The corruption on the reserves is shameful! The First Nations needs to clean up their messes themselves and stop blaming others and living in the past. Handing out money never works...when will our provincial and federal governments stop the handouts and demand accountability?
the first nation band leaders that live high on the hog in places like Toronto...Vancouver..Ottawa... get all the money that the Gov gives for the people. It is disgusting...they let their own people starve and live in poverty while they live in luxury. it is a real problem. I know because my Parents lived beside a band member in Ottawa and his 700,000 dollar home was paid for by the council and he bragged about it a lot. They should all be prosecuted for that to the full extent of the law!! I worked for the Debeers diamond mine for 3 years and it was on Native land near Attawapiskat and the money that the Band got was huge...MILLIONS and do you think the people of Attawapiskat got any to improve their reserve, NO it all went to the band leaders in far away places.They could care less about their people = GREED. You can blame the government all you want but their chiefs and leaders are just as responsible for the problem.The chief of attawapiskat at that time 2008 (I CANNOT RECALL HER NAME) was embezzling money from the tribe...she was accused and questioned of where money was going but I dont know if she was ever found guilty or charged? SAD SAD SAD. I worked with a native dude at that mine (very nice guy) and he was saving all his paychecks to start a new life off that reserve...he told me horror stories...I hope he made it.
It may be hard to move from a place that can't provide you enough fuel to make it to the next town, and even if the fuel was avaialble you would have to traverse a road that is only available in the winter months due to the majority of it it comprising of ice crossings. I have no desire to argue, I am just merely trying to shed light to some possibly valid points to consider.
I THINK THAT THE COMMENTS HERE ARE DISGUSTING!!! ITS SO BAD THAT THERE IS SUCH NEGATIVE VIEWS ABOUT OUR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE IN A RICH COUNTRY LIKE CANADA...NO ONE SHOULD LIVE THIS WAY....
we need MONEY!? WTF?!!! Are you kidding me!? $90 Millions since '05 isn't enuff?!!! Let's buy a new Zamboni... only $97,000 for that! But we have a housing crisis... oh ya, we need MORE money for that too! Cut them OFF!!!
today the royal proclamation of 1763 in british and Canadian law is the historical treaty process. Through that legal process land could be transferred from first nations to go to the crown in return for specific entitlements and benefits. under Canadian law, unceded land, ie land that has never been transferred to the federal government does not legally belong to the Canadian government.
So the article only talked about the expenses and not the structure of the Indian Act and how spending is controlled? And thanks for the source. I'll look into that, especially now that the audit was released.
What the hell happened to the $93 000 000? The natives keep saying that we do nothing for them, and yet one community can blow that kind of money and the rest of Canada has no right to demand answers! And there are many other native communities wasting similar amounts, you can be sure.
the royal proclamation of 1763 clearly recognized Aboriginal People as Nations, and acknowledged Indian title to their lands. It recognized First Nations people as rightful occupiers of their hunting grounds until such times as these were ceded to the government authority through negotiation with the crown. the lands you occupy we gave away, the lands we hunt and fish on we never gave away...as it says to this day in exchange.
Also say that "$34 million" is "tax free" strikes me as a red herring. I found the figure and breakdown shows that it's monies transferred to the band from various govenrment agencies. Last I checked the feds didn't tax the provinces and municipalities that on the monies they either raised or got from the feds..nor did the provinces do that to municipalities. I could understand the point about taxing individuals on reserves, but taxing the band govenrment itself?
1:37 Clayton "we need some money" are you freakin kidding me?!?!? WHEN is this going to stop?! Come on Ottawa!! Pull the plug on these leeches! We give them money... lots of it... do they buy houses, roofing supplies... NO, they buy a NEW Zamboni!! Come on... STOP THIS!
And I do not know about this Harper Government where he gets his ideas from, if he wants to use the argument Canada is not brittish that its on his own, that it can do however it feels to Natives the taking of Native lands. According to history this was the last chapter as how history was made and recorded. There was no Custer, no war with the Natives in Canada, aside from the French Allies. And how can anyone say Natives are not entitled to land, when not even Canada won the war against Native
People love to stereotype & say that the Native people are their own problem, that they don't want to work. They say the solution to these peoples poverty is to get a job.THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ATTAWAPISKAT!! it's a desolate waistland with no employment opportunites! It's such a convoluted situation, I think a potential resolution would be to relocate this reserve to a plot of land closer to more established communites where these people would be given the opportunity to at least try and sucseed.
Agreed! I never called for anyone to leave! I only seek equality for all peoples not just one group or other. Personally I wouldn't recognize someones hereditary chiefdom unless they proved themselves to me as worthy of being a leader I feel the same about aristocracies as well. Their blood ain't no bluer than mine or yours & if anything is to be learned from the 20th century it is that greed is still in many men's hearts regardless of their creed or ethnicity making them "cold" & bereft of love
it also states not to bother or molest depends on what terms you would literally use that term on the settlers. As well as the settlers they were given the same conditions that apply to them to also apply to Natives. when that piece of paper was signed and that Land in question meant the whole of Canada on the Lands you occupy. The lands that was entitled to us as it states to practice our traditional way of life of hunting and gathering, those lands remain with us to this day its not surrender
A gallon of milk 17.00$ 1 can of carnation 3.75$ 1 bread 3.75$ 22 litres of gas 50.00$ 1 can of pop 2.99$ 30 slices of bacon 56.98$ 2 pork chops 11.98$ margarine 5.98$ 1 can of beef stew 4.98 welfare check 300 dollars. a month
Much bitterness & vanity I hear from a people once justly proud! Today's renditions are a "pale" comparison of yesteryear & those honourable leaders of old. I feel for those whose culture was uprooted yet it is the 21st century & if you do not move with the herd you will be left behind to become prey for the carnivores of the world like Tobacco & Alcohol industry & other such parasitical capitalist ventures. The first nations needs to put a strong emphasis on their future if they are to survive!
Again look up the article whose title I provided. If You Tube allowed me to provide links I would. It points out that merely $34 million a year may not be sufficient given the chronic housing problems and the fact that services are entirely provided through the feds. Though the actual amount of funding from the federal government annually is more like $18 million. As for the $11 million in salaries where did you hear this? Just give me the name of the article or source.
Hundreds of attawapaskats all across canada.. I see we live like we do and american reservations have mcdonalds and concrete roads with streetlights and plumbing and running water and walmarts and malls and casinos.. we still only get 4 dollers a year they can change the agreements. But if they do alot would change and it would take away from our rights. That's why it's not easy to change the treatys and resign a new thing. They would take the last of what we have. But they could also give us more
That is the case! Yes it did happen! Yes the white man conquered our forefathers! If they didn't the natives would run the country today which they certainly do not! The sooner natives stop crying about the past & start working for their future the better they will be. The world has changed & we must change with it or be left behind as nothing more than a memory!The old ways are gone forever, as much as I wish they weren't & if our children are to flourish we must adopt the ways of the white man
Since You Tube won't let me post links in the comments, run a search for "The real math behind Attawapiskat’s $90 million" + "National Post". It details how the moneys for the reserve are inadequate and how spending under the Indian Act is tightly controlled by Aboriginal Affairs, which is far from an efficient and responsive bureaucracy. Plus, a Federal Court ruled that the decision to place the reserve under third party management was unjustified.
Of course this isn't even getting into the fact that the various tax exemptions for reserves was to avoid Bands losing use of their property on reserves through taxation. Though considering how poorly Canada has upheld it's end of the treaties as well as deprived First Nations of their land through various dodgy means - plunging them into poverty - I find Canadians kvetching about people on reserves not paying taxes to be like rich people complaining about luxury taxes.
I know little about native requirements for being a chief but what are their requirements? Does one have to be a full status native or what? Theresa Spence doesn't look very "native" to me and her live-in partner even less so. Do they have any educational background that gets them the right to be chief or is it just a popular vote? Just curious.
a person who intetionally deprives them self of food is causing harm to themselves this is the requirement for a mental health warrant pick her up hold her for 72 hours and if she refuses to eat hold her untill she eats
I think this community the reason why the leaders are so resistant to the federal government is because the Canadian federal government Has continued to fail Canada's aboriginal people. It's hard to trust the government that hated and try to destroy your community in the past
The audit - get it - I want her in jail for spending the money that would have fed the children and kept the elderly warm after all that is what i set it for ! I want her in jail for a thirty nine thousand dollar goose hunt - I want her in jail for her complete disregard for her own people and the filthy way she exploits the suffering that she created . Lets audit Indian affairs . Audits are proof - get it .
The assumption of corruption - without something more - only works in this case if you assume a.) the funds were sufficient, which they weren't, and b.) the band government has complete control over spending, which isn't the case. Oh, and Chief Spence has long since entered into a hunger strike over the government's behaviour. Totally the actions of someone who is corrupt.
Ah, ok, she's blaming the 'government' for the money issues. Figures, all the more reason to get rid of the reserve governments completely, seeing as how they are the main problem with news today. And Clayton Kennedy hit the nail on the head with the biggest problem this reserve has, the band council itself.
It will not matter what the government agrees to regarding a meeting, because the chiefs never wanted the meeting to happen. The PM has called your bluff and if you think Canadians are going to sit by while you threaten us, you are in for a big surprise. Do you really think the other 96% of Canada will remain 'idle' while you threaten them?
I think the reason that the elders Attawapiskat Start construction of the houses before the government money came was because this community was in desperate need of better housing and they could not wait for the federal government money to come. I think the community leadership is partially at fault however this is due to systemic issues that this community faces. This community has to deal with inadequate housing,, a high suicide rate, poverty and lack of trust by the federal government.
i came home and my bag of chips was empty i had no evidence that my dog ate it but i assume he did cause he was the only one in the room there is no eveidence of corruption but lots of money was sent and not much is to show for it so the asuption is the mostrealistic thing we can go on
Okay, now's the forensic audit indicating that the Attawapiskat's chief and council failed to properly account for spending which does flag up dodginess in the way Spence and Co. have run their affairs. That would be the "something more" I was looking for. Note: I'm a stickler on this due to being a law student who's studied a lot of Aboriginal law. Most bands do not operate with the autonomy of a municipality.
I wish i could drive a brand new dodge , shit I would settle for a new four hundred dollar north face . Sorry the scam is up . Teresa Spence needs a jail cell .
In this video is also they also lack like bad leadership is only an issue that affects aboriginal communities.There can be bad leaders in any community however when these leaders are in aboriginal community they get a lot more attention. I think this society of the racial bias that many people still have towards aboriginal people.
I think is unfair that this field was harsher on the average of community that they are the government. The Canadian government has mistreated aboriginal communities for centuries But I think is the least they can do to provide good safe housing. It is unfair It's unfair that a community in Canada has to face Third World level conditions. We care strongly about poor communities around the world however we have ignored this community.
and No... am not from Fort Severn either, even though Fort Severn is not an Indian reservation , but actually the first Brittish Settlement in Ontario. I would be wonder somewhere be, beyond.
@maksicar; Care to actually back up your assertion with evidence? I mean it's possible, but given the lack of specifics indicating corruption on the part of the band government and the fact that Attawapiskat's housing needs are estimated to be $84 million (last year housing was only +$2 million) I'm not rushing to condemn the leadership based on paternalistic assumptions.
The reason i say them word's,its cus when i first came on here, my own kind.meaning whitepeople taught i was native, afircan american, my wife is native, so they started the incest card, so i started to fight fire with fire.
Improved ? Both instances Indian Largess and corporate take over Are equitably crimes punishable by law . Laws that do not apply to a special interest group - known as Indian affairs .
There are 3 categories for Natives 1... the French Allies...and how do you deal with the French they got to keep Quebec even thoigh the Brittish beat them in war. 2....when the French and English were warring on the east coast and wars won 49 th parallel established all the way to west coast BC, the deciding war was won at PLAINS OF ABRAHAM with Native people and England. 3....the west coast Natives did not provide aid and help during times of war when Canada became established.
Inspired by what? What do they stand for? More money? What pisses me off are criminals getting preferential treatment, the arrogant sense of entitlement, and some loser claiming a hunger strike while eating. Should people rise up? Sure, start with your own chiefs who can't account for millions and millions of dollars. You can't miss them, they are driving SUV's. I am no fan of Harper, but he came to the table while total idiots blocked the doors, and why? The GG? What a joke.
Smarten up, suckers. Spence has recieved $131 million since 2006 for a town of just over 1,000 people. No paper trail to show where that money has gone...it sure has't gone to the people she represents! Good for Lindy for wanting better for he and his family. And to his son, do follow your goals in life...but you will have to leave that wasteland to reach them.
when those treays were signed ,by the way the lands you occupy today are the LANDS we gave to you including all resources of which you people have had your fun. The remaining lands do the proper research on them the LANDS inhabited by the Natives,those LANDS are ENTITLED to Native people as in personal property.Its all written in LAWS by KINGS AND QUEENS of England. Added to that Native people were never conquered in Canada.In all reality everything in Canada is ours. Including your house
Chief Spence fought really hard for her people, she was the best chief we've had, she had a bad relationship with INAC and Ministers because they were making them look bad in the media from the truth, I believe they wanted to punish her for that which ended up all of us being punished for it, all because she was speaking out and she really wanted them to honour our treaties.. I wish she was our chief again unlike the corruption that we have today.
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The corruption on the reserves is shameful! The First Nations needs to clean up their messes themselves and stop blaming others and living in the past. Handing out money never works...when will our provincial and federal governments stop the handouts and demand accountability?
I always wondered what it was like in far northern Ontario and Quebec, thank you for posting.
the first nation band leaders that live high on the hog in places like Toronto...Vancouver..Ottawa... get all the money that the Gov gives for the people. It is disgusting...they let their own people starve and live in poverty while they live in luxury. it is a real problem. I know because my Parents lived beside a band member in Ottawa and his 700,000 dollar home was paid for by the council and he bragged about it a lot. They should all be prosecuted for that to the full extent of the law!! I worked for the Debeers diamond mine for 3 years and it was on Native land near Attawapiskat and the money that the Band got was huge...MILLIONS and do you think the people of Attawapiskat got any to improve their reserve, NO it all went to the band leaders in far away places.They could care less about their people = GREED. You can blame the government all you want but their chiefs and leaders are just as responsible for the problem.The chief of attawapiskat at that time 2008 (I CANNOT RECALL HER NAME) was embezzling money from the tribe...she was accused and questioned of where money was going but I dont know if she was ever found guilty or charged? SAD SAD SAD. I worked with a native dude at that mine (very nice guy) and he was saving all his paychecks to start a new life off that reserve...he told me horror stories...I hope he made it.
Stop these corrupt chiefs!
You are ABSOLUTELY right burn the treaty,
And no more Land will be given away from now on.
Tell all the immigrant minning companies this..
It may be hard to move from a place that can't provide you enough fuel to make it to the next town, and even if the fuel was avaialble you would have to traverse a road that is only available in the winter months due to the majority of it it comprising of ice crossings. I have no desire to argue, I am just merely trying to shed light to some possibly valid points to consider.
11 years ago,,,could cbc do another visit updates on housing and economic problems 🤔
I THINK THAT THE COMMENTS HERE ARE DISGUSTING!!! ITS SO BAD THAT THERE IS SUCH NEGATIVE VIEWS ABOUT OUR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE IN A RICH COUNTRY LIKE CANADA...NO ONE SHOULD LIVE THIS WAY....
Cheers. To you 2!
we need MONEY!? WTF?!!! Are you kidding me!? $90 Millions since '05 isn't enuff?!!!
Let's buy a new Zamboni... only $97,000 for that! But we have a housing crisis... oh ya, we need MORE money for that too! Cut them OFF!!!
today the royal proclamation of 1763 in british and Canadian law is the historical treaty process. Through that legal process land could be transferred from first nations to go to the crown in return for specific entitlements and benefits.
under Canadian law, unceded land, ie land that has never been transferred to the federal government does not legally belong to the Canadian government.
So the article only talked about the expenses and not the structure of the Indian Act and how spending is controlled? And thanks for the source. I'll look into that, especially now that the audit was released.
wow what a nice truck they drive... did you see that differance in coats they are wearing...
What the hell happened to the $93 000 000? The natives keep saying that we do nothing for them, and yet one community can blow that kind of money and the rest of Canada has no right to demand answers! And there are many other native communities wasting similar amounts, you can be sure.
stop the welcoming of refugees here in Canada (who were mostly of them are not even grateful), save our own first!
the royal proclamation of 1763 clearly recognized Aboriginal People as Nations, and acknowledged Indian title to their lands. It recognized First Nations people as rightful occupiers of their hunting grounds until such times as these were ceded to the government authority through negotiation with the crown.
the lands you occupy we gave away, the lands we hunt and fish on we never gave away...as it says to this day in exchange.
Surprising CBC is allowing comments on the video. Usually they don't allow people to share their opinions of these matters.
Never mind... This is old, the policy on letting people comment on First Nations came in this last year.
Also say that "$34 million" is "tax free" strikes me as a red herring. I found the figure and breakdown shows that it's monies transferred to the band from various govenrment agencies. Last I checked the feds didn't tax the provinces and municipalities that on the monies they either raised or got from the feds..nor did the provinces do that to municipalities. I could understand the point about taxing individuals on reserves, but taxing the band govenrment itself?
1:37 Clayton "we need some money" are you freakin kidding me?!?!? WHEN is this going to stop?! Come on Ottawa!! Pull the plug on these leeches! We give them money... lots of it... do they buy houses, roofing supplies... NO, they buy a NEW Zamboni!! Come on... STOP THIS!
2:26 Those are some nice winter jackets...
And I do not know about this Harper Government where he gets his ideas from, if he wants to use the argument Canada is not brittish that its on his own, that it can do however it feels to Natives the taking of Native lands. According to history this was the last chapter as how history was made and recorded.
There was no Custer, no war with the Natives in Canada, aside from the French Allies.
And how can anyone say Natives are not entitled to land, when not even Canada won the war against Native
People love to stereotype & say that the Native people are their own problem, that they don't want to work. They say the solution to these peoples poverty is to get a job.THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ATTAWAPISKAT!! it's a desolate waistland with no employment opportunites! It's such a convoluted situation, I think a potential resolution would be to relocate this reserve to a plot of land closer to more established communites where these people would be given the opportunity to at least try and sucseed.
Agreed! I never called for anyone to leave! I only seek equality for all peoples not just one group or other. Personally I wouldn't recognize someones hereditary chiefdom unless they proved themselves to me as worthy of being a leader I feel the same about aristocracies as well. Their blood ain't no bluer than mine or yours & if anything is to be learned from the 20th century it is that greed is still in many men's hearts regardless of their creed or ethnicity making them "cold" & bereft of love
it also states not to bother or molest depends on what terms you would literally use that term on the settlers. As well as the settlers they were given the same conditions that apply to them to also apply to Natives.
when that piece of paper was signed and that Land in question meant the whole of Canada on the Lands you occupy.
The lands that was entitled to us as it states to practice our traditional way of life of hunting and gathering, those lands remain with us to this day its not surrender
OK. Can you explain why all that stuff was not given to the people? Why was all the money not accounted for in the audit?
A gallon of milk 17.00$
1 can of carnation 3.75$
1 bread 3.75$
22 litres of gas 50.00$
1 can of pop 2.99$
30 slices of bacon 56.98$
2 pork chops 11.98$
margarine 5.98$
1 can of beef stew 4.98
welfare check 300 dollars. a month
Much bitterness & vanity I hear from a people once justly proud! Today's renditions are a "pale" comparison of yesteryear & those honourable leaders of old. I feel for those whose culture was uprooted yet it is the 21st century & if you do not move with the herd you will be left behind to become prey for the carnivores of the world like Tobacco & Alcohol industry & other such parasitical capitalist ventures. The first nations needs to put a strong emphasis on their future if they are to survive!
Again look up the article whose title I provided. If You Tube allowed me to provide links I would. It points out that merely $34 million a year may not be sufficient given the chronic housing problems and the fact that services are entirely provided through the feds. Though the actual amount of funding from the federal government annually is more like $18 million. As for the $11 million in salaries where did you hear this? Just give me the name of the article or source.
Hundreds of attawapaskats all across canada.. I see we live like we do and american reservations have mcdonalds and concrete roads with streetlights and plumbing and running water and walmarts and malls and casinos.. we still only get 4 dollers a year they can change the agreements. But if they do alot would change and it would take away from our rights. That's why it's not easy to change the treatys and resign a new thing. They would take the last of what we have. But they could also give us more
That is the case! Yes it did happen! Yes the white man conquered our forefathers! If they didn't the natives would run the country today which they certainly do not! The sooner natives stop crying about the past & start working for their future the better they will be. The world has changed & we must change with it or be left behind as nothing more than a memory!The old ways are gone forever, as much as I wish they weren't & if our children are to flourish we must adopt the ways of the white man
Was that newscaster woman on a green screen at the end when there was a storm in the background?
North Face Winter Parka- At least $400, Canadian Goose Parka $795.00
Since You Tube won't let me post links in the comments, run a search for "The real math behind Attawapiskat’s $90 million" + "National Post". It details how the moneys for the reserve are inadequate and how spending under the Indian Act is tightly controlled by Aboriginal Affairs, which is far from an efficient and responsive bureaucracy.
Plus, a Federal Court ruled that the decision to place the reserve under third party management was unjustified.
Of course this isn't even getting into the fact that the various tax exemptions for reserves was to avoid Bands losing use of their property on reserves through taxation. Though considering how poorly Canada has upheld it's end of the treaties as well as deprived First Nations of their land through various dodgy means - plunging them into poverty - I find Canadians kvetching about people on reserves not paying taxes to be like rich people complaining about luxury taxes.
I know little about native requirements for being a chief but what are their requirements? Does one have to be a full status native or what? Theresa Spence doesn't look very "native" to me and her live-in partner even less so. Do they have any educational background that gets them the right to be chief or is it just a popular vote? Just curious.
Hi people, I am from this town I’ve been here for 12 years I’ve never moved before and I wish we can change attawapiskat 😕
How do you help a people who refuse to help themselves?
You’re a literal peasant
I saw Lindy here in Timmins with his brother cuz his brother lives here he said hes moving too Northbay
Iindys my dad
Point taken .
If any person in this community gets up and does something on their will, I encourage them to do it on their will and not wait for the government.
ok! u are a real hero!:)
just to clear up the confusion for some reason or another the last word of this post is not present
the metal ken deane should be given is lead
a person who intetionally deprives them self of food is causing harm to themselves
this is the requirement for a mental health warrant
pick her up hold her for 72 hours and if she refuses to eat hold her untill she eats
I think this community the reason why the leaders are so resistant to the federal government is because the Canadian federal government Has continued to fail Canada's aboriginal people. It's hard to trust the government that hated and try to destroy your community in the past
The audit - get it - I want her in jail for spending the money that would have fed the children and kept the elderly warm after all that is what i set it for ! I want her in jail for a thirty nine thousand dollar goose hunt - I want her in jail for her complete disregard for her own people and the filthy way she exploits the suffering that she created . Lets audit Indian affairs . Audits are proof - get it .
More like to check on the lack of progress.
The assumption of corruption - without something more - only works in this case if you assume a.) the funds were sufficient, which they weren't, and b.) the band government has complete control over spending, which isn't the case.
Oh, and Chief Spence has long since entered into a hunger strike over the government's behaviour. Totally the actions of someone who is corrupt.
Ah, ok, she's blaming the 'government' for the money issues. Figures, all the more reason to get rid of the reserve governments completely, seeing as how they are the main problem with news today. And Clayton Kennedy hit the nail on the head with the biggest problem this reserve has, the band council itself.
They voted Spence back in office, I have no pity for these people.
and which dock did the harper government get off at, and whos history book did he read before he got on the ship.
It will not matter what the government agrees to regarding a meeting, because the chiefs never wanted the meeting to happen. The PM has called your bluff and if you think Canadians are going to sit by while you threaten us, you are in for a big surprise. Do you really think the other 96% of Canada will remain 'idle' while you threaten them?
I think the reason that the elders Attawapiskat Start construction of the houses before the government money came was because this community was in desperate need of better housing and they could not wait for the federal government money to come. I think the community leadership is partially at fault however this is due to systemic issues that this community faces. This community has to deal with inadequate housing,, a high suicide rate, poverty and lack of trust by the federal government.
The biggest problem is these homes r not built for the environment there in
i came home and my bag of chips was empty i had no evidence that my dog ate it but i assume he did cause he was the only one in the room
there is no eveidence of corruption but lots of money was sent and not much is to show for it
so the asuption is the mostrealistic thing we can go on
See the money is available if they would allow a NOT CORRUPT manager.
Sad to see resources completely mismanaged.
That woman is a CRIMINAL and should be charged as such
Okay, now's the forensic audit indicating that the Attawapiskat's chief and council failed to properly account for spending which does flag up dodginess in the way Spence and Co. have run their affairs. That would be the "something more" I was looking for.
Note: I'm a stickler on this due to being a law student who's studied a lot of Aboriginal law. Most bands do not operate with the autonomy of a municipality.
I am agreeing with you
Then had her over to the RCMP to face charges of fraud.
I wish i could drive a brand new dodge , shit I would settle for a new four hundred dollar north face . Sorry the scam is up . Teresa Spence needs a jail cell .
Agreed. He needs some big help.
2:37 YIKES! I wouldn't trust that guy to be the treasurer of a high school club.
I originally lived in attawapiskat, but i moved away from home to Fort Albany
Gah
In this video is also they also lack like bad leadership is only an issue that affects aboriginal communities.There can be bad leaders in any community however when these leaders are in aboriginal community they get a lot more attention. I think this society of the racial bias that many people still have towards aboriginal people.
I think is unfair that this field was harsher on the average of community that they are the government. The Canadian government has mistreated aboriginal communities for centuries But I think is the least they can do to provide good safe housing. It is unfair It's unfair that a community in Canada has to face Third World level conditions. We care strongly about poor communities around the world however we have ignored this community.
READ Treaty #9 buddy! why do "WE" have to pay for YOUR ancestors decisions... we have to pay and pay and pay! ENOUGH!!
Why is she still Chief I still don't understand
EXACTLY what I was thinking
Yeah, damn Teresa Spence. Under her tenure financial documentation has *improved*. As the F-35s show, CONs can't stand financial documentation.
and No... am not from Fort Severn either, even though Fort Severn is not an Indian reservation , but actually the first Brittish Settlement in Ontario. I would be wonder somewhere be, beyond.
Wait my dad planning on leaving this town I like this town...
Why don't we move them
As she get cozy in her nice house.
it would never be a even trade
we don't need alcohol bad enough to trade our kand
@maksicar;
Care to actually back up your assertion with evidence? I mean it's possible, but given the lack of specifics indicating corruption on the part of the band government and the fact that Attawapiskat's housing needs are estimated to be $84 million (last year housing was only +$2 million) I'm not rushing to condemn the leadership based on paternalistic assumptions.
The reason i say them word's,its cus when i first came on here, my own kind.meaning whitepeople taught i was native, afircan american, my wife is native, so they started the incest card, so i started to fight fire with fire.
Which 1% are you referring to, the big Corporate ripoffs?
Improved ? Both instances Indian Largess and corporate take over Are equitably crimes punishable by law . Laws that do not apply to a special interest group - known as Indian affairs .
do you want me to list what i heard about the immigrants that come to canada....
you really want to go in that aspect,we all could probe deeper and read between the lines.
Go ahead and he'll be the only one that cares
There are 3 categories for Natives
1... the French Allies...and how do you deal with the French they got to keep Quebec even thoigh the Brittish beat them in war.
2....when the French and English were warring on the east coast and wars won 49 th parallel established all the way to west coast BC, the deciding war was won at PLAINS OF ABRAHAM with Native people and England.
3....the west coast Natives did not provide aid and help during times of war when Canada became established.
fresh drinking water
how is there fresh drinking water this reserve has no drinking water going to the houses
This is a good example of "cyber bullying on RUclips". I'm just saying.
I think it's time to hire a lawyer to get things done right in the first place, never mind her husband he's untrustworthy
Nope just live very very far from it and no time to travel. Thanks for the classy comment.
Inspired by what? What do they stand for? More money? What pisses me off are criminals getting preferential treatment, the arrogant sense of entitlement, and some loser claiming a hunger strike while eating. Should people rise up? Sure, start with your own chiefs who can't account for millions and millions of dollars. You can't miss them, they are driving SUV's. I am no fan of Harper, but he came to the table while total idiots blocked the doors, and why? The GG? What a joke.
And full houses
Smarten up, suckers. Spence has recieved $131 million since 2006 for a town of just over 1,000 people. No paper trail to show where that money has gone...it sure has't gone to the people she represents!
Good for Lindy for wanting better for he and his family. And to his son, do follow your goals in life...but you will have to leave that wasteland to reach them.
its hard to forget the past i mean its easily said but much harder to do....colonizations a bitch but i see your point
Thats is shameful. That chief is shameful. A total dimwit
Anyone else find it ironic that she is wearing a De Beers toque?
AND THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE COAT....ITS 40 BELOW THERE!
isn't percy jackson a character in a childs greek mythology book?
PLEASE DONT WIPE US OFFF THE face of the EARTH
when those treays were signed ,by the way the lands you occupy today are the LANDS we gave to you including all resources of which you people have had your fun.
The remaining lands do the proper research on them the LANDS inhabited by the Natives,those LANDS are ENTITLED to Native people as in personal property.Its all written in LAWS by KINGS AND QUEENS of England.
Added to that Native people were never conquered in Canada.In all reality everything in Canada is ours.
Including your house
lol...because they were busy building a hockey rink and buying a zamboni rather then taking care of what was needed.
NOT ONE WORD OF THE BILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND MINE 80 KM DOWN THE HIGHWAY. OH CBC...
Chief Spence fought really hard for her people, she was the best chief we've had, she had a bad relationship with INAC and Ministers because they were making them look bad in the media from the truth, I believe they wanted to punish her for that which ended up all of us being punished for it, all because she was speaking out and she really wanted them to honour our treaties.. I wish she was our chief again unlike the corruption that we have today.