What is the solution to the native problems in this country?
Specific land claims alone are going to run us at least 25 billion, and require a massive army of lawyers and researchers to get through- that's just the backlog, not to mention all the new claims comming in all the time. Native poverty on reserves, high suicide rates, angry native protests et cetera, et cetera are really difficult problems to solve with the existing system. Natives are given preferential tax breaks and educational and employment opportunity, special hunting and fishing rights that other Canadians don't get, why haven't they benefitted from the opportunities of Canada and their special place in it?
What steps should Canada take to improve the condition of natives? What should the natives themselves do?
Specific land claims alone are going to run us at least 25 billion, and require a massive army of lawyers and researchers to get through- that's just the backlog, not to mention all the new claims comming in all the time. Native poverty on reserves, high suicide rates, angry native protests et cetera, et cetera are really difficult problems to solve with the existing system. Natives are given preferential tax breaks and educational and employment opportunity, special hunting and fishing rights that other Canadians don't get, why haven't they benefitted from the opportunities of Canada and their special place in it?
What steps should Canada take to improve the condition of natives? What should the natives themselves do?