I know I bang on about this, but native issues continue to arise and continue to piss me off. Here's a letter of mine, published yesterday in The Calgary Herald:
"Dear Editor,
"Both the issue of AFN chief Perry Bellegards's never having voted in a federal election and his on-going objection to bands having to disclose financial information are rooted in the same reality: as a rule, aboriginals* do not identify as "Canadian". If one is a Canadian, one`s civic duty is to vote; if one is Canadian, one must declare all income to the Canada Revenue Agency. There is nothing "heavy-handed" about either of these obligations. Frankly, Mr. Bellegarde`s stance is high-handed." (The last sentence was deleted, but the rest of the letter went in as written.)
If you read a recent blog of mine, you know that Bellegarde refuses to vote, but urges all natives to. Complete bullsh-t.
On the heels of this nonsense, the first-ever native college in Canada was destroyed by arson recently. Located on the Blood Tribe Reserve in southern Alberta, Red Crow Community College was an $11 million total write-off. Immediately, the chief jumped in front of a microphone and blamed "faulty wiring", but when the professionals looked into it, it was clearly arson. With native leaders screaming for better educational facilities and more money from the rest of us, why would they burn down this breakthrough building?!
Definitely more "forked tongue" speak.
Sad.
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*I used the word "natives" in my original letter because there are no aboriginals in North America, but the editor changed it.
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