What INAC actually spends...

Hi Friends

This post will deal with the issues of the Governments racist and callous attitudes towards the First Nations of this country and the half truths the rest of the populace is fed.

I have in the past blogged about institutionalized racism, but if this needs revisiting then here goes. It is difficult to deal with public opinion targeted at our people with that public opinion largely being fed by the Canadian Government. In public opinion all citizens are Canadian and as such should all be treated the same. This is not the way to look at the situation of indigenous peoples. As a member of the United Nations Canada has the obligation and legally binding duty to promote the rights of self determination as set out in section 35 of the Constitution act.

The Indian Act is genocidal. It infringes on fundamental human rights including the right for one to choose whom they will partner and parent with. Does any other racial group in this country face extermination from, or relinquishment of their rights in this way?

The Canadian Government has always meant to,"get rid of the Indian problem."..and have tried in many ways.
The Indian Act, divide and conquer tactics and misinformation along with legislation against us. All have hurt our struggle to be equal nations, as the founding nations with treaties had sought to lay out in the settling of this continent.

Stop with your whining about your tax dollars going to the native communities. This is a government lie you've been told. Every barrel of oil, every cedar shake, every diamond dug up, each fish caught...these are our resources and the land and seas from which they are taken are still not settled in the spirit of sharing as set out by the treaties. Unless you knuckle daggers out there are sending your kids to exclusive private schools, paving your own streets using your own health care and water treatment facilities, have your own private police forces etc...you get the picture, then for sure you are getting your full bang for your buck, tax dollar wise.

Now to connect the dots for you. While the Government each year states they have a budget for the First Nations of say 10 billion dollars, know that just a little over half ever reachs the First Nations. The rest is eaten up in the departments overhead, including salaries, per diems, travel and pensions. Then of course the department can list a program which is available to all Canadians but will state "including Aboriginals" as beneficiaries of the said program. While these programs may not directly impact First Nation communities,the inclusion as "beneficiaries of," gives the Government the ability to say they have spent "X" amount of dollars on the First Nations in any given year. Your Government lies, we native people know it, and now so do you.
regards Debra