I've been blogging a lot about Syria and the Arab Spring/Summer whatever you want to call it now. But I haven't blogged much about Canada recently. There are people in Canada who's rights are ignored or eroded for the most part. That would be the people from Canada's first nations.
People from the Lake St. Martin First Nation have had to be displaced yet again due to flooding. It happens frequently that they are displaced due to flooding but this year's disaster has doomed the reserve. It's no longer fit for habitation. The people want to move close by to where they used to live, far away from white settlements, which just brings drugs and alcohol along with the problems that go with it, into the native community. They want out of Winnipeg at the moment, that's for sure.
I don't know how this will be addressed by Harper's government, as they seem to think natives are just like any other Canadian and don't need special services. When are people going to realize that not all humans have the same needs and lumping everyone into the same pile is not helpful to anyone?
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