Native Land Claims Can Be Settled
Native claims can be resolved, he said. Ordinary citizens need not worry about losing their land.
The native adviser was in the region to speak at the University of Waterloo last night.
Failure to deal with land claims could "become our Balkans, our Beirut, our Belfast,'' Penikett writes in his book, Reconciliation -- First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia.
Penikett said the previous federal Liberal government was committed to treaty negotiations but not treaty settlements. In British Columbia alone, more than $600 million was spent in 13 years and not one agreement was reached, he said.
Governments have capped the cost of settlements but have unlimited amounts to spend on negotiations, he said.
"This is insane. It doesn't make economical sense."
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When constable Marcel Lemay was killed at the Oka standoff, it wasn't the mohawks that were responsible for his death. If memory serve me, constable Lemay was up in a tree scouting the situation in the wooded area were the Mohawks had gathered behind the baricade. The surete de Quebec charged in to this area firing their weapons into the air to frighten the Mohawks, and poor constable Lemay was still up in in the tree he had been gathering information from, and it doesn't take much imagination to sum up the tragic shooting of constable Lemay
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[B]Plain and simple if the natives have a valid land claim then put it before the courts, under no circumstances should natives be allowed to take the law into their own hands. The natives should be removed from the Caladondia housing development by force and be charged with trespassing and made pay the costs of their criminal activity, its time natives be made follow the same rules as everyone else.
Now now folks...We are being racist and that is not politically correct here in rosey Canada. Every Canadian that is not of First Nation's descent is guilty of every wrong doing that has befallen the natives in this country since the dawn of time and possibly earlier.
We gave them sugar so they became diabetic, we introduced fast food so they have become overweight, we introduced television so they became lethargic.
Let's face it...We owe, we owe because it's their land you know!!