“My youngest brother at the tender age of three days old was tossed out of the window of a trappers cabin in the middle of winter up by Nelson House, Manitoba. His parents were drunk and decided they didn’t want him anymore. Some merciful soul picked him up and saved his life and he was adopted into my family. “
You’ve got it, Kate. I was waiting to see what people would say. They have no hope, and we can’t give them hope, so we give them money. When that doesn’t work, we give them more money.
Re: “You don’t “give” people hope. You teach them to earn it for themselves.” – Kate
Bang on. That goes hand in hand with taking responsibility. When you take responsibility, you can take some credit when something good happens. That’s when hope arrives – when you realize you can make things better – that it’s up to you.
Unfortunately, the blame game continues, abetted by the media. Tonight on CTV news, Lloyd’s lead in contained this nugget “some people are suggesting he’s (the father) a victim in all this too”. …… Right Lloyd.
As for banning alcohol – I think it’s a critical first step that doesn’t solve the problems, but will make a big difference in many people’s lives, not the least a generation of children. It’s also a lot easier to quit, even with treatment, when it’s not openly consumed everywhere around you.
[quote]As for banning alcohol – I think it’s a critical first step that doesn’t solve the problems, but will make a big difference in many people’s lives, not the least a generation of children. It’s also a lot easier to quit, even with treatment, when it’s not openly consumed everywhere around you.[/quote]
“The Idiot is the one that keeps repeating the same experiment expecting differant results”. (Einstein)para
One of most successful tools of project management is to first define what you don’t want and what doesn’t work.
The Academia teach & practice perfection in the Planning stage. I disagree. You start with what you know and the order & the objectives will become self evident with the 101 problems every project encounters
You do not want to damage the tribal customs & culture. That is fundemental IMO
BTW: Did you Know that some in the South think the civil war ended in a cease fire!
Where do you begin…
I am sick to death over imagining those poor, helpless, underdressed girls freezing to death.
Blame, blame, blame. Certainly not the father, he was drunk on the white man’s booze and didn’t know any better. Certainly not the mother, she wasn’t there. Where was the mother? Certainly not the grandmother, she is devastated at the tragedy. Certainly not the auntie, she was living in a sub-standard house, in sub-standard conditions because the government doesn’t give them enough. Certainly not the Chief because he was tucked in his warm bed dreaming of self government paid for by the rest of Canadians. To me self government would mean they raise their own money. I would be all for self government. Stop giving any money to FN and let them self govern all they want. For how many hundreds of years can you keep playing the blame game? If the Native living conditions are so bad because of the white man, go back to living like you did, with no electricity, no food unless you grew or hunted for it and self built shelters. STOP BLAMING US FOR YOUR LAZINESS. I once watched a Native “protest” at a Western Premiers conference and they basically held their signs and did a little dance/chanting for about 15 minutes. Probably the most work any of them had done all year. I just shook my head as I went back to my $5 an hour job. (This was about 10 years ago and that was the only work I could find. Thankfully I took out a loan and went back to school to better myself. Something that I am more than willing to pay for any Native member of our society to do, apparently.)
Well, we are the government and it sickens me that I pay (conservatively estimated) 30% of my wages to taxes so that we can send more money to the Natives (oops, not politically correct, or is it?) They need more money. When I need more money, I work for it. I guess that’s racism too. My ancestors came here and worked hard by farming their 160 acres in misquito infested MB and low and behold, they didn’t complain, they didn’t look for handouts, they didn’t blame others for their hardships.
Oh, I should save room for others.
It is sad, sad news. I feel sorry for those little girls and I feel sorry for their father having to deal with what has happened. It is his fault. It is his responsibility. It should be his wake up call. After he gets out of jail, I hope he can make a better life for himself. I have moved from my home province to find better work and I think it is time the Natives realized they can move to save themselves.
The aunt was living in a sub-standard home and in sub-standard conditions because the govt didn’t give them enough money, Katherine? Which govt would that be?
I gave my granddaughter and her husband a hand-up with $20,000. down-payment on a modest bungalow and they and their three children are doing very well. ‘Course, the husband is working two jobs and the mother is a stay-at-home mom. Did I say neither drank?
if those two precious young beings were given the chance to live the lives they deserved to live,as you all have, would you want them to see the comments you have all posted?
Hard to believe the police are “contemplating” laying charges.If I did this in my town the cops wouldn’t have time to lay charges,I would be strung up from the nearest tree. Double standard… you bet.