Opinion: Canada's forked tongue on land claims

Thursday, June 28, 2007  

"Indian residential school survivors struggled for nearly two decades for recognition, and only received it when class actions scared Canada into paying up. Canada, through Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice, still refuses to apologize. Some healing.

Dudley George's people peacefully waited 50 years, and they're still waiting, for the promised return of their home.

Down the 401 in Caledonia, it took the province and feds no time to react when white locals began rioting over a longer commute to the donut shop after a native blockade of ancestral land got in the way.

The god of profit will wince, but he's been running rampant over native land for too long. It's time someone took a stand and stopped him from desecrating rivers and destroying woods and farmland. First Nations people shouldn't have to fight all the battles.

From the lakeshore, great beams of white light rake the sky as Toronto parties. On television, George is bleeding to death."

Get the Story:
Deb O'Rourke: Feds’ forked tongue (Toronto NOW Magazine 6/28)
Land claims blame (Toronto NOW Magazine 6/28)

Relevant Links:
Assembly of First Nations - http://www.afn.ca
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap

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