westguy

innocent

I think we should all be a little more circumspect. It seems that many posters are assuming he is guilty. Altho the feminists may encourage that - we are Inoocent until PROVEN guilty

by some definitions I have seen posted on this site, then the "Idle No More"movement could be described as terrorists. Have you noticed we dont hear of many cases where Dutch, Swedish, other Scandinavians commit terorist acts. profiling is sometimes accurate.

they will never apply the law against aboriginals. they are scared of being called "racists"

Socialist-Don't you think it is racist to expect/demand special treatment just cuz of your race?

my mistake and apologies

yes I think we have paid enough for our collective "guilt"

can anyone explain why we 'owe" the natives a living? They receive many financial benefits other races do not. I recognize that many posters on this site express symapthy for them and assert that we have treated them badly. Although I may agree that their land was taken a hundred or more years ago but that has happened throughout history and without the consequential "white man's guilt" that we seem to have. How long will it go on?? I applaud the few native bands that have succeeded and created successful businesses but they are the exception. I disagree with the pretense that natives are honorable or dishonorable and point to their squandering of benefits they receive from the taxpayer. ( benefits not afforded to the rest of us based solely on race) A small Manitoba newspaper called the natives lazy and corrupt. Given their poor accounting and use of funds given to them, I must agree.

smallc - I thought you said above that you would stop

WWWitt - what r u smoking?

typical

no it is taken from the productive provinces

as caustic as ever becuz we disagree Smallc

I understand that Quebec sucks $8B/yr out of the ROC every year and has received $257B since it started 50 yrs ago. Just becuz it was accepted 50yrs ago dioes not make it equitable.

Yes we should re-work the equalization payments in Canada. it is unfair to some provinces and benefits some who are chronically dependent on them

I didnt say it had been stolen - merely that it was spent frivolously on trips to Vegas. - your justification for defaming me is pretty weak

Michael Hardner; Please show me where i ever said the funds were "stolen? On the contrary, I stated that aboriginals have a long history of being unaccaountable for the hard earned tax dollars they have received from our government. My statement is supported by severall audits. Your misstatement of my posting reflects an argument. without merit. By the way I have seen who sits in first class ot Vegas.

I thought that EI was intended to help those who had TEMPORARILY lost employment while they sought other jobs, not to help those who chose to work the minimum number of hours to be eligible for EI

politically correct fellow posters - WAKE UP!!! How long are we going to support FN while they abuse the taxpayers. Have you forgotten the audit of a few years agothat concluded that the FN could not account for $500M of government money that they were given? Their reaction was to call the auditors racist!! Surely they could have cleaned up their act and hired people to do it right and show them how. The band leaders/chiefs have no interest in cleaning up their gravy train. They claim to value their old beliefs but willingly sell out to the oil companies for a big cheque. I wish my widowed mother had qualified for what FN get while she raised 4 kids under 10 working as a waitress. no sympathy at all for the FN.

where did the money go - likely on fiorst class tickets to Vegas

and the beat of greed and corruption goes on....

oops that's favor

as a taxpayer, I am i facor of the reforms to EI. Hopefully, it will reduce the abuse

r u surprised??

canuckistani you hit the nail on the head. The Fraser Institute concluded that Attawaspiskat had 4 times the funds compared to non- aboriginal communities from government grants and mineral resources ( diamond mine). The fact they want more is typical, but laughable. In typical fashion, the aboriginals always demand more government funding and are unaccountable for the funding they currently receive and they cry "racist" when someone objects. A few years the auditor-general gave a report that found that they had not accounted for $500M of gavernment grants. They are the ultimate hypocrits. I have often seen them in BUSINSS CLASS seats on flights to Las Vegas. Sympathy for the nativess - you've go to be kidding