32 Replies to “We Are All Treaty People”

  1. This is definitely a hornets nest that has been disturbed with all the nations within a nation. Usually a real nation has its own regulations and laws. However it is also usual for them to generate their own tax revenue. Except in Canada . ( including equalization)

    1. This was totally predictable. As soon as Turdeau announced legalization of pot, I told my friends not to invest in cannabis firms because the first nations would soon bypass them and first nations won’t have to pay federal or provincial taxes, nor will they have to comply with provincial or municipal regulations

  2. If it disturbs them so much, they should send in the police.
    Unless of course the police have made it clear they won’t unless they are given assurances that the bureaucracy won’t throw them under the bus if this ends up being another Ipperwash.

  3. Sub-title is “How to get a marijuana license without actually applying”.

    STEP 1: Be First Nation (i.e. independent government)
    STEP 2: Start selling cannabis
    STEP 3: Wait for your license in the mail
    STEP 4: Agree to pay taxes or they will shut you down eventually

  4. I was waiting for this to happen, the floodgates will open shortly. I say let them go ahead, and start cutting funding at the same time.

  5. In Indian Industry news, the Lubicon Lake band settled with the government after 40 years of attempted extortion. They were successful, agreeing to $113 million cash. I want a truck and liquor store next door. Let’s see how fast they can blow it. $113,000,000/327 = $345 thousand each or $1.4 million for a family of 4. An additional 213 off reserve residents, likely now employed, will be charging back home.

  7. If their pot store has the same longevity as most first nation convenience stores/gas stations it won’t be a problem for too long.

      1. For some reason every time I hear any of that “oral history” I am reminded of a scene from Crocodile Dundee. Where the lady bartender finishes the oral account of Dundee’s ordeal:

        “…Straight past the hospital and into the first pub for a beer! That story’s getting better every time you tell it, Wally.”

        Because I’ve read some of the available written history, for example by Samuel Hearne who lived and travelled with the natives when they guided him from Hudson’s Bay to the Arctic Ocean. Spoiler alert… their way of life was considerably different than contemporary “oral historians” would have you believe.

  8. LOL!! The chickenshit politicians of Canada created this First Nations bullshit, so they can live with the consequences.

    I hope the Muscowetung FN expands the pot store, opens another branch, and opens a casino/whorehouse complete with liquor and any drug you want available. Add a hotel to sleep it off in, and a graveyard for overdoses, and what a job creator you’d have for our beloved First Nations!

    And frankly, given the way so many levels of government have proved their incompetence on every issue extant, I doubt the FN’s will do any worse. Each and every FN should have total legal control over their Nation,and for that matter,maybe they should each have a standing army to repel potential invaders. Maybe China could help with some arms donations.

    Y’know,a thought just occurred to me; the benighted citizenry of Calgary just turned down the chance to throw a circus/party for Naheed Nenshi and his gang, the god-blessed Olympics. So, NN should approach the nearest FN and ask them to hold the Olympics. All levels of government would have to chip in say, 100%, each, the Chiefs have a lot of kids to feed and we DO owe them for stealing their land.

    Yes, Naheed,use your corrupt little bean and circumvent the wishes of the great unwashed masses in Calgary and Let’s have a party! Yahoo! (with apologies to any corporation that uses that word)

  9. Here Treaty People…let me fix your argument to make it even more compelling :- “that cannabis can be used as a medicine to heal the long-lasting traumas the community has experienced in terms of addictions — which could be related to the residential school era and the serious effects associated with climate change.”
    (Who would be hoisted by this particular petard?)

  10. You know, if whitey back then had been like you whiteys are now, whitey wouldn’t be here.

  11. “The Muscowpetung First Nation has created their own cannabis legislation, which will see the community benefit through health and economic development initiatives. (CBC News )”

    Don’t you just love Mother Corp telling us all that the community will “benefit” from their own pot legislation?

    Oh, well then. It’s all good then.

    Just part of your $1.5 billion for the CBC in action.

  12. The Federal, or Provincial regulations do not apply to Reservation LAND…. Anyone (WHITE or Indian) opening a Business on reservation land Title ( PER: Canada Supreme Court) does not need to follow ANY Regulation…TAX… ETC… The Canadian Indian land Title is equal to a Spanish Land Grant…. Canada has created the Hong- Kong exceptions to Government regulations for Indian Nations on Reservations…. Next up CAR & Truck Dealerships on Reserves free from import/export taxation….

    The Canadian Courts better wake up……They are going Backwards and the smart Indians will own ALL the Land & Business including the Courts

      1. You need to do some research , The Mohawk treaty ( 7 Oaks) is a starting point.. The Canadian Indians had FRENCH Indian affairs representation… They set up the Canadian Indians as French Aristocrats…. The Niagara land titles can never be SOLD, or be converted to fee-simple by Ontario……That explains all the false titles issued by Ontario

        If you think you understand the English ownership System, explain why “Harrods” will revert to the original owner….

        The Class system of English & French Aristocrats still exists and Canada is no exception…… The Indians have Mogo

        1. Why can’t I find any of this stuff on Google?

          A recent case in Alberta ruled that while the Provincial government can’t tax cigarettes, it can regulate their sale. I believe this was upheld at the Alberta Court of Appeal (Alberta Supreme Court)

  14. This is good news. Either it gets resolved rationally (ie. there is one law in Canada and it applies the same to everyone) or it’s the official end of Canada (ie. if federal laws do not apply on reserves, then they don’t apply to me either).

  15. just another loophole to spend some lawyer time on.

    the empty hair and his fraggle rock cabinet of misfits couldnt even roll out the dope legislation correctly .

    they should have been experts on at least this.

  16. I know for a fact that there’s cannabis available in a few forms in a store on a reserve not too far from Kingston, ON. One can only surmise how many reserves all across Canada have been selling this type of product AT LEAST since Oct. 17. They present this info as though it is a rarity.

  17. GOC website shows 295 members of this First “Nation” on the reserve. And our government is so politically correct that they will pretend that they have to negotiate with these guys as if it were a nation.
    What a joke!

  19. The Sask government just needs to settle down and back off. Why do people get such a rod up their rears when individuals harmlessly do things without following The Rules?

    1. The narrative in Canada changed over time. Someone who claimed to be buggered by a teacher or priest got $250,000 without evidence. Everyone else who claimed lesser forms of abuse got varying amounts of money. That’s when the reputation went totally negative.

      30 or 40 years ago a lot of Indians, especially women, praised residential schools. Indians fought to keep the last of the residential schools open because they were so good.

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