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William Stewart's avatar

Harper put Indigenous transparency rules in place.

One of the first things the idiot with the fetish for weird socks did was remove any semblance of accountability.

We have now spent unknown billions of dollars on the Indigenous types over a lot of decades.

The value for that money is basically been little to nothing and for the most part few, if any have any idea where those funds have gone although popular wisdom is that a lot of that never even made it close to Indigenous types. Bureaucrats yes... Politically well connected individuals and businesses.. YOU BET... Can you say, amongst others SNC just as one example.

Don't look to banker guy for any leadership let alone leadership on this one.

For that it will take that change in government that the fools in the "Elbows Up" crowd denied the country last time around.

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Janet Buhler's avatar

Another foolish Trudeau action. The grassroots people want this accountability. When the chiefs and their family and friends take those funds and spend it for themselves, the ones who need it have to go without. Why are there still so many reserves without drinking water? Why are there so many in poor health? Why are the educational outcomes so poor on reserves? Where are the jobs that could be created by the Band not forthcoming?

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K Patterson's avatar

I agree, but they are like the Federal Government NO Accountability.

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David's avatar

Politicians should be subjected to the same laws and penalties as us mere mortals. They should lead by example. They don't.

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Doug Stephens's avatar

And let's expose the real reason why so many reserves don't have clean drinking water after the taxpayers have shoveled $ billions into this effort over the years.

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Larry Simpson's avatar

Time for a National Referendum on maintaining special "citizens plus" rights and status for indigenous peoples, pursuing universal equality as opposed to fabricated equity. CPC should make this part of their mandate.

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David's avatar

Under Harper we had that. Justin took over and got rid of it....around the same time he wrote a check for 10.5 million to Mr. Kadre.

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