Towards infinity

"Now you see me, now you don't."  Apparently, Theresa Spence was talked into attending the meeting with Harper today.  She even went to Rideau Hall for cocktails with the GG.  She and her liquid diet, of course, have become irrelevant -- a sad sideshow, as the main circus rolls on.  Man, better get my ass to Rideau Hall!  Right now, many talking heads are on various screens blabbing about what happened this afternoon. 

Who knows what really happened, or what will happen.  But one smart thing Harper did was to stay for the entire meeting.  Now he cannot be faulted.  His main objective is to get the oil flowing to international markets and that means pipelines over reserve lands.  Hence, the cooperation and dialogue he is now demonstrating for the good of all Canadians.

Here's the thing.  Of the approximately one million Indians in Canada, 550,000 are off-reserve and only 430,000 on.  Do the math.  That 430,000 want to hold the rest of Canada hostage.  This means that 34 million Canadians are to be dictated to by less that 1% of the population.  How does that work?

It's going to get even messier, as a result of the latest ruling that metis and non-status Indians should be included in the Indian Act.  That will result in another 650,000 wanting $$$$$.  But when the British North America Act was drafted in 1867, metis meant half Indian and half white; non-status meant full Indian, but off-reserve.  Where does this leave us in 2013?  Many generations later, who is a metis?  Who is off-reserve?  Who is non-status?  How much "white" blood qualifies or disqualifies you? 

With a non-status, but full Mohawk, great-grandmother, I may qualify.  How ridiculous!  Will several generations have to apply and make a case?  It's just not workable on any level. 

And as to "The Crown", with which the 'Idle No More' gang wish to deal, bulletin, bulletin, bulletin....The Crown is the Canadian government.  Our constitution was patriated in April, 1982. 

Get over yourselves.