Maybe I should blockade and demand they take away my white male advantage.

White Male - a demographic group denied jobs, they face quotas at some educational institutes, longer criminal sentences because foolishly they carry out too few crimes, they are the only group not allowed race based bursaries in school. Have been paying taxes to house natives for hundreds of years. All these add up to what lefties call a white male advantage.

I predict this is the year that native radicals and fanaticism take a public image plunge....also the year we take a realistic look at the validity of land claims.

Cut off all funding to native groups and reserves. Appoint someone to follow up on exactly where all funds actually end up. No more negotiating about land claims. Arrest all who break the law. Show that the native groups are not above the law. Send in the OPP or CAF to clean up the mess in Caledonia. Its about time that we show we are not going to take any more of their threats. Ten billion for 1.3 million people seems like a lot of money.

maybe a little time manning the shovels and brooms instead of the barricades and they might see an improvement.

Only we who toss the big bucks into the huge black hole for "Natives" have to obey the laws of the land. Indian thugs are above our laws, don't abide them or respect them and they have the bloody gall to demand more and want respect as well.

It's long past time to put an end to reserves and Treaty renewals. It is not working, never will.

It's so sickening to those of us who pay taxes to watch the "Chiefs", Fontaine et al, shamelessly demanding more money from the taxpaying people they show no respect for.

We need a government with guts to stop the flow of money without accountability and at the very least demand they obey our laws.

How can anyone in this country want to give more and more to a people with no accountability beyond ethnicity, who laugh at us, spit in our faces, trash our properties and demand more?

It may be complicated, it may take time, but surely we're smarter in this 21st century Canada than to tolerate any more of this insanity.

Our Conservative government is not improving the situation to this point, it's business as usual, suck up and pay. Time to STOP IT!

I like the idea at Dustmybroom from one commenter...$1 million per "First Nation" person and all's square. Heck, make it $10 million per person...call their bluff! How can they reasonably refuse and still get any public support?

Is it spring already?
The migratory birds are returning to their traditional nesting places and millionaire Phil Fontaine is home from Palm Springs.
It must be protest season for the Indians.
How come none of our noble savages get savage when it's like February.
Were they keeping all their anger bottled up for the victim weather.
Like their noble native forebearers they are one with nature.
The emotional melt down is timed for the snow melt.
"Now is the winter of our discontent,...but gosh darn it, all that snow! Save it for after the melt because the legs of your folding chair don't sink into the mud."

Where did the winter go?

Maybe it's time for a general tax revolt/strike to shake some of the parasites free of the public purse.

The whole idea of giving natives one payment is a great idea, but will never work. Giving their community money is like burning in a fire. They will spend their money foolishly, and then come begging back for more assistance. No differrent then some people of non native decent.
I live in an area with many reserves. There is definatly some haves, and some have nots. The problem i see it is that many parents do not understand the value of self esteeem, and then it is passed on to their children. like a bad disease, it continues.
Cut off funding until they get their act together completely. Ask the Saskatchewan Metis how it feels to not have funding after it was PROVEN that during their election, dead people had voted. Hardly seems on the level.
Ugh, i am venting, and it feels good. But sooner or later the BS about we were harmed 100 years ago has to be gotten over. COme on, take account of your own situation and get a job, get a career, and a life.

The most recent census says that 1.3 million Canadians claim some aboriginal heritage. this represents 4.4% of our population.

$10,000,000,000 divided by 1,300,000 = $7692 for every single man woman or child in Canada that claims any aboriginal blood...

But wait it gets better, My wife claims aboriginal heritage but is not a"status indian" so none of that $10,000,000,000 is being spent on us or others like us.

Now for arguments sake let's say that 1/4 of the Aboriginal population is non status, how much are all the others getting a year?

$10,000,000,000 Divided by 975,000 =
$10,256 a year for every single status native regardless of age.

For some perspective, the Federal government puts approximately $11.24 per person into our cities, in case your doing the math, for the amount that the Fed is giving the Indians they could tripple that $11.24 to $33.72 and pay it to every one of the 32,000,000 Canadians living in this country.

Sick and tired yet?

The Warrior Society is just pissed that they haven't gotten to shoot any cops in Caledonia yet, so they expanding operations to increase their chances.

I guess they figure if they create incidents in other provinces eventually they will run across a police force that will attempt to apply the law instead of just arresting locals who object to the incident.

The same attitude is shown by a significant portion of the black community in Toronto. Sure we can have illegitimate kids, open warfare in the streets, fail in school, be on endless welfare and destroy communities with fear and crime but its all whitey's fault for oppressing us.

"Nkem Anizor, president of the New Black Youth Taking Action, an activist network formed after a spree of gun violence in Toronto in 2005, told a morning news conference that she wanted to draw attention to the unfairness of the provincial Safe Schools Act toward black youth and the potential benefits of black-focused schools, and to denounce the construction of a superjail for youth in Brampton.

Instead, both her news conference and afternoon rally were sullied by vague accusations of Jewish meddling."

As with the indians, its always someone elses fault, never mine.

"Around her, people carried placards, one of which read: "Don't snitch Rich' Steele," a reference to Richard Steele, a key witness to the Boxing Day 2005 shooting of Jane Creba."

Oh yeah, don't help solve the murder of this innocent young girl, protect the brothers. Nkem Anizor wonders why they are treated with contempt, maybe she and her fellow activists should look in the mirror.

3w.caledoniawakeupcall.com/updates/070515cnews.html

Video threatens Cdn railway lines
By JORGE BARRERA, National Bureau
canoe cnews
May 15, 2007

An Internet how-to video on sabotaging railway lines in support of Native land claims has drawn the attention of the RCMP and triggered investigations by the country's two main rail companies.

The video, posted Sunday on YouTube, illustrates how a single wire can trigger full-stop red light signals on the lines.

Experts say the tactic works and could have a serious impact on the economy by throwing train schedules into chaos if it doesn't cause derailment. Train conductors are directed to stop immediately if faced with the signal.

Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway said their police divisions had launched investigations to track down the source of the video. The companies would not say whether they have had any recent phantom signal light incidents.

PULL VIDEO

CN and Transport Canada asked YouTube to pull the video, which was created by a group dubbing themselves "The Railway Ties Collective."

The video was still up last night.

"This is extremely dangerous behaviour," said CN spokesman Mark Hallman.

CN and CP said they discovered the video through their own monitoring processes.

An RCMP spokesman linked the video to the planned June 29 national Native day of action spearheaded by the Assembly of First Nations.

LAND CLAIMS

"We want to make sure that these demonstrations are done as least disruptive as possible," said Sgt. Nathalie Deschense.

Native leaders have warned of possible violence this summer stemming from frustration over land claims and perceived government disregard for persistent high levels of First Nations poverty.

The video opens by referring to "more than 800" unresolved land claims, recent rail blockades by members of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation and the Six Nations reclamation of a 40-hectare residential development in Caledonia.

"The Mohawks have shown the vulnerability of a major trade corridor for people and material. While few other communities could hold off a frontal assault by the OPP, there are other ways to close the rail lines," says the text heavy video as an eerie piano soundtrack plays in the background. "When justice fails, stop the rails."

As the text fades and a rougher electronic beat emerges, the video moves to a pair of gloved hands illuminated in the night by the light of a video camera. After the procedure, the camera pans to the sudden flash of six lights on the tracks.

Joe Bracken, president of the Canadian Heartland Training Railway in Alberta, said if the tactic is employed on a large scale, it could cause serious damage to the nation's rail industry.

"They go through hundreds of Native territories," he said.

The precedent will be set this summer....any damge to public or property will result in lawsuits to the respective FN bands for recovery of damages.

This is the first way to proceed. If the FN do not respect the rulings of the courts or claims against them then it is pointless settling FN claims in them either.

The fact is the Fontaine is a hate monger!
His statements calculated to raise the ire of all sides and pander to the BS that the native Canadian is oppressed by something other than his own community and leaders.

Its the same rhetoric as Huey Newton or Malik Zulu Shabazz! Cry victim and spew bile is the common thread!

Consider this.
There is a native band in south Okanagan. They have an excellent chief, smart, know what he wants and usually get it. The natives have big, big, big vineyards, winery, golf course and accommodation for tourists. They are doing really good.
A power distribution company needed to build a power line from a substation to the town south. Part of the route of the line will go through the bands territory. The band agreed to this for a fee of some tens of millions of $.
Talking with members of the band, these were somewhat environmentally oriented, they did not like it and of course it was the transmission company at fault.
This was hard to do and obviously not welcome, nonetheless I asked a question: did the band council agreed to the power line? Of course they had to admit that, yes, though the fault remained with the line company.
As an aside, who do you thing the news manufacturing corporations would interview?

The SD Mandans have a similar operation on their reserve....they grow sunflowers and process the seed into oil and other products in band-owned processing plants on the rerserve...it is one of the most prosperous reserve ag businesses in the US and supplies 45% of the nation's cooking oils and food processing products...the residents are prosperous and crime, drug and alcohol abuse on that reserve is rare.

Like other people such as the Afghans, the natives are just pawns to be used against PMSH. Phil wants those Libranos and their trusty sidekick’s the Dippers back in power to get the gravy train rolling again.

PMSH must take up the challenge of any illegal acts. He’ll have the MSM against him but what else is new. The majority of Canadians will be with him and will respond positively to firm leadership.

When the population of this country finally get feed up with reverse racism, then we might have a starting point. How can it be allow to call all Canadian "white man"? What about the head chief from Manitoba's comment? The only way to deal with a white man is pick up a gun or hit them where the money follows. Why doesn't the government apply this same logic to dealing with this? Pick up a gun, call in the army end the stand off in Caledonia and cancel all money transfers until this stand off is ended! This crap is going to keep getting bigger as the 2010 games approach. Here in BC Premier Campbell just signed a deal giving 122 hectres (301) acres of land to the FN around Whistler. Making this bands the richest in the country. How are they going to balance this kind of land give away in the rest of the province? 110% of BC is under land claims, does anyone see a logical way of dividing up 110% plus leave a little corner to put all us white men in? This is just so ridiculous! It is time for the feds to take a tough stand and end this BS.

I'll tell you what's special about Phil Fonataine:

He doesn't believe in accountability or responsibility on the part of Native leaders, who have mismanaged the yearly $10 billion paid to the Native population in Canada, thus ensuring that their people live in substandard conditions, year after year. He'd rather bleat about how unfair Canada and Canadians have been to his people, many of whom live on far less, and yet have to pay their own way and that of their children.

The other thing that's special about Phil Fontaine is that his partner is the feminist/equality activist/lawyer/professor Kathleen Mahoney, Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, founding member of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (L.E.A.F.), and a former member of the National Legal Committee, who, no doubt, has schooled him well in the politics of victimhood.

Like so many others feel on this thread, IMO the Canadian government should offer one final settlement to all Native Canadians and put an end to the highly dysfunctional Native reserve system, which seems to enrich a few of the Chiefs while impoverishing the rest of their people and ensuring that they and their descendents become dependent on handouts, year after year.

The system is broken and has to go, for the sake of all Native Canadians and for the rest of us. And as one of the many hard-working, non-Native Canadians, who have absolutely no leg-up, as Fontaine's constituency has, I don’t want to hear any more threats or knashing of teeth from this self-satisfied, self-righteous, privileged, pony-tailed, hot-air, windbag.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

The video stil hasn't been pulled:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EajZvU84Hs0

richfisher, you hit the nail on the head. I've thought that for several years now. It's a sure sign of spring.

And Zip, since most Aboriginals live in cities, I guess they are getting their share of the money spent by all three levels of government in this country, too. Aboriginal Canadians get a share of every government funded program in the country which is for the benefit of the population as a whole: roads, sewage systems, health care facilities, schools and universities (of which many are specifically for Aboriginal peoples) and so on. This argument you put forward is total BS. And thowing money at remote hell-holes where no economic development is possible due to lack of markets, etc., is a really, really stupid idea.

"What did we do? What wrong did we do to Canadians? What harm did we inflict on people? What do they expect from us? Tell us," Fontaine said in an anguished tone.

Wow. What a smarmy little drama queen.

I believe that Quebec separation and Naitive protests are two peas in a pod. They are forms of blackmail, and we as a nation made a fatal flaw so long ago in giving into this bribery.

Like a sucessfull protection racket run by a street thug or schoolyard bully, Quebec and the Natives have been emboldened by their sucess and will push for more and more unless we as a nation stand up and say ENOUGH!

Sorry, zip. I guess I didn't read your comment closely enough. I see we are on the same wavelength.

the government's failure to improve their often-impoverished living conditions

Whose failure? I'm no hero, but I'm responsible for my own living conditions. The government isn't. The government is responsible for keeping me safe (to their credit, the US armed forces and Mountain View's police and fire departments do a good job of that), building roads, and a few other things.

Strangely enough, my experience is that people who realize that they are responsible for their own living conditions have better living conditions than those who think that somebody else is responsible.

I see Phil made the cut at 101 people who are screwing up Canada as well as Saskatchewan’s pride and joy among natives.

Enough already. Millions and millions of dollars have been put into various aboriginal demands over the years and they come back for more...that is what confused me about the kelowna accord...why and what was that for..an election ploy for the liberals?....the aboriginal people get funding for their reserves and other outside reserve spots and it should be spent by their administrators wisely...but it is not. I dont think it is cruel or far-fetched for the government to require some accountability. Much needs to be revamped. The casino's we see around the country are largely aboriginally owned...and the owners of same have the responsibility to make sure profits funnel down to their people and their reserves where these casino's are. My goodness but we have atoned for our wrongs so many times....for how much longer?
ahhhh well.....

I think Fontaine is partly correct - the federal government is responsible for poverty on reserves. Not because the feds refuse to throw more money at the reserves but because the feds are complicit in the stifling of capitalism and democracy on reserves.

It's almost impossible to open a business on a reserve because of harsh federal regulations. In addition, if you are able to open a business, you have to operate in a culture of corruption where every privilege is controlled by chiefs. Trying to sell cigarettes on a reserve without the consent of a chief is potentially life threatening.

If there's a rigged election on a reserve, or if a chief decides to declare themselves a hereditary monarch and cancel all future elections [as happened on the Kwantlen reserve in Vancouver]the federal government goes along with it.

So yeah, there the feds are to blame. They don't use their oversight powers and they tolerate dictatorship disguised as tradition.

But blocking roads and rail-lines? I've been to a reserve in the last week and I didn't hear a word of discontent about the federal government. There were a lot of complaints about the chief and council and their new SUVs, the new house for their son, the welfare payments to their employed kids et al... but those are just complaints. No one can set up a blockade about them because unlike the feds, a chief will take punitive action and have you thrown out of your home.

As for Fontaine - I bet you couldn't find one Indian in a hundred who even knew who that simpering lobbyist was.

I heard a native comment on Dave Rutherford's show this a.m. about the upcoming summer of resistance. What seems to me is that she actually believes that every white person just magically "got" what they have because they're white. Sorry to use racist terms. :-)

It never occurred to her that people actually worked for what they have, and that the same opportunities are available to anyone in any cultural background.

When Dave mentioned that there are native lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc....she said, yes there are some, but overall....blah blah blah.

Well, in the white culture (again sorry for the racist comment, calling someone white, sorry) :-)...there are white lawyers, doctors, teachers, but there are many that aren't. It just doesn't happen that you get to be educated, wealthy, or whatever because you are white. I'm just not sure whether she was dull brain-wise, or actually just brainwashed by victim ideology her whole life.

When I hear natives say that they want to live their old ways, it totally contradicts a summer of resistance which is meant to get money, and more money, and more money. No matter what they say, they hit the news, because the MSM is sensationalistic, and it provides good copy.

I have native friends who sobered up, and made a life for themselves, and started complaining about the abuse suffered at the hands of other natives. That was eye-opening and refreshing to hear.

It seems to me that people are afraid to say that they're sick and tired of this never-ending story of native discontent because of the fears of being called racist, when actually the racism is on the other side.

When natives on the reserves join the rest of the world, they will free themselves from the prison they continue to perpetuate.

Does anyone besides me think it passing strange that the low-level north american indian terrorists operating in ontario(Caledonia, Deseronto), as well as others across the land, have already been under treaty for almost the entire life of the nation?

The situation appears to have moved from grudging acceptance of the treaties in place(with some underlying grumbling, and the odd squabble), to outright law-breaking and trying to force a renegotiation of existing treaties, almost immediately after the socialists in bc created for the nisga'a a status above the municipal, and in some areas that supercede provincial powers.

Some bc bands had previously negotiated municipal level powers, notably the kelowna area group mentioned above, and the cowichan tribe on the island. Treaties featuring a municipal style level of authority for natives give every appearance of working well for all involved.

So I think that we can once again thank the leftbots, who in their misguided attempts to "help" through social engineering have caused the entitlement gurus to climb out from under their rocks, and begin rabble rousing. Every tribal unit that was currently under treaty at the time of the nisga'a sellout seems now to demand re-opening their treaties to achieve parity to nisga'a, if not to up the ante.

My opinion, usually wrong.

Cheers!

If any lawbreaking rioters or other vermin (regardless of race, creed, religion, etc.) were all treated the same way, they would be less likely to repeat themselves.

My suggestion is live ammo. Machine gun them two or three times and a fourth would seem unlikely to be necessary.

one chief made a comment about guns or blockades, hell man ther are 1 million of you and 31 million of us others. i don't like your odds.

If you have a few spare minutes,I would suggest to all to look up a treaty and read it carefully.Then try to relate what is in the treaty to what is being given to our natives today. It really pisses me off to no end to hear the leaders cry about their treaty rights.But in a continuous bout of self-flagellation we bend over yet again.Education is the only road out of the morass of the reserves,not land claims or more handouts. Unfortunately, the leaders esp. Fontaine,know that a dumb savage is easier to control than a smart native.

Natives like most others today expect instant gratification. But the fact is that it will take a generation of sacrifice and hard work to provide a positive example and finacial stability for future generations.

Until native youths have postive everyday role models in every home, they don't stand a chance.

Young native families must make a concious decisions to separate themselves from the destructive enviorments they themsevles have been raised in. This is the only way to teach these children that dropping out of school, doing drugs, drinking alcohol ect.. is NOT COOL.

Work today and tomorrows youth will benifit.

didn't proof my post!
conscious(typo)
benefits(typo)

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070513175626948
The "How too" Rail video was ordered down off of you tube and also Caledonia Wake Up Call.(By police) Isn't it interesting that the above link (native site) still is allowed to have the video link up??? Two set of laws.......

On Adler today there was a Manitoba chief (I didn't get his name). He said that they would block CN lines for 24 hours, but he couldn't say whether the young bloods would keep it at that.
So here's my question: If the courts rule in favour of First Nation claims, who represents the First Nation? Anyone who puts up a blockade? Or an elected Chief and Council. Or people with direct ancestral ties to the leaders who signed the treaty? Who gets to be the recipient of any concession made to the First Nation?
If the courts are going to rule on this, don't they have to have an agreed on definition?

The next time you watch Phil Fontaine on TV,like today, spouting about 27,000 aboriginal children in foster care,3 times the residential school enrollment at its peak,ask yourself,why? Then ask him why,hey phil,why is whitey not allowed to adopt native children? Please,why? Are you inflating your numbers to inflate your plight? Maybe the schools were 3 times better for your children? Obviously,your policies of "woe is me" are not working.EDUCATION. It worked for you,you were educated off the reserve,why would you want everyone else to be educated on reserve? I wrote earlier that the native leaders prefer dumb Indians over educated people,and we give them money so we don't have to pay attention. Just like the child who can be neglected if they are given the current toys,they do not grow up.Our natives are bad children who need a firm hand or else we will pay and pay and pay and then bail them out again and again and sooner rather than later all hell will break out.Cheers.

'Speaking of Natives being bad children. Try having a badly behaved Native child in your class, who's taller than everyone else, who lies more than tells the truth, and who walzes around the school as though it was her personal torture chamber.

'Guess who's thumb-screwed: the kid or the teacher and the other students?

'You got it: the teacher and the other students.

Native bully has carte blanche to terrorize the teacher and fellow students and NOTHING is done, except the teacher getting a reprimand and a slap on the wrist for trying to discipline Native kid.

Total crap, but it's exactly what's happening in our schools. Native students are untouchables because they scream bloody murder if a teacher tries to use the same disciplinary tactics as s/he does with all of the other students: detentions, staying in at recess, writing lines, etc.

And guess who caves, big time? Yup. The principals. They don't want to be labelled "racist" and they definitely don't want the student to leave and go to the school in the OTHER board.

This is actually child abuse of the worst kind, but no one will admit it, as they bow and scrape to appease bullying behaviour. "Safe school" means safe for the bully, and "zero tolerance" means no tolerance for any teacher who tries to bring some sanity to the situation. The message is "hands off these kids; they get to do what they want."

Deal with THAT, Phil Fonataine, if you really care for Native kids and any chance they have for a future.

The Assembly of First Nations and its local variant, the FSIN, are members of the Indian Industry. They are the political wing. There is also an academic wing, a cadre of lawyers and a host of civil servants, the later are especially legion here in Saskatchewan. They exist to keep themselve in business. If things changed for the better, they would be out of business. Hense, they never ask themselves what role they play in keeping their own people in a chronic state of misery. When the day comes (not much chance of that) that they look within and actually point their tongue lashing at the miserable masses, upon whose backs they stand, then and only then will things begin to change.