Not at all. The cart is already out of the blocks and no one really cares whether the horse or the cart came out first ... the minimum required ought to have been sorted out in the last hundred years or so. Is the expectation that Reserves are perpetually supported by and reliant on the Canadian government, or do they want some sort of sovereignty such that they are autonomous, can travel freely without passports and can function within our politically correct, multicultural country? If Reserves have special consideration, should all Canadian cultures have special privileges, or does it become the responsibility, at some point, of our multicultural groups to be self-sustaining?
Ok, so just off the top of my head.
It's a false assumption that no one really cares. Perhaps you meant to say that you don't care? But many do, count me amongst them.
Are you under the assumption that the Reserves receive money from the Federal Government out of the goodness of it's heart? Here's a hint, the funding is actually a payment owed under a contract. A contract which, by the way, has prominent mention within the constitution. They are not living on our land, it's the other way around.
Lastly, First Nations are First Nations because they were
first. Not just another cultural group within our society. I'd go so far as to say that without them, our society would not be our society as we've come to know it.
Now, I will openly admit that I'm not completely knowledgable about all the particulars of treaty obligations. I'm not certain whether privatization necessarily means giving up rights under a treaty. But I do understand the basics and the history enough to know that this is not a simple thing to change.
