Didn't use the word once

"Responsibilities".  Didn't hear it at all during an interview on 'Q' this morning, where Jian did his show from Victoria.  He was talking to the chief of an obscure BC native band (there are more than 200 in BC, whoa!) who is also an assistant professor of law at U of Vic, Judith Sayers.  She went on and on about "our rights" and "our sacred places" and "our burial grounds" and "our resources" and "our treaties" and "our land"...and...and...and...Bob's your uncle.  But she failed to mention that annoying word they abhor: "responsibilities".

And the a--kissing that Jian did was embarrassing.  He is a very "soft" interviewer.  Never hits the jugular.  Must be some vague insecurity he harbours.  Ethnic?  Who knows.  But you can imagine how much groaning I did.  Sayers basically avowed that unless all-of-the-above demands were granted and respected and worked around, nothing was going to get done in BC, period the end.  The concept of being a "Canadian" and having civic responsibilities simply does not exist among activist native groups.  The wonder is they don't seem to notice they should at least pay lip service to the people who are supporting them!

Of course, as a band leader, she is part of the problem, not the solution. 

So folks, BC's toast and so is every pipeline and resource development anyone envisions in that silly province.