After dragging their heels for years, the last of the many native bands -- the Athabasca Chipewyan, lead by Allan Adam -- finally signed off on the Teck project. Ten minutes later, Teck pulled out. Kind'a serves everyone right on all sides.
What this means is that native approval, once touted as the route to getting such projects done for the betterment of their people, no longer means a thing. So, that dithering just backfired in everyone's faces. That has changed.
Writing in The Herald yesterday, columnist Chris Nelson said his heart sank when he saw young children being brought along to various protest rallies and blockades. "Yep, there go the next 30 years, We'll be consulting, apologizing and reconciling to them too when they're well into middle age. The seed is now planted and it's planted deep(ly)," he wrote.
Made me think of a native I know who said, "Don't worry, I have taught my daughters well. They will have long memories." How does this help anything?! That component of the mess, sadly, hasn't changed.
This approach helps nothing, but it's happening anyway. Puts me in mind of the slogan on the Quebec licence plate: "Je me souviens."
Oh dear, oh dear...............
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