Idle No More -Where is the Leadership?

[Goober]

They finally decided to let her know she is just embarrassing herself?

Idle No More: Shawn Atleo announces return to helm of Assembly of First Nations, as Chief Theresa Spence agrees to end fast | Canada | News | National Post

Shawn Atleo will return to the helm of the Assembly of First Nations just as Chief Theresa Spence is slated to end her fast on Thursday morning, signalling the next phase in a First Nations push to engage with the federal government on treaty implementation.

National Chief Atleo, who has been on doctor-ordered medical leave since Jan. 14, will resume his full duties following a ceremony at a special assembly of British Columbia chiefs in Vancouver at 9:15 a.m. local time Thursday morning.

According to a statement released by the AFN, which has been dogged by infighting and a battle of wills over how to deal with the Harper government, Mr. Atleo will address the assembly and “emphasize the way forward and the need to maintain momentum now to achieve real progress and transformative change for First Nations citizens.”

“With the intensifying demand and opportunity to achieve justice, fairness and political, social and economic development for First Nations, National Chief Atleo will provide an update and set out expectations for next steps,” the statement says.

 

[Goober]

Theresa Spence ends her protest 13 days too late for victory | Full Comment | National Post

It is a testament to Bob Rae’s decency that he chose to take up the cudgel of diplomacy, so to speak, to help bring about a more-or-less graceful end to Chief Theresa Spence’s six-week broth fast. No amount of sermonizing and back-patting, however, can obscure that Spence and her more radical supporters in the Assembly of First Nations have in the past thirteen days, after initially bringing the aboriginal cause a great deal of good, done it a great deal of harm.

Spence ends her fast on Victoria Island largely discredited as a national political force, not because of any perceived ill intent on her part, but because she lost the thread in a muddle of often-times contradictory, poorly conceived demands, and failed to see the superb opportunity for declaring victory, gift-wrapped and handed to her with a flourish by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on January 11. With the thread of a logical objective went public support. In politics – any politics, anywhere – inconstancy is lethal.

The movement Spence briefly galvanized and brought to national attention, Idle No More, may yet recover – but not without a sharp change in its methods, structure and aims. Failing this, it is bound for the same historical dustbin as the Occupy movement. And the Harper government will continue rolling out piecemeal reforms to the Indian Act and First Nations governance as it has been for the past seven years, in fits and starts.

 

[Mowich]

The movement Spence briefly galvanized and brought to national attention, Idle No More, may yet recover – but not without a sharp change in its methods, structure and aims. Failing this, it is bound for the same historical dustbin as the Occupy movement. And the Harper government will continue rolling out piecemeal reforms to the Indian Act and First Nations governance as it has been for the past seven years, in fits and starts.

What is left out of this statement and could put the lie to the remarks regarding government action is the fact that neither Spence nor the INM movement have a seat at the table with Mr Harper.

 

[gerryh]

What is left out of this statement and could put the lie to the remarks regarding government action is the fact that neither Spence nor the INM movement have a seat at the table with Mr Harper.

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The INM movement have stated they didn't want a seat with Harper........ it's not just the media that twist things, it's also ignoramuses twisting things for their own bigoted agenda.