Even though I have not been to a northern reserve for years, I say
Fuck Yeah.
And tax the churches while we are at it, property taxes alone would probably half all the provincial budget deficits.
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Fuck Yeah.
And tax the churches while we are at it, property taxes alone would probably half all the provincial budget deficits.
You want to save real tax payer money? Tax religious organizations and corporations. The money give to reservations is a tiny fraction in comparison. Its just an easy target and low hanging fruit that is used to distract from the real places where tax money is wasted.
Also, its easy for the majority population to digest bashing of minorities for taxes wasted on a them, because its not personal and visible to the majority. But try bashing wasting of taxes on religion and it quickly becomes personal for people and they become defensive, no matter how much it makes sense.
No. I hear this same argument every time I post about this stuff.
It's in the billions and it is well worth saving.
All the constant handouts achieve is perpetuate the dependency mindset.
We often hear of the clean drinking water issue. I was on a reserve that taxpayers spent millions installing a water and sewage treatment facility. A crew spent six months training people on the reserve to operate and maintain it. A year after the crew left the treatment plant was out of operation because nobody wanted to work on it. It literally fell apart.
The last visit I had there, there wasn't even clean water in the community centre. But Perimeter was flying up a pallet of PEPSI on my flight.
I have seen similar situations with fire engines. One place had a nice shiny truck brought up by rail. A year later it is no longer operable and all its windows are smashed and its tires are slashed.
I have seen firsthand band councillors using funds to take their own family to Disney World, NHL games and concerts.
The same councillor phones my boss monthly asking for "donations". We gave him a couple of things like a barbecue which ended up in his backyard here in Winnipeg. Hmmm. No more freebies buddy.
Yes it is an easy target but you don't seem motivated at all to do anything about it. You'd rather change the subject.
Of course it's not visible. Why do you think a lot of reserves won't even let non-members onto their reserves? Because the chief and council don't want us interfering with their brainwashing of their members.
"Bashing minorities"? It's their own leadership!
The reserve I was on, every house had broken windows, most houses had raw sewage from overflowing septic tanks.
And there's councillors living in big new houses in Winnipeg with a new 4x4 every year. They tell the band members all the problems are the settlers fault.
These reserves are hell on earth. Nothing to do, no jobs, no education, no running water or healthcare. They are breeding grounds for hate filled youths who make their way south,, where they have no way to get a job and end up surviving by working for or joining a gang. And then their problem becomes our problem.
For decades we have been looking the other way, or throwing money at the problem. And it has only worsened.
The last time I was there a lady from Winnipeg was with us and she had tears in her eyes on the way back. She said all those kids have no hope, none. We have created a generation of angry lost souls with no hope at all.
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No. I hear this same argument every time I post about this stuff.
It's in the billions and it is well worth saving.
All the constant handouts achieve is perpetuate the dependency mindset.
We often hear of the clean drinking water issue. I was on a reserve that taxpayers spent millions installing a water and sewage treatment facility. A crew spent six months training people on the reserve to operate and maintain it. A year after the crew left the treatment plant was out of operation because nobody wanted to work on it. It literally fell apart.
The last visit I had there, there wasn't even clean water in the community centre. But Perimeter was flying up a pallet of PEPSI on my flight.
I have seen similar situations with fire engines. One place had a nice shiny truck brought up by rail. A year later it is no longer operable and all its windows are smashed and its tires are slashed.
I have seen firsthand band councillors using funds to take their own family to Disney World, NHL games and concerts.
The same councillor phones my boss monthly asking for "donations". We gave him a couple of things like a barbecue which ended up in his backyard here in Winnipeg. Hmmm. No more freebies buddy.
Yes it is an easy target but you don't seem motivated at all to do anything about it. You'd rather change the subject.
Of course it's not visible. Why do you think a lot of reserves won't even let non-members onto their reserves? Because the chief and council don't want us interfering with their brainwashing of their members.
"Bashing minorities"? It's their own leadership!
The reserve I was on, every house had broken windows, most houses had raw sewage from overflowing septic tanks.
And there's councillors living in big new houses in Winnipeg with a new 4x4 every year. They tell the band members all the problems are the settlers fault.
These reserves are hell on earth. Nothing to do, no jobs, no education, no running water or healthcare. They are breeding grounds for hate filled youths who make their way south,, where they have no way to get a job and end up surviving by working for or joining a gang. And then their problem becomes our problem.
For decades we have been looking the other way, or throwing money at the problem. And it has only worsened.
The last time I was there a lady from Winnipeg was with us and she had tears in her eyes on the way back. She said all those kids have no hope, none. We have created a generation of angry lost souls with no hope at all.
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Im not saying ignore it. But attention given to something should be proportional to impact. If you have a bleeding cut in your hand and a terrible headache, you deal with both. But the bleeding cuts needs more attention. Obsessing about saving a few billions on something while ignoring bleeding hundreds of billions on other things does not make sense.
The legal implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Canada differs primarily in scope and speed between the federal and provincial governments, with British Columbia (BC) providing the most direct legislative model, while the federal government operates through a broader, national framework. While the federal UNDRIP Act (Bill C-15) only imposes obligations on the federal government, BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) mandates the alignment of all provincial laws with the declaration.
Federal Government Implementation (Directness: Process-Oriented)
The Act (Bill C-15): Passed in June 2021, the federal Act does not directly incorporate UNDRIP into domestic law, but rather acts as a "framework for reconciliation".
Method: It requires the government to take all "measures necessary" to ensure federal laws are consistent with UNDRIP in consultation with Indigenous peoples.
Focus: It establishes a mandatory Action Plan and annual reporting to Parliament.
Scope: It applies only to federal jurisdiction, though it influences the interpretation of both federal and provincial law, as Canadian courts often use international declarations as interpretive tools.
Provincial Government Implementation (Directness: Varied)
British Columbia (Proactive): Passed in 2019, BC's DRIPA is the most direct implementation, requiring the province to bring all laws, policies, and practices into alignment with UNDRIP. It specifically allows for joint and consent-based decision-making agreements with Indigenous governing bodies (Sections 6 and 7).
Northwest Territories (Emerging): In 2023, the NWT became the second jurisdiction to pass UNDRIP implementation legislation (Bill 85), similar to the federal model.
Other Provinces: Most other provinces have not passed dedicated, direct legislation, often opting for sectoral projects or relying on existing consultation frameworks.
Key Differences in Implementation
Alignment Trigger: BC legislation specifically mandates the "alignment" of provincial laws (Section 3), while the federal Act focuses more broadly on the "process" of aligning laws through an action plan.
Consent Mechanism: BC’s act includes explicit mechanisms for negotiation and consent-based decisions on land and resources, which is more direct than the federal framework.
Court Interpretation: Although the federal Act technically only binds the federal government, the Supreme Court of Canada has indicated that UNDRIP has been incorporated into "the country's domestic positive law". This suggests that legal consequences might be applied more broadly to provinces by courts, regardless of whether a province has passed its own law.
Accountability: BC legislation requires regular reporting to its legislative assembly to monitor progress (Section 5).
While only BC and NWT have passed specific legislation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls for all levels of government to adopt UNDRIP as the framework for reconciliation.
The B.C. Conservatives have pledged to bring down the government whenever possible and have said they plan to repeal DRIPA.
Defer to federal legislation on UNDRIP and repeal DRIPA, ASAP.
While we're at it, repeal all of Britain's aboriginal treaties in Canada for current Canadian federal legislation. Defunct treaties framed on royalty giving chiefs the same absolute power kings enjoyed 2 centuries ago. For fighting Britain's unjust, avoidable wars, colony diaspora and rusty diesel submarines, we owe Britain nothing but the English language.
Federal Government Implementation (Directness: Process-Oriented)
The Act (Bill C-15): Passed in June 2021, the federal Act does not directly incorporate UNDRIP into domestic law, but rather acts as a "framework for reconciliation".
Method: It requires the government to take all "measures necessary" to ensure federal laws are consistent with UNDRIP in consultation with Indigenous peoples.
Focus: It establishes a mandatory Action Plan and annual reporting to Parliament.
Scope: It applies only to federal jurisdiction, though it influences the interpretation of both federal and provincial law, as Canadian courts often use international declarations as interpretive tools.
Provincial Government Implementation (Directness: Varied)
British Columbia (Proactive): Passed in 2019, BC's DRIPA is the most direct implementation, requiring the province to bring all laws, policies, and practices into alignment with UNDRIP. It specifically allows for joint and consent-based decision-making agreements with Indigenous governing bodies (Sections 6 and 7).
Northwest Territories (Emerging): In 2023, the NWT became the second jurisdiction to pass UNDRIP implementation legislation (Bill 85), similar to the federal model.
Other Provinces: Most other provinces have not passed dedicated, direct legislation, often opting for sectoral projects or relying on existing consultation frameworks.
Key Differences in Implementation
Alignment Trigger: BC legislation specifically mandates the "alignment" of provincial laws (Section 3), while the federal Act focuses more broadly on the "process" of aligning laws through an action plan.
Consent Mechanism: BC’s act includes explicit mechanisms for negotiation and consent-based decisions on land and resources, which is more direct than the federal framework.
Court Interpretation: Although the federal Act technically only binds the federal government, the Supreme Court of Canada has indicated that UNDRIP has been incorporated into "the country's domestic positive law". This suggests that legal consequences might be applied more broadly to provinces by courts, regardless of whether a province has passed its own law.
Accountability: BC legislation requires regular reporting to its legislative assembly to monitor progress (Section 5).
While only BC and NWT have passed specific legislation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls for all levels of government to adopt UNDRIP as the framework for reconciliation.
The B.C. Conservatives have pledged to bring down the government whenever possible and have said they plan to repeal DRIPA.
Defer to federal legislation on UNDRIP and repeal DRIPA, ASAP.
While we're at it, repeal all of Britain's aboriginal treaties in Canada for current Canadian federal legislation. Defunct treaties framed on royalty giving chiefs the same absolute power kings enjoyed 2 centuries ago. For fighting Britain's unjust, avoidable wars, colony diaspora and rusty diesel submarines, we owe Britain nothing but the English language.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11806606.../#:~:text=A legal dispute over a,Now, the B.C.
Looks like Canadian Judges will be making Canada the 51st state. Sarcasm, but this is getting too much.
Looks like Canadian Judges will be making Canada the 51st state. Sarcasm, but this is getting too much.
Carney’s Pivot to Beijing: Did the Canada China Business Council Help Pen Ottawa’s China Reset?
https://www.todayville.com/carneys-...usiness-council-help-pen-ottawas-china-reset/
Dreadfully long article with nothing but Carney fawning all over China.
https://www.todayville.com/carneys-...usiness-council-help-pen-ottawas-china-reset/
Dreadfully long article with nothing but Carney fawning all over China.
WTF? When people and organizations rely on wordy briefs, and big words they are hiding something.
KEEP IT SMPLE
Years ago when the aboriginals or first nations stepped onto the reserves, they gave up all right to the lands they abandoned. They were conquered. Defeated peoples and tribes. They depended on government handouts to survive, and have since created a society that need to whine about what they should have, whereas the rest of Canadians have to go out and work for it.
Since then, every dollar they accepted from the British or Canadian governments is an acquiesce to the fact they gave up the land.
But what Canadians should look at is all the money given to First Nations since John A MacDonald helped to create Canada, is where some of the money ended up, not in Aboriginal hands, but in the companies that were supposed to help the First Nations. (there is always graft in contracts, just have to look hard enough)....
For less than 3% of the population (living on reserves), they sure whine alot about what they are entitled to.... And the government shut them up with paying out to "Indian Affairs" more than what they put in the annual military budget....
Its also a long term employment contract for Lawyers that deal with land claims....How much money went to lawyers for this shit raising whining.....in essense paid for by the governments and eventually Canadian taxpayers...
Everybody should be treated equally; and the rest of Canadians are not being treated equally by their governments, given the bias given to First Nations.
First Nations bypass the process of fair government systems. The environmental process has to include First Nations approval, which is garbage, becasue unless they have a environmental science degree, its a policalt neccessity to keep them from whining and putting up road blocks and protests. Priority for First Nations is a general blank government policy.... all this for less than 3% of First Nations on reserves.
Now there are there are a bout 6-7 % Canadians that have First Nation ancestry (living on the economy), the majority of them trying to get "First Nation" status to gain tax considerations.. What about the other 90% of Canadians ......
conservative could win an election on just this one , by getting rid of this legislation. And BC should get rid of it, its unfair to every other BC resident.
No its idiot MP and MLA that go...."I need that on my resume", without thinking of the consequences for the voting public...
aim for the ass or lower abdomen, cant risk hitting them in the head (eye wounds etc).
I'm more of a "2 to the body, 1 to the head" kind of guy....
Why are they traitors? I would love to hear your reasons....
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...code-some-constituents-want-her-gone-instead/
Mostly I think its about the stance on “transgender ideology is radicalizing youth, and unlocking violent impulses.” , I think the Joe Rogan show covered this a bit about most school shootings... You see, this stance goes against the directive of institutions that support transgender issues all the way up to Trudeau/Carney Liberals and higher education places on campuses in Canada (colleges and universities all of them).
I think we should make our own laws in the BC legislature, not dribble from a UN ultra righteous rules on human behaviour (DRIP bill) that basicly only exist in someones fucked up mind. (people thinking we can do better, but their head is in the clouds, and the feet buried in the dirt).
Why do BC residents need this legislation, when we already have the Canadian Charter for Rights and Freedoms.
Most people don't pay attention to what is going on in government.. mainly too busy with their job and everyday lives. Its only after they made bad legislation that people begin to take notice. (IMHO people get into politics for power and to rip off taxpayers with scams and scandals)
People are very forgiving, but when you start taking their homes away, that they have worked for years to get, and some judge decides for an group against the majority of people's interest, because they think they are correcting a mistake from the past.... (making a difference.... KARMA bites you in the ass at every turn)
These legislation and new laws are giving away to interest groups for some conceived notion/wrong that went on in the past.
Your given the card you are dealt, you have to live with them...
Start pissing off the really nice "silent majority", and you will see fucken trouble in the future. I Have a theory that Canadians are 80% redneck at heart. And they have guns.
Watch you local streaming services, the bad guys are the heros now (Breaking Bad etc).....Yet they are criminals....and get taxfree money....
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Not disagreeing with you. What concerns me is what happened to the other 90%.... who and what are the grift......
Hey I always thought that a Military Base CO paying a cash stipend for a local band chief to show up was grift.....
Ottawa acted on a major land decision without debate or explanation.
On February 20, 2026, the federal government signed three agreements with the Musqueam Indian Band recognizing Aboriginal title over 533,000 hectares of the Lower Mainland without parliamentary approval, judicial resolution or public scrutiny.
The signing took place at a ceremony on the Musqueam reserve in Vancouver attended by B.C. Premier David Eby. Parliament was not told about the agreements.
The agreements cover fisheries, stewardship and marine management, and what Ottawa calls a Rights Recognition Agreement.
The language of the three released agreements is impenetrable. Even Premier Eby has admitted he cannot say what they mean.
https://www.todayville.com/ottawa-shut-canadians-out-of-its-musqueam-land-deal/
Might be worth noting the 23 jurisdictions constituting Metro Vancouver cover at most 288,000 hectares.
On February 20, 2026, the federal government signed three agreements with the Musqueam Indian Band recognizing Aboriginal title over 533,000 hectares of the Lower Mainland without parliamentary approval, judicial resolution or public scrutiny.
The signing took place at a ceremony on the Musqueam reserve in Vancouver attended by B.C. Premier David Eby. Parliament was not told about the agreements.
The agreements cover fisheries, stewardship and marine management, and what Ottawa calls a Rights Recognition Agreement.
The language of the three released agreements is impenetrable. Even Premier Eby has admitted he cannot say what they mean.
https://www.todayville.com/ottawa-shut-canadians-out-of-its-musqueam-land-deal/
Might be worth noting the 23 jurisdictions constituting Metro Vancouver cover at most 288,000 hectares.
“Fixed Growth Rate” means Equalization is a worse deal for Alberta every year
“Canada’s equalization program should shrink when the ability of provinces to raise revenues—particularly between so-called have and have-not provinces—moves closer together, but instead, because of a design flaw, the program’s costs are required to grow every year,”
https://www.todayville.com/fixed-gr...ation-is-a-worse-deal-for-alberta-every-year/
AI Overview:
Provincial fiscal capacity in Canada has experienced a "great convergence" since roughly 2015, marked by a shrinking gap between "have" and "have-not" provinces, particularly accelerated by declining natural resource revenues in traditionally wealthy provinces. Despite this narrowing of fiscal disparities, the total cost of the federal equalization program has continued to rise, largely due to a "fixed growth rate" rule that prevents payments from decreasing, acting as a floor rather than a ceiling.
AI Overview:
The "Fixed Growth Rate" (FGR) rule, introduced in 2009, mandates that total Canadian equalization payments grow in line with national nominal GDP, functioning as a "floor" rather than a cap. While designed to control costs, it currently forces payments to rise even when provincial fiscal capacities converge, costing roughly $10.5 billion. Critics, such as the Fraser Institute, contend that the rule violates the spirit of the program to provide support only when disparities in fiscal capacity between "have" and "have-not" provinces exist, rather than mandating unconditional growth. Canadian real GDP growth has been heavily impacted by inflation, with real GDP per person stagnating or falling over the past five years, even when nominal figures appear positive.
Me:
Didn't read the Fraser Institute full study.
If the authors intent to be so partisan as to omit mentioning inflation the likely driver of higher equalization payments, "Good luck". The Canadian Constitution, patterned after Britain's North America Act, mandates mineral resources as provincial jurisdiction. Canadians learned from results of failed Charlottetown Accord and Meech Lake Accord in the '90s the Canadian Constitution virtually impossible to amend. In the meanwhile, Canadian governments tinker with work-arounds and tolerate charges from allies of not being a real nation.
“Canada’s equalization program should shrink when the ability of provinces to raise revenues—particularly between so-called have and have-not provinces—moves closer together, but instead, because of a design flaw, the program’s costs are required to grow every year,”
https://www.todayville.com/fixed-gr...ation-is-a-worse-deal-for-alberta-every-year/
AI Overview:
Provincial fiscal capacity in Canada has experienced a "great convergence" since roughly 2015, marked by a shrinking gap between "have" and "have-not" provinces, particularly accelerated by declining natural resource revenues in traditionally wealthy provinces. Despite this narrowing of fiscal disparities, the total cost of the federal equalization program has continued to rise, largely due to a "fixed growth rate" rule that prevents payments from decreasing, acting as a floor rather than a ceiling.
AI Overview:
The "Fixed Growth Rate" (FGR) rule, introduced in 2009, mandates that total Canadian equalization payments grow in line with national nominal GDP, functioning as a "floor" rather than a cap. While designed to control costs, it currently forces payments to rise even when provincial fiscal capacities converge, costing roughly $10.5 billion. Critics, such as the Fraser Institute, contend that the rule violates the spirit of the program to provide support only when disparities in fiscal capacity between "have" and "have-not" provinces exist, rather than mandating unconditional growth. Canadian real GDP growth has been heavily impacted by inflation, with real GDP per person stagnating or falling over the past five years, even when nominal figures appear positive.
Me:
Didn't read the Fraser Institute full study.
If the authors intent to be so partisan as to omit mentioning inflation the likely driver of higher equalization payments, "Good luck". The Canadian Constitution, patterned after Britain's North America Act, mandates mineral resources as provincial jurisdiction. Canadians learned from results of failed Charlottetown Accord and Meech Lake Accord in the '90s the Canadian Constitution virtually impossible to amend. In the meanwhile, Canadian governments tinker with work-arounds and tolerate charges from allies of not being a real nation.
National radio news buzzing with DRIPA fallout in BC. UNDRIP never intended to be implemented directly into any law. Unconstitutional of 5% of BC population having equal weighted governing power with BC legislature.
Please kindly walk-back DRIPA, Premier Eby. To save the Canadian court system and Canadians the expense of what the lower court knew would have to happen anyway.
David Eby former adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia.
Please kindly walk-back DRIPA, Premier Eby. To save the Canadian court system and Canadians the expense of what the lower court knew would have to happen anyway.
David Eby former adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia.
The LAST thing I'd do is take legal advice from a cop. They aren't lawyers. Let's just say you do take his advice and something happens and you tell the cops who arrive "Constable/Inspector So-and-So told me to." Do you think that cop is going to put his job/career on the line? Nope. Probably going to deny any knowledge and you're on your own.
Wrong. If he puts his hand up and turns to leave and you let off multiple shots and hit him (not because you're a good shot, just lucky as shit) and he's injured he will gladly sue your ass into the ground. He was no longer a threat and what you did was an assault and the cops would "gladly carry" your ass to jail. These are the legal details/technicalities a lawyer knows all about.
The SMARTEST thing to do is: Put together a list of questions, invest $110- $250 and actually talk to a lawyer who can save you years of grief.
Why would you tell anyone the intruder put up his hands and turned to leave?
Dead men tell no tales.
I look at this as idiots in government giving away stuff they should not be giving away...
But I'm sure the Federal and Provincial governments are not looking after the welfare of the rest of the 97% of Canadians, selling them out for their own interests.
Where that being money or politically motivated to break up Canada by some unseen foreign source (US or China) for future minerals and metals.
Throw it out and write a constitution for Canada that is fair for everyone. No special priveledges. Taxes apply to everyone including First Nations....
