The power of the aboriginals will continue to grow. “A critical mass of elite and leadership is emerging — lawyers, artists, professors, philosophers, intelligentsia.” Whereas in 1927 Ottawa barred “Indians” from hiring lawyers, today there are almost 2,000 aboriginal lawyers and more than 30 judges. The new leadership is young. It includes women, such as the founders of the 2012-13 Idle No More protests. They were opposing Ottawa’s plans — typically buried in omnibus bills, one 425 pages long, the other 457 pages — to gut environmental protections for rivers and lakes, and fish habitat, and to weaken rules on leasing reserve land, thereby undermining treaty negotiating positions of First Nations. m.thestar/#/article/opinion/commentary/2014/12/03/well_be_defined_by_how_we_deal_with_aboriginals_siddiqui.html
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 16:02:29 +0000
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