CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD

For sheer abuse of state power nothing touches Caledonia

Getting Even With Paleface...

...the Chiefs and Band Councils won't share $5-6B Ottawa sends us annually.

EWhy Dont' We Hear More About The Successes In Native Community...

...is it possible because most of the successes are in spite of the band councils, chiefs and indian social in-activists?

Lifting the veil on native youth suicide

Jan 04, 2011 12:54AM EST


Canadian Rangers tackle an issue that hits close to home

Don't Blame The "Chiefs:...

...blame the feds and provincial politicians and beauracrats who ignore the problems of a two tier society.

The Main Weapon In Native Arsenal

 Chiefs paid handsomely


By PETER WORTHINGTON, QMI Agency

No one should be surprised that 82 aboriginal chiefs in Canada are paid more than the prime minister.

Return To A Single Tier Society...

John Reilly: Shut down the native industry and spend the money on natives


“What would I do if I had the power? I would dissolve INAC and repeal the Indian Act“

Writing Bad Medicine: A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community, my recently published book, has been an amazing experience for me.

When I started the project, I had very modest expectations. I believed the book would be a good read for me when my memory and mental acuity had so deteriorated with age that I no longer had any direct recollection of the subject matter. I thought I might sell a few copies, give a few to my children and close friends, maybe get a little coverage from the local media. I even hoped that at some point an opposition Indian Affairs critic might use the book to ask a few embarrassing questions of the Minister of Indian Affairs & Northern Development during Question Period in the House of Commons. I did not expect the national media coverage that has resulted. Read More »

Indian Solitude...

The New Big Tobacco: 'There's nothing we've done that's illegal'

In part three of a five-part series on the contraband tobacco business, the Post explores the growing debate over organized crime’s role

An Example Of Two Tier Justice...

Native-made cigarettes bring wealth and disapproval to reserves

Looking back

Aboriginal leaders grapple with the complicated legacy of Gustafsen Lake

In Pictures: The 1995 armed 31-day standoff over aboriginal title at B.C.’s Gustafsen Lake

Homegrown Terrorists? Does No One Recall Oka, Caledonia...

Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: The jihadists’ William Hung

Chris Selley  August 30, 2010 – 2:20 pm

Be afraid. Be very afraid.
If you want to be afraid of Canada’s terrorist-infested future, read David Harris in the Ottawa Citizen. We’re all doomed, basically. If you’d prefer to be confused, confounded and perplexed, read the Citizen‘s or The Globe and Mail‘s editorialists: There’s no way to tell who’s a terrorist and who isn’t these days, but it’s our duty to keep an eye out for them — each and every one of us — so let’s get to work!
Meanwhile, the National Post‘s editorialists wish more extremists would make fools of themselves on Canadian Idol. “Jihadis present themselves as serious, dignified people in a serious, dignified struggle,” they argue. “Yet the dominant impression of [Khurram Syed] Sher now is of a somewhat sulky and self-conscious buffoon” — “a sort of jihadi William Hung.” Ideally, this would convince other would-be terrorists that only losers want to blow things up on Parliament Hill.
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Adrian MacNair: Rationalizing ‘homegrown’ terror

Adrian MacNair  August 30, 2010 – 11:32 am

 

It is not surprising to see that the reaction in the Toronto Star to the recent arrests pertaining to alleged “homegrown” Canadian terrorism is one of cautious skepticism. Though we must always remain fair in allowing the legal system to ascertain the guilt or innocence of the accused, it is another thing altogether to rationalize terrorism as the manifested effect of the cause of Western aggression.
But that is precisely what Toronto Star op-ed writer Haroon Siddiqui does almost every time there is a report of homegrown terrorism. His latest missive, an equivocation of a magnitude rarely seen in print, attempts to mask his contempt for the Afghan mission as a sort of rebuke of Canadian journalistic integrity. We have not answered the five Ws, he explains, the most important being the “why.”
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Margaret Wente

A hate-filled product of poverty or a ball-hockey-playing doctor?

The depressing truth is that radicalized Muslims in the West aren’t second-class citizens – they often work in medicine, engineering or computer science

Canadian Muslim 'doctor' failed Canadian Idol AND his med school exams!

Fabtastic!
Major Canadian newspapers My husband (with help from an anonymous physician) writes:

Since Khurram Syed Sher is not listed in the Directory of Fellows of the Royal College of Physians and Surgeons, he is definitely not a certified pathologist, which must mean he either did not take his exam (maybe he was out Jihading that week...) or more likely, he failed them.

#  Kathy Shaidle

This Might Soften Your Attitude On Illegal Tamils...

...but inho it is just another example of two tier citizenship, two tier justice and the billions paid annually to cover our rent.

The Result Of Special Status...

Latest Oka standoff ends in tense peace

A standoff in Quebec between members of the Kanesatake Mohawk community and a real-estate developer has ended — at least for the time being — with provincial police escorting the developer from the disputed land

• Mohawk role model faces eviction over non-native fiancé
• Hundreds march to commemorate Oka crisis

...and closer to home we have Caledonia and:

OPP on remote reserve chased out by rock-throwing mob Aug 06, 2010 3:58AM EDT

Chaotic scene that saw officers pushed and shoved as station was breached is detailed in OPP report.

Two Tier Justice...

Globe Editorial

Nunavut shows the feds are not so tough on crime

Nunavut's Chief Justice has been forced to write a letter to Ottawa pleading for two more judges, and a chronic shortage of Crown prosecutors in the territory is allowed to persist. Jul 29, 2010

Equality For Indians Would Mean Taking Away Their Special Status...

Jeffrey Simpson

Battling aboriginal tradition

The split’s between the ideology about self-government and the facts on the ground – ‘people are running away’ 6:05 PM EDT 0

Sink Swim Tread Water...

Jeffrey Simpson

Treaty-making in B.C.: Noble sentiments, difficult realities

‘We’ve spun our wheels and haven’t gone anywhere’ Jul 26, 2010 

Scrap the Indian Act

Sun Jul 25 2010

The Indian Act is a relic of the 19th century. Passed by Parliament in 1876 and administered by the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, it defines who is an “Indian” and sets out rules for governing reserves.

Cutting Off Their Government Payments Might Kickstart Their Opportunities!

To kick their illegal tobacco habit, first nations need other opportunities 

Joseph Quesnel 

Black-market ‘smoke shacks’ are the alternative to normal business development Jul 19, 2010 6:17PM EDT 22

First Nations head calls for end to the Indian Act
Aboriginals should get out “from under”the Indian Act within five years and build a new, more-independent relationship with the federal government, the head of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday. 

Standing Up For Your Principles Is Commendable...

...and I am sure suicide bombers, potential terrorists, criminals also have principles that they live/die by.  

 Make A Choice!

Iroquois lacrosse team to bow out of tournament

More Canadians turning to violent jihad: Mountie

...even one is one too many!

In Our Two Tiered Justice System...

...is there any relevance in the fact that a "native elder" is involved and he wasn't described a just a dirty old man and sexual predator?

Jail counsellor coerced female inmate into sex

By DEAN PRITCHARD, QMI Agency

A native elder and jail counsellor abused his position of trust when he coerced a Winnipeg Remand Centre inmate to perform oral sex on him, a judge was told Wednesday.

Settle Land Claims, Let Them Govern Themselves, Let Them Pay Their Own Way...

...and apply the CANADIAN law of the land.

Iroquois passports deemed insufficient
Iroquois travellers may no longer be able to go outside of North America solely on their confederacy-issued passports, because of a security measure that one native leader says undermines the sovereignty of the nation.

Showdown' looms between a dozen First Nations families and the DFO

...how many billions have been allocated over the past 20 years and where did it go: 

 Most don't think aboriginal life has improved since Oka: poll
Twenty years after the 78-day standoff between the Mohawk nation of Kanesatake and the town of Oka over disputed land, the majority of Canadians don't believe the quality of life for aboriginals in Canada is getting better, according to a new poll.

 

All We Give Them Is Impunity Fom The Law...

...allow them to occupy disputed land which McGoonty paid them and the right to Open Cigarette Shack on this land.

HM the Queen's gift to the Mohawk people

I thought this was quite wonderful. A renewing of the strong bonds between the Crown and the Mohawk people. Natives thrilled by surprise gift from queen by Jason Miller The local Mohawk community is ringing with joy after the Mohawk band received a surprise gift from Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Toronto Sunday. Chief R. Donald Maracle of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte ...

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Guess Who Was In Charge Of The Caledon Fiasco The Last Two Years...

McGinty has lowered the flag of Canada in defeat...

Christie Blatchford

Lewis’s appointment is a vote for the status quo Jul 08, 2010 1:36AM EDT

With selection of new OPP commissioner, province shows it has no regrets over police handling of Caledonia occupation 

...Lewis holds that official, and dubious, honor but actually the indians have been in charge.