Canada is full of propaganda and Indigenous issues really bring it out...
"For example, most Canadians look at the
non-taxation of First Nation communities as some kind of boon given out of the goodness of Canadian hearts. Not so. It's an economic sanction that prevents First Nation communities from raising money to meet First Nation goals and cultural supports. Canadians didn't want First Nation town to reflect First Nation goals and culture, but rather Canadian goals and culture, so the Indian Act (Canadian law) removes the ability of these towns to self-resource local goals. Non-taxation regimes within First Nation communities are a system of control - if you take away a man's ability to get food on his own, you've effectively created a system of control over that man. Same with towns."
"First Nations are corrupt. This allows Canadians to blame First Nation for the problem. However, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found that on-rez funding in areas like social programs for children was 25-50 per cent less than Canadian communities of comparable size -
http://aptnnews.ca/2016/01/26/read-full-text-of-canadian-human-rights-tribunal-decision-here/ . So these communities do not have the same financial resources as comparable Canadian communities - BEFORE THE CHIEF AND COUNCIL EVEN GET TO SEE ANY MONEY!! First Nation fill out hundreds of reports for INAC. It's too bad INAC doesn't share those with Canadians... or even read them, but, you know, colonialism:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/7-questions-about-first-nations-accountability-1.1331320. There is corruption under the Indian Act system, and that won't be closed as long as First Nation voters do not have control of the law that governs their leaders."
"Finally,
the idea the First Nations are "self-governing" is a myth for the most part. They are mostly governed by the Indian Act system which is Canadian law. The democracy under the Indian Act system only goes up to the "mayor" level. At the provincial level, the system is run by a hired bureaucrat, at the federal level it's an appointee. These two upper levels never need to listen to First Nation voters to keep their jobs. This is why there is no effective change under the Indian Act system - the lack of democracy. Canadians control Canadian law - not First Nations. So Canadians are in charge of the Indian Act governance system - which never touches their lives."
Wonder what nine_ender who continually insults anyone who supports the U.S. has to say about Canada's treatment of native Americans?
