Opining Opus

Kashechewan

I was gonna post up links for some news stories on this thing but unless you're living in a cave you can't escape the story. You'll note it's been crafted so far to blame the federal government but there's also a tiny hint of collective guilt thrown in for the rest of us too. I've honestly no clue how much the feds or provincial government is to blame but for me there's a side bar missing from this story. Varied government departments spend 8-10 billion on Aboriginal Programs. There were approximately 1 million people identifying themselves as Aboriginal in the last census and approximately two thirds of those identified do not live on a reservation. Let's just go with the 1 million and the 10 billion to make it easy leaving $10,000 per identified Aboriginal in funding ... where is this money going is the big question? I think we're paying for a lotta guilt. The last I checked many of the chiefs and leaders in the communities we're talking about have asked for, and been granted, the power to spend some of this money in their own areas. I think it's way, way past time that this spending go unquestioned. It's laughable that some of these leaders stand in front of microphones and blame the government for their woes ... it's time to look inward guys and gals.