development in Indigenous territories has on all of us

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"It’s my opinion – based on the work I have done with my own nation, as the former president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, the executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network and as a board member of both Indigenous owned and public companies – that resource development, from forestry to mining to oil and gas to fishing, is often the best, and for many nations, the only, transformative economic opportunity that can allow us to be self-determining again."

 

[pgs]

"It’s my opinion – based on the work I have done with my own nation, as the former president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, the executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network and as a board member of both Indigenous owned and public companies – that resource development, from forestry to mining to oil and gas to fishing, is often the best, and for many nations, the only, transformative economic opportunity that can allow us to be self-determining again."

But then the chiefs would just be Indians .

 

[taxslave]

It don't have to be that way. It ain't a law of physics.

Maybe "creative solutions," which are both wrong and stupid 90% of the time, are better than government policies.

Most of the solvable problems are created by bureaucraps. As long as the right ethnic background or body shape counts more than merit, it will continue to be that way.

 

[taxslave]

I actually think most Canadians would be very happy to see Canada rid of the Indian Act if they knew how beneficial it would be for all concerned, Tec. But then, I am a glass half full type of person.

Most Canadians, yes. However, this is just one area of government incompetence. It is rampant in every single area bureaucraps get their grubby little fingers in. FN leadership has no real interest in change for much the same reasons.

 

[MyOpinion]

Most Canadians, yes. However, this is just one area of government incompetence. It is rampant in every single area bureaucraps get their grubby little fingers in. FN leadership has no real interest in change for much the same reasons.

Without the Indian Act, would all aboriginals just be Canadians and have to work and pay taxes and get only what all other Canadians get??
If so, then for sure get rid of the Indian Act.

 

[taxslave]

Without the Indian Act, would all aboriginals just be Canadians and have to work and pay taxes and get only what all other Canadians get??
If so, then for sure get rid of the Indian Act.

Probably not, since they are entitled. But it would eliminate most of the Indian Industry in Ottawa. same as land claims. This could have been settled decades ago if not for all the parasites that are making a good living off it. About 20 years ago, a lawyer that I trust told me the whole land claims thing was set up to provide a generation of work for lawyers to get natives special rights. Then there would be work for another generation of lawyers to get the rest of us equal rights.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Most of the solvable problems are created by bureaucraps. As long as the right ethnic background or body shape counts more than merit, it will continue to be that way.

Can't think of a time it wasn't that way. Usually the "right ethnic background" that counted was European.

 

[MyOpinion]

Can't think of a time it wasn't that way. Usually the "right ethnic background" that counted was European.

And now it is the "right politically correct" background.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

And now it is the "right politically correct" background.

Fortunately, near as I can tell, "politically correct" is still being decided mostly by folks of European extraction.

 

[MyOpinion]

Fortunately, near as I can tell, "politically correct" is still being decided mostly by folks of European extraction.

Depends who is talking.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Depends who is talking.

Lots of those folks talking for the FNs seem kinda. . . pale. . . around the face.

 

[pgs]

Probably not, since they are entitled. But it would eliminate most of the Indian Industry in Ottawa. same as land claims. This could have been settled decades ago if not for all the parasites that are making a good living off it. About 20 years ago, a lawyer that I trust told me the whole land claims thing was set up to provide a generation of work for lawyers to get natives special rights. Then there would be work for another generation of lawyers to get the rest of us equal rights.

Lots of those folks talking for the FNs seem kinda. . . pale. . . around the face.

Up here lots of those natives Are kinda pale around the face , for some reason . And they are also often the chiefs , go figure .

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Up here lots of those natives Are kinda pale around the face , for some reason . And they are also often the chiefs , go figure .

Same here. "What makes a person an Indun" is a perpetual topic of debate.

Practical answer seems to be the same as what made Henry VII a king. One drop of royal blood and a big-ass army.

 

[MyOpinion]

Same here. "What makes a person an Indun" is a perpetual topic of debate.

Practical answer seems to be the same as what made Henry VII a king. One drop of royal blood and a big-ass army.

Being an "indian" is de rigur these days. Claiming to be one to get a better job or position is the way to go.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Being an "indian" is de rigur these days. Claiming to be one to get a better job or position is the way to go.

We call that "EWD." Stands for "Elizabeth Warren Disorder (or Deception)."

 

[MyOpinion]

We call that "EWD." Stands for "Elizabeth Warren Disorder (or Deception)."

Sad but she is not the only one. Just off the top of my head there was also a professor at Queens. And who knows how many others but I am sure it is not an anomaly.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Sad but she is not the only one. Just off the top of my head there was also a professor at Queens. And who knows how many others but I am sure it is not an anomaly.

And every single damn White talking to a Native claims to have a great-great-grandmother who was a "Cherokee princess."

My standard's simple. White card (tribal ID) or y'all ain't an Indun (for the U.S., obviously).

 

[Ron in Regina]

Up here is a Federal issue Treaty Card, but I’m assuming it’s the same concept. It’s a photo ID mostly used for tax purposes but it makes one “officially” native in the eyes of Gov’t, etc…

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Up here is a Federal issue Treaty Card, but I’m assuming it’s the same concept. It’s a photo ID mostly used for tax purposes but it makes one “officially” native in the eyes of Gov’t, etc…

A little different. White cards are issued by the tribes, not by the government.

 

[taxslave]

Sad but she is not the only one. Just off the top of my head there was also a professor at Queens. And who knows how many others but I am sure it is not an anomaly.

Head of Native Health for Health Canada. Been claiming for years she is Métis or something. Turns out she has narry a drop of native blood. SHe got fired.