Man convicted of aiming vehicle at police officer;
Arcand served as FSIN vice-chief in charge of the justice portfolio from 1991 to 1996. He also represented Saskatchewan on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and chaired the 2012 Saskatchewan First Nation Winter Games. He’s been inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and was named Prince Albert Citizen of the Year in 1994.
h/t Larry
Healing circles all round.
in this the root causes are too much free stuff
I had sweat-logging in mind:-)))
Butt a jerk circle sounds just ass possible
Sounds like he wants a job with the CBC, he fits most of the requirements, angry culturally diverse etc..
The wasteful and ineffective PRNDL registry did nothing to prevent this crime.
I have first hand knowledge that Eugene Arcand has gone to visit non-aboriginal veterans and that he has helped various non-aboriginal charities in the past. He may, or may not, have acted improperly and dangerously but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until sentence is passed. If he is not guilty, great–no harm, no foul. If he is found guilty I hope he is given a chance to make up for any wrong doing. Say what you will about Mr. Arcand, and I am definitely NOT excusing any wrong doing on his part, he works and has much to offer the First Nations and non-First Nations people of Saskatchewan.
Definitely discrimination. If a white person had acted as Arcand did, the charge would be assault with a deadly weapon under the criminal code, not a traffic offense.
After suffering through all the happenings in the preamble to the comments, one must say that it took a toll of his person. The poor guy is a victim.
As a victim he should be elevated to at least some kind of well-paid government job.
After reading the paper this morning and watching the news, it appears that about 99% of the employees paid by the taxpayer are mental cases, the other 1% have not found a way to be a victim yet. Perhaps that would explain the quality of service.
Heh.
Kate, your teaser here is not accurate.
Aiming a vehicle at a police officer and then accelerating is quite a bit different than just aiming. Think about that next time you’re stopped at a police road-block. I’ll bet they are quite pleasant until you accelerate.
Every Treaty with aboriginal people includes them, as signatories, agreeing to obey the law.
Therefore, should convictions include a sentence of having their Treaty card suspended or cancelled, simply to protect the reputation of the good and law abiding First Nations members?
Lev, you don’t think he chaired the First Nation Winter Games and participated in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for free, do you? The entire native government apparatus is paid for by the taxpayers.
As for your assertion that 99% of the public service are mental cases, I’ve been with the Federal DOT since 1988. I’ve only seen one person use the mental health dodge to claim a pension and she was an obvious scammer who everyone distrusted and disliked. I do have a 54 year old boss who is off on long term disability after 36 years combined RCAF & DOT service who became very depressed when he was diagnosed with the same cancer that killed his father when he was 52. I know other people who have returned to work after fighting lymphoma, having heart attacks, stress related blackouts, etc.
There are around 250,000 federal employees. In that big a group there will be examples of every behaviour, from excellent to execrable.
Understand that the 99% is bombastic, though, this morning on the Calgary news, the whole lot of the employees of the Calgary taxpayers gave a sob story how stressed they are and need to retire a 55 with better pension than those that are paying for it.
This may be good for you and others like you, not so much for those that are paying the bills.
Don’t expect you to agree.
If the whole country worked for the government, would not everybody be lucky go happy, in many ways?
Son is working for the local government.
Have no sympathy.
Grand Cherokee indeed.
I worked for the federal government ten years ago and always tried to remember that I was a public servant. That means I was there to serve the public. I helped people deal with various government departments and many times thought they needed to send their staff for retraining as a reminder that they were indeed there to SERVE the public. Job stress was not an issue for me as long as I could define my role as being helpful and not antagonistic.