Two Solitudes Can't Exist Side By Side

And the proof is evident when it comes to dealing with indians and their land claims and here is just another example where the indians will dictate the terms to the government and to the public. Unless someone at the provincial or federal level gets some balls we will have enclaves similar to Caledonia all over the province.

Natives say land deal left them out
Dec. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM
LAURIE MONSEBRAATEN
STAFF REPORTER

Little, it seems, stands in the way of southern Ontario's booming development industry.

But the shards and fragments of centuries-old Indian artifacts, village sites and burial grounds lying just below the earth's surface could trip up more than a few bulldozers.

An Ontario court is considering whether the province should have consulted more with some native groups in a planned land swap. If the court rules against the province, it could thwart "anybody dealing with land," said lawyer David Donnelly, who represents the Huron-Wendat First Nation. The band, which occupied most of the area around Toronto about 400 years ago, is now based near Quebec City.

In essence, it could force those involved in major land transactions to engage in protracted consultations with a wide variety of native groups.

"If they open the door to this, then we are into a very vast, broad and almost excessively onerous responsibility on both private and public proponents," Donnelly said this week.

Get out of my way white man........