Why Is There Such A Disparity Among Indian Bands

Does Fontaine represent all indian bands in Canada?

Fontaine offers natives vision of better future
Feb. 11, 2007
For far too long, many of Canada's native peoples have suffered from bad water, inferior education and too few job prospects, both on rural reserves and in cities and towns across the country.
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He paints a pretty dismal picture but I have to wonder if it is because it get him more media attention than the following success story......

Aboriginals get bigger share of job action
Rates rise for off-reserve natives out west

WENDY STUECK

VANCOUVER -- Cindy Pete was born in Moricetown, a native village in Gitxsan Wet'suwet'en territory on the shores of the Bulkley River in northwestern B.C.

Today, 26-year-old Ms. Pete lives in Vancouver, where she recently landed a full-time job as a daycare worker after graduating last year from an early childhood education program.

"I've been looking after children since I was a teenager so I decided to use that gift," Ms. Pete said yesterday, as children played around her.

Ms. Pete's new job puts her in the ranks of thousands of Canadians who found work last month, pushing the employment tally well past economists' forecasts. She also reflects another aspect of the job market in Alberta and B.C.: higher rates of employment for aboriginal people.

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