It's terrorism

That's what columnist Christie Blatchford calls Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike.  Intimidation and terrorism, plain and simple.  I completely agree.  The woman who (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) "mismanaged" the more than $90 million handed over to her reserve since the Conservatives came to power in 2006 is now demanding a two-week meeting with Harper and Governor General Johnston.  A two-week meeting!  Is the woman crazy?!  Why not demand The Queen come to Victoria Island and crawl into her teepee for a little smudging and drumming?  That'll be next.  Ludicrous.

Naturally, Justin Trudeau said of his meeting with her...."it was deeply moving".  His father would be appalled.  Not to be outdone, Mulcair has also written to Harper urging a meeting.  Please.  At least Patrick Brazeau, former head of the "Off-Reserve Natives" said Spence should be going through the "proper parliamentary process" rather than demanding a meeting with Harper.

I was not surprised to read that former Ontario Lieutenant Governor, James Bartleman, supports Spence and urges Harper to "show that he's a leader" by meeting with Spence.  This from a guy who was at the top of the well-paid parliamentary-process heap.  When Bartleman was the keynote speaker at a dinner of the Royal Commonwealth Society a few years ago, he spoke of neither The Queen (who was paying him handsomely) nor The Commonwealth.  Instead he spent his 35 minutes complaining about his impoverished childhood, berating the residential schools and accusing Canada of unspeakable cruelty to natives. 

I wanted to hide under the table.  It was so inappropriate.

Some people never figure out on which side their bread is buttered.