Listening to Minister-of-something-or-other-Indian, Jane Philpott, go on about how she's going to solve all the problems on reservations is beyond the beyond.
According to her, she's going to eliminate the boil-water problems, the youth suicide epidemic, the infant mortality disgrace, the drug and substance mess and the no-education disaster in 10 minutes. Really?!
The gobbeldy-gook she mouthed was breathtaking in the two interviews I heard her give this afternoon. Apparently, the education drop-outs are going to be solved by gearing programs to native culture and beliefs. Really?! No they're not. Native children need to get the same education as every other Canadian because knowing all about your cultural practices is not going to help you get into Queen's or McGill. All that's going to do is handicap you further. Just so dumb.
I had to hit mute to prevent me from screaming.
And as to the boil-water deal, reservations have been provided with expensive filtering systems for many years, but guess what? They neither install nor use them!
All the other problems would be solved if Indians integrated and got off the reserves. But it won't happen. Sad.
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