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I wasn't aware of that legislation and thank you for bringing it up. I am aware of the legislation that trudeau snuck into his omnibus Bill C-44 specifically Bill S-251 (http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/S-251/first-reading). That trudeau would even contemplate using an omnibus bill after his many stridently negative comments regarding their use by the former government, is yet another example of the man's utter hypocrisy. That he would have the Finance Minister deliver the bill under the guise of budgetary changes in order to quietly include a plethora of different bills which radically change many areas of justice, commerce and social welfare without disclosing their intent to the Canadian public is yet another betrayal of their 'sunny ways' proclamations. But to get back to Bill S-251, there are several changes to the justice system some of which allow judges to impose a fine rather then a prison term for anyone including companies that are deemed to be candidates for such treatment. This is important as SNC Lavalin if convicted and given a criminal sentence will not be allowed to operate in Canada for a period of 10 years. SNC Lavalin currently brings an estimated 8 billion dollars into the Canadian economy and employees around 9,000 people - many of them in Quebec - which may not seem important until put into context of the coming election and province's importance to the futures of the Liberal party. SNC Lavalin is also a major contributor to the Liberal Party of Canada. It is not a huge leap to understand why the government might find it necessary to do all in their power to make sure the company receives a fine. If they stepped over the line doing so then their downfall cannot come soon enough.

Trudeau may not have any leverage over her but she is still bound by client confidentiality no matter whether remains with the party or not - whether in cabinet or not. This I believe is why she hired such a high-powered lawyer. She needs one.

If the PMO did not cross the line and put pressure on the former AG, why then was she demoted? No harm. No fail.

If Wilson-Raybauld was indeed put under pressure to use her influence in the SNC Lavalin trial by the PMO she was duty bound to come forward immediately. As yet there is no factual evidence to support the allegations. Never-the-less, it beggars belief that nothing happened else why the demotion? While I find all the negative comments by anonymous sources regarding Wilson-Raybauld to be cheap shots by cowards unwillingly to go on record, I also am disturbed to see activist natives trying to make this all about indigenous issues. It isn't. Nor is it a 'feminist' issue as some are trying to evince. This is simply about a major company in Canada being charged with bribery and accusations that the PMO tried to influence the AG to intervene on their behalf. Where I wonder would be the hue and cry had the AG been Japanese, Chinese, Nigerian or any ethnicity other indigenous. The FNs are doing themselves no favours by trying to make this all about them. It is not. The biggest cog in this wheel is Wilson-Raybauld. We need to hear her side of this ever-growing story. The sooner she is heard from the better.

The Dems lost all their credibility when they chose Hillary as their presidential candidate. The same Hillary Clinton who stood in lock-step with her serial philandering husband when he was embroiled in the Lewinsky affair.

I find it passing strange that Ford had no problems with Kavanaugh being elected judge to a lower court there able to make decisions regarding the fate of others every single day.

"This does not mean that everything is black and white. That every accused is Harvey Weinstein. I'm sure we'll find the correct way to deal with this explosive cultural movement." I sure hope you are right, but watching those screaming shrieking harpies littering the halls of the Senate yesterday did little more than show their absolute inability to deal with this matter in a sound reasoning manner. The list of unsubstantiated allegations against men grows daily. Men are being pilloried for simply looking the wrong way at a woman. I don't see an end to this calamity any time soon.

Alleged behavior - let's get that straight. Three of the four people who Dr Ford said were there, do not support her testimony. From all apparent testimony, letters of support from both men and women, Judge Kavanaugh has led an exemplary life as an adult. To have these unsupported allegations brought up now is nothing more than a sickening effort by the Dems to stall the nomination hearings. Feinstien should be removed immediately.

Good question. A better one might be why Dr Ford decided to sit on this for so long? Why did she not come forward now when she had ample opportunity to make her accusations decades ago. She obviously believes that something happened to her but was it Kavanaugh - I most certainly have my doubts. I do feel for Dr Ford as she is obviously little more than a pawn in the hands of the Dems and will be discarded as soon as the hearings have ended.

I imagine there are a plethora of men and women who look back on their younger years with some if not a lot of regret for their actions. That it should define who they are now is specious at best. How they have lived their lives since that time is what should count - not unsupported allegations from over three decades ago that had they been properly reported at the time may very well have been found to be without merit.

Well hello there Machjo or as you are known in Canadian Content forums - White Unifier. Found this post and decided to share it with other members on CC - just so you know.

Not all of them, Argus. Huff Post Canada allows commenting on it's articles and I take full advantage of it. The CBC is but a left-wing tool of the Liberal government.

If a couple of memes are the best you can come up with to show your disregard for Andrew, it should be an easy ride to election day for us Conservatives. LOL

You are absolutely right, eyeball. We were presented with a one-sided story for the most part and that did no one any good. I was lucky enough to go school with students from the Cree nation in our area. Through them, we were able to gain a much better understanding of the indigenous point of view. But that option was not available to all Canadian students and due to that many grew up believing exactly what they were told in school. In the last decade or so, Canadians have come to realize that - due to those FNs that have come forth to tell their side of the story. That said, within the FN communities there is a core of people who, for their own ends, choose to ignore or disavow certain truths about what happened in the past. They shout down the voices of their own brethren who would affirm those truths. There also are among them a group who despise any form of religion that is not based on their form of Indigenous spirituality and though unable to turn all their fellow FNs from following other faiths, have been wildly successful at having their ceremonies front and center at every event involving Fed and Provincial governments. Precious time is taken up with long involved ceremonies prior to hearings, inquiries, round-tables, and commissions. I watched several sessions of the MMIW inquiry and was stunned by how much time was given over to these types of ceremonies and how little time was given to the people who were there to share their stories. I live close to a reserve here in BC and know many of the FNs. What they have to say about this core of what some have termed 'the aboriginal industry' would make illuminating reading were any of the media in Canada inclined to listen to them.

It is extremely time consuming, and no, I do not have the time to check every single news story. I check what I believe is important and do what I can to let others know what I have found.

Would you care to expand upon your comment, eyeball. I would be interested in knowing exactly what 'crap' you are referring to in your post. I don't like making assumptions.

That NP article was the first glimmer of hope in tracking down the truth, Centerpiece. From it I was able to dig deeper and find more and more facts about the true story of Charlie. It angers me no end that our kids are being made to read, study and accept as fact what is a fictionalized account of a young boys life and death. And to think the author of the book is held up as a hero.

We are capable of checking facts, James though it is difficult and there are many false leads, it can be done.

It is difficult, time-consuming and frustrating, Bonam. Just finding that first piece confirming the lies can take numerous searches using numerous different headings. Once that is found it does get a bit easier as you at least have more leads and a better understanding of exactly what to search for. It does take commitment. Unfortunately, most people have neither the time nor the opportunity to research a story. There is so much disinformation on the net and so very many sites that continue the lie. One must be totally dedicated to their goal. The reward is being able to expose the fallacies and it is most definitely worth the effort.

I must apologize to the forum. I broke the rules by posting an article. I am sorry for that. The article was written by Robert McBain refuting claims in a story called the 'The Secret Path' about a young native boy called Charlie Wenjack. After much due diligence, Mr McBain was able to prove that much of what was written was little more than a pack of lies. The truth is that Charlie Wenjack actually attended a public school in Kenora, ON. He only boarded at Ceclia Jeffrey Indian Residential School. The school was NOT run by Catholics but by the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. There were no nuns or priests at the school. A Cree/Saulteaux by the name of Colin Wasacase was in charge of the school at the time and his wife was the matron. There is no credible evidence that the children were kept in prison-like conditions. Nor is their any evidence of abuse at the school. On the day Charlie disappeared he had been playing with two orphan boys from the school who had run away before. On the afternoon in question, the boys decided they would run away and visit their uncle - Charlie decided to go with them. After spending a few days at the cabin of the boy's uncle and for all appearances being well-cared for, Charlie decided he wanted to go home. Home was fly-in Ojibway community on the Marten Falls reserve. After being shown the railway tracks by the boy's uncle and being told to ask CNR railway workers for food along the way, Charlie left. His body was discovered by CNR engineer on October 23, 1996. That is the true story of Charlie Wenjack. The Secret Path has now become required reading in schools across this country. What good does this piece of revisionist history do for the true victims of abuse in Residential Schools. With all the available evidence, one might wonder why the authors didn't choose a true account instead of fictionalizing the life and death of young Charlie Wenjack. EF12MisinformationWenjackMacBain.pdf

I agree that treaties most definitely need to be negotiated, eyeball. That said, here in BC one of the roadblocks is the fact that there are some bands whose claims overlap that of others and they are unable or unwilling to come to terms. The government can do nothing but stand by and hope that reason and compromise will eventually win the day.

No one is well-served by the continual litany of wrongs done. No one. Is this what we are to hear again next year.......and the year following? When will enough time have passed that the sins of previous police forces not be visited upon the current force. What was once truly a celebration of inclusiveness, has now become a source of rancor and divisiveness. Sad that.

As in many other matters these days, it is the so-called 'entitled' few who are clamoring, and getting, all the attention. Meanwhile, on many reserves across Canada, lives are being lived. Business is being done. The kids are being educated. Parents are providing for their families. Too bad it isn't their voices we hear on the news or read about in the newspapers. I am quite sure they would have a lot to say about the yammering minority.

It could have been avoided had the people in the car not been bent on mayhem as was amply proven in the trial. It appears that personal responsibility for one's own actions was sadly lacking by these young people and a young life was taken and that is very sad. Now the natives are all up in arms over the not guilty verdict. Where were they when the youths took off on a day of drinking, shooting off their rifle and invading two farms? Where were the parents? How did the youths get the rifle and who did it belong to? There are consequences to one's actions and it is about time the Native community stepped up and took some.

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-heres-where-laurier-can-stick-their-apology-to-lindsay-shepherd