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The solution is to give Canadians property rights so they can legally protect their property (i.e. Castel Law) without persecution and to protect themselves and their property with a fire arm when necessary. Any other way is just a waste of time and money. Canadian laws are designed to protect the criminal as much as possible. Until this changes, nothing will reduce rural crime.
Disrespect is it to apprehend thieves and thugs who want free stuff from defenseless people. So I guess it would be better to give free reign to the thugs to terrorize rural residents? Oh, I get it, more cheques and more sitting around the table chewing the fat will fix it. Where is all the money going now…I think we know where much of it is, and how many dozen commissions on missing women is it now, when we all know why they are missing, but afraid to publicly say so?
That said, there are many indigenous/aboriginal men and women who are working well and contributing to a shared society. One of the best tile setters I know, who has his own business, is a native,(Can’t keep up with the latest term in vogue) and is disgusted with the grievance industry.
I live in rural Ontario and was told by the police that most rural stealing is done by locals – otherwise known as your neighbors. Occasionally organized crime will come through but for the most part it’s the guy (or girl) a few farms down. Not saying this is true in Saskatchewan…
We have been broken into once in the 12 years we’ve been here. The same week 2 other farms were broken into. Thieves took mostly tools, a car battery, some empty wine bottles (thanks!) and a chain saw. Turns out they caught the guy, who lived 2 farms down with his parents. 22 years old and unemployed. Rumour was they wouldn’t lend him money (to buy drugs).
Not saying it’s the same in rural Saskatchewan, but I bet it’s more local than the locals would care to admit.
So she wants us to deal with the “root causes” of crime. I can think of two.
1. Lousy parenting.
2. Ever increasing bad behavior on the part of the perps, with no meaningful consequences, leading to further emboldenment and sense of entitlement. (cross-reference Antifa and BLM)
So by increasing policing and calling for castle laws, we are working on #2, and I guess #1 falls back in your lap, Lady.
As it does for the missing aboriginal women, largely murdered by aboriginal men.
FSIN holds a news conference. To all people’s living on a Reserve, stop stealing and committing crimes. Your life depends on it.
“I live in rural Ontario and was told by the police that most rural stealing is done by locals…”
Most of the rural B & Es and thefts in this area are done by little druggies from the local towns and cities. That’s where the trash tends to congregate.
Steve, do you actually think that the police are going to come out and say that indians steal from farms? Really?
Cops today are NOT what cops 40 years ago were. I have absolutely no respect for them anymore, and I am not a crook. Crooks today have absolutely no fear or respect of cops, in fact, they see them more as friendly face knowing how little cops can or will do to stop or catch them. Hell, most of the time the cops just give an insruance number of the phone and case closed.
Now, couple that with a victim identity and not only are cop uneffectives, ze actually becomes a tool for crime in blatantly taking the side of the criminal.
This will not end well, people will see justice done – it will just be done on their own, quietly.
“more cheques and more sitting around the table chewing the fat will fix it”
There is a problem and everyone is aware of it yet not one native leader has ever come forward with a concrete solution to rectify the situation. More funding, more funding and more funding along with a sprinkling of so-called consultation always seems to be the standard answer yet no results are ever achieved. It’s odd that those native leaders who govern successful, functional reserves (yes, they do exist) rarely, if ever, get involved in the constant complaining and demands for more “funding”. I guess they’re too busy providing real leadership and governance.
there is a “sweatlog” coming to a corn field near you:-))
Jamie,
I’m going to stay with (my version of) common sense and suggest that the druggies in the city will stay in the city and steal cell phones and ipads. They won’t venture out into the country and steal generators and chain saws.
Likewise the rural druggies are going to stay in the country and steal the generators and chainsaws and tools.
I have seen some pretty amazing things performed by First Nations characters over the years. I don’t doubt that some are involved in rural theft. But (IMO) such theft requires considerable effort (especially in unloading your loot) and these thieves are very industrious. This would mean there are very industrious First Nations thieves targeting rural Saskatchewan farms. I find this hard to believe because it is just too much effort for them. I’m sure there is at least one thief out there with a reserve card, but not as a group.
There was a man from Alberta who was charged with 135 separate counts of rural theft in Saskatchewan. He was from Alberta. I would bet a couple of beers that the guy was a former hard working, high paid oil worker with a well developed drug habit who came up with a brilliant idea (until he got caught).
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/man-facing-135-charges-linked-to-numerous-rural-thefts-in-sask-1.3441887
Normally these people would be working their arses off in the oil industry during the day and then going home at night to get stoned. Now they only have the latter to look forward to.
To give you an idea of how hard working (and stupid) the rural thieves are, the guy who stole my car battery carried it about 2 km away on foot. Do yourself a favour, grab a car battery and start heading down the road, through the bush, in the dark. I have never met a First Nations person who would put that much effort into $20. Plus the battery couldn’t take a charge so that kind of hard work is risky.
“Likewise the rural druggies are going to stay in the country and steal the generators and chainsaws and tools.”
You might have the misfortune to have rural druggies, we don’t. All the thieves in these parts live in the populated centers. They start their careers in the towns with petty thefts and crimes of convenience, but then they grow up and get mobile and head for the rich pickings in the country.
In Lac La Biche, last fall, a deal let off a serial fence easy. I was in the courtroom for this:
Emile David Cadieux had 26 charges of possession of $200,000 in stolen goods reduced to 13 charges in a plea deal. He was fined $200 per charge, and restricted to home except for medical and groceries.
The guy just sold off a few quarters of land, and was practically a millionaire already.
Now the creep drives around, snooping in a red Tacoma. He loves Tacoma’s he has a blue as well as a silver one.
Well,at least he has good taste in trucks,Tacomas are a very good small truck,I know several owners who love ’em. Can’t afford one myself as I don’t “fence” for a living,though I did help put up a few miles of barbed wire in my youth.
The FSIN spokesman says MORE federal funding is needed on Reserves for better communication with the RCMP,programs to attack the root causes of crime on Rez,and addiction treatment services.
May I ask, do FN Reserves not set out an annual budget at the beginning of every fiscal year,like everybody else on the planet? And seeing as most Rez’s have enough Chiefs and Band Councillors that there is one for every ten citizens,do they not know what the “root causes” are and can they not include programs to combat same in their annual budget?
FN Chiefs always act as if the crisis of the day just cropped up last year,when everyone else in the world except the media knows these problems of alcohol abuse, gas sniffing, and a myriad of fancy drug abuse has been going on since they lifted interdiction in the 1950’s.
Cynic that I am, I believe the FN Chiefs,with a few exceptions,still operate in Tribal mode,whereby they look after their families,and do as little as possible for the rest of the Rez dwellers. I wonder how many of the Rez drug dealers are related to the Chief.
But lack of cash,and no accountability for how it’s spent,is always a great stick to beat up the white man with,and deflect blame for the ongoing problems from Indian governments that simply don’t give damn about non-family member on Rez,to DE WHITE MAN,who apparently just don’t “get” Native sensitivities.
Define ‘stupid’.
Also, define those who bother to “think” about rural Saskatchewan.
What is the overlapping subset? I’ll get back to you if I care to know.
exactly our experience. a crew form one of the big cities in SK comes out every year and tours the rural village to acquire much needed tools, tires and other easy to carry items.
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“the FN Chiefs, with a few exceptions,still operate in Tribal mode, whereby
they look after their families,and do as little as possible for the rest of the
Rez dwellers.”
c’mon don… that’s just racis… wait a minute…
“At least 80 aboriginal chiefs and band councillors made more money last year
than Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and at least 200 were paid more than
their provincial premiers, according to newly released federal figures.”
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Steve, this reminds me of an old stand-up routine by Brent Butt.
He used to talk about rural crime, and that many city people are surprised to learn that there’s almost as much crime in the country as there is in the city.
The big difference is, there’s much less unsolved crime in the country. The typical rural crime investigation goes something like:
“Can you describe the person who did this?”
“Yes, he was Wayne.”