Harper snubs First Nations

[Cobalt_Kid]

What could be more Canadian than a group of natives hiking and snowshoeing to Ottawa, of course Pandas were more important to Stephen Harper than people.

Nishiyuu Journey By Cree Youth Ends As Harper Greets Pandas (TWEETS, VIDEO)

Two months and 1,600 kilometres later, a group of Cree youth arrived in Ottawa today, completing their trek from Northern Quebec in support of Idle No More and the Quebec Cree Nation.

They were met with cheers, chants and waving flags as the group stepped onto Parliament Hill. Some attendees tweeted that an eagle circled overhead soon after the trekkers arrived.

"The Journey of Nishiyuu" started with 17-year-old David Kawapit Jr. and six other youth from Whapmagoostui in Northern Quebec, all determined to hike and snowshoe to Parliament Hill. Since leaving on their journey south in mid-January, their group swelled as members of First Nation communities along the way joined their trek.

By the time the group arrived at the Peace Tower today, their number had grown to 270. The first of the group arrived at Ottawa's Victoria Island around noon, where they were greeted by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, CBC News reports, before completing the final stretch to the Hill.

It says everything we need to know about a PM that only cares about what image he's able to create, instead of the reality that most Canadians face.

"It says a lot that Stephen Harper isn't here, that he's greeting the pandas,'' Elizabeth May told the Canadian Press. "It says a lot that we need to move heaven and earth to meet First Nations on a nation-to-nation basis with respect.''

 

[CDNBear]

I don't feel snubbed.

Stop lying Cobalt, you look silly.

 

[Cobalt_Kid]

I think it's great that the people who were here first are leading us in taking our nation back from a group that represents almost nothing of what it means to be Canadian.

We're not a small, greedy, intolerant, ignorant people, but that's the impression the rest of world gets of us from the conservative government.

 

[CDNBear]

I think it's great that the people who were here first are leading us in taking our nation back from a group that represents almost nothing of what it means to be Canadian.

Stop lying, we are not trying to take the nation back from you and your friends.

 

[Cobalt_Kid]

This is Harper being more concerned about the symbols from a country he just sold a huge chunk of our future to.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/0...utm_hp_ref=canada-politics&ir=Canada Politics

China's CNOOC clears final hurdle for $15.1-billion Nexen takeover - The Globe and Mail

Late last month, Chinese giant CNOOC and Nexen extended a deadline to complete the takeover as they awaited U.S. approval.

The largest Chinese overseas takeover in history, the deal had already been approved by regulators in Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union and China.

CFIUS’s mandate includes assessing the impact of financial transactions on U.S. security, a review that turned out to be lengthy in the case of the CNOOC takeover.

State-owned CNOOC was forced to withdraw and refile its application after an initial 75-day review window expired in November.

The CNOOC deal prompted widespread discussion about China’s role in the Canadian energy industry.

Harper seems to care far more about the Chinese than he does Canadians.

 

[CDNBear]

This is Harper being more concerned about the symbols from a country he just sold a huge chunk of our future to.

Giant Pandas: Canada Welcomes Pair From China, Stephen Harper Among First To Greet Them

My son was just telling me about this and laughing at people like you, lol.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

What could be more Canadian than a group of natives hiking and snowshoeing to Ottawa,

Hockey? Maple syrup? Saying "eh," eh? Toques? Tim Hortons?

 

[Goober]

Hockey? Maple syrup? Saying "eh," eh? Toques? Tim Hortons?

Myself I would go see the pandas- can see people I do not know anytime.

 

[CDNBear]

Myself I would go see the pandas- can see people I do not know anytime.

Ditto, they're endangered.

There's no shortage of agenda driven lobbyists.

 

[SLM]

Hockey? Maple syrup? Saying "eh," eh? Toques? Tim Hortons?

Poutine, tortierre, peameal bacon, Hockey Night In Canada, CN Tower, Niagra Falls (the cool looking one )......

 

[CDNBear]

Tortierre pie!!!

Yummm!!!

 

[lone wolf]

...using a welcome mat to free a car from a slippery driveway

 

[CDNBear]

...using a welcome mat to free a car from a slippery driveway

A trunk full of bags of kitty litter, and you don't own a cat.

 

[Goober]

A trunk full of bags of kitty litter, and you don't own a cat.

Ah you need some kitty cats.

 

[tay]

The Pandas are here for 5 years. Hopefully Harper isin't..........

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

I filled in for Steve O. All is good with FN people.

 

[Liberalman]

The Pandas are here for 5 years. Hopefully Harper isin't..........

Which one is the panda?

 

[bill barilko]

They didn't snowshoe to Ottawa that is lying bull.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

They didn't snowshoe to Ottawa that is lying bull.

Is that like Sitting Bull, only worse?

 

[Nuggler]

I don't feel snubbed.

Stop lying Cobalt, you look silly.

you didn't walk 1500 +- K to Ottawa either.

I definitey feel there was a severe snubbing here. Some govt. non entity could have been relegated to meet them. Mike Duffy springs to mind. He could have waddled his fat **** out front and said,,,,,,,,"hey , welcome"...........or somesuch.

I filled in for Steve O. All is good with FN people.

Maybe they would rather have been snubbed.