“After Australia now its Canada in news for the racist attacks on #Indians, the Govt. must take some strict action before this virus spreads
4:42 AM Jun 11th from web ”

Chirpingnoise: I suppose the heart of the ‘Girl On The Right’ AND OTHERS OF HER SYMPATHY in Canada are visiblein some other quarters of the World. Is it too early to say Canada used to have such a good reputation.

They are free to establish their own requirements…Or not…

War on this continent had been going on for a thousand years before whitey ever showed up..

her are my points:

Background

I am an immigrant to Canada and arrived in this great country in 1994. I found a job after nine days (in Toronto) and have worked ever since. I have never claimed welfare or looked to the government for any kind of hand out, unlike fifty years ago when immigrant either made it or they were sent home. Now some people come to Canada BECAUSE of the generous hand-outs. Thank you Pierre Trudeau, you Marxist bastard. In 1995 after being barred from a career as a police officer because I was white and heteroseuxal (I kid you not), I went to business school while still working to support my family.

Current Situation

I later moved to Calgary, Alberta where I now own and operate a growing security company. Every year here we have the Calgary Stampede, which brings hordes of natives into town. Some of the rental properties we guard attract gangs of natives who have been the worse for drink (and substance abuse). They show up mob handed and threaten the guards while throwing racial slurs at them (with slurred words), who are often than not visible minorities. I employ blacks, east indians, filipinos and even a couple of very good natives. They are regularly abused, spat on, shoved around and threatened. My native employees are even called “traitors” by the on-rez drunks. During foot patrols, we have found them passed out drunk in stairwells, parking lots and even in dumpsters. My employees have saved more than a few native lives by calling an ambulance to the scene. It is unlikely that any government will take a hard line with the on-rez natives and tell them straight - “your all totally f***** up and need to sort yourselves out. No more money! So smarten yourselves up and get a life.” One summer we stood and watched a group of Pakistani youths and native youths hurl abuse at each other. “Get out of our country!” screamed the natives. “Go have another whiskey you drunken bums,” replied the Pakis.

Gee, isn’t multiculturalism wonderful? But it all whitey’s fault of course.

Leanne made a valid comment concerning the Amish people and other groups. They pulled together, work hard and succeeded. East Indians do it, asians do it and we wicked white Europeans didn;t do a bad job of actually building the bestthe country in the world out of bush and rock.

As for “stealing the land”, what the did the natives ever do with it before the Europeans arrived? Sorry Tonto, kimasabi did what you couldn’t do - build a great nation through hard, work, sweat and inovation.

Indian Affairs is just one arm of the Industry. There are lawyers, consultants, academics and a whole host of businesses such as casinos that survive either on the tax dollars that you and I pay or, in the case of casinos, on taxing the stupid. Even construction companies on reserves build housing, schools, clinics and band offices with Federal money and the band councils play favourites with who gets the jobs in those buildings and who gets the housing. It all depends on the rest of the tax paying public. And that doesn’t even cover the thriving industry of selling contraband substances such as cigarettes.

Sure, off reserve Indians living in our towns and cities contribute dollars to the municipal and provincial coffers by spending their wages or welfare payments at local businesses, or, if they own property, through their municipal taxes, but they get all the services the rest of us do, such as running water, street maintenance, garbage pick up, schooling, policing and health services.

Chirping Noise, you should come out of your ivory tower and walk among the great unwashed for a while. These Indian Affairs offices all across this country are staffed with First Nations people. Most provincial governments have departments that deal with First Nations populations and they have numerous Indians in their employ. But again, all funded by the tax payer.

And this: “450 plus years before they could VOTE” is pure balderdash. There was a time in Canada’s history (early 19th century) when Indians did have the right to vote. It was eroded with various statutes in the later half of that century, in particular by the enfranchisement clauses which required them to surrender their Indian status in order to gain the right to vote, although Indian veterans from WWI were given the franchise without having to give up their rights. Funny thing is, after Dief introduced his bill reinstating their right to vote, for a very long time very few of them exercised that right, a fact that probably stems, in part, at least, from the older enfranchisement mechanisms set out in the Indian Act and early legislation.

If you ever get the chance to visit the Diefenbaker Centre on the University of Saskatchewan campus, you should look through his papers. He championed the Indian people of this province and they appreciated his efforts. That is obvious from the papers held at the Centre. His constituency, Prince Albert, is home to many First Nations. He appointed the first Status Indian to the senate. He also gave Canada the Bill of Rights, which contained many of the rights which were subsequently put into our constitution. Notice the words “a Bill of Rights is need to take forthright stand against discrimination based on colour, creed or racial origin”.

You might note that he was re-elected by the voters in that constituency over and over and over. After he died, in the very next election, they voted NDP. Sort of shows the kind of respect the constituents had for the old guy, doesn’t it. He’d probably turn over in his grave if he knew what was going on today. He probably wouldn’t think much of our Human Rights Commissions, either.

Now I’m pissed!

What business is it of the government if Indians have affairs? They should be free to hook up with anyone they want to.

The government has no business in the sweat lodges of the nation!

Media savvy Chiefs and their liberal friends exploit aboriginals for money, lots of money. It’s no secret, but with that much money in play it’s no surprise that they will demonize anyone who proposes solutions to their exploitation of poorer aboriginals, race pimps need the squalor it makes for good TV.

Get off the reserves and learn to function in the modern world. It is harsh but valuable advice.

Remember that eight billion has to pay the federal salaries of these white people first and that building and its infrastructure and the Rich Pensions of those people. Remember there are lots of little indian affairs bldgs across Canada employing more white people.

Now after paying for all that the First Nations people may get a dime or a quarter of the dollar allocated by Parliament. Not much left to buy a Jail is there.

Now to continue this reactionary rant. I seem to remember that the Right Winger John Diefenbaker in order to win one of his elections for the Conservatives in Canada, made the Indians of Canada CITIZENS in 1962. 450 plus years before they could VOTE…sounds like disenfranchisement to me. and

Canada is a major exporter of Oil to the USA but remember that land was Indian Land before it was stolen. 8 Billion doesn’t even come close to the interest on the value of the minerals ripped off the First Nations.