Assorted content to end your week. – Pat Atkinson writes that governments at all levels should be setting up realistic fiscal plans to deal with a large group of retiring boomers – not artificially slashing revenues and increasing costs. And Rick Smith laments the fact that the Harper Cons are
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Cowichan Conversations: Idle No More – I Am Bullet Proof (Video)
Idle No More During the birth of the ‘Idle No More’ movement many have asked what it is that the Natives want and the answers are many. Some sense of native’s view of history and life after the arrival of the ‘Europeans’ are to be seen in this video.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo sidelined by norovirus
by Assembly of First Nations, Jan 14, 2013: First Nations citizens have just witnessed one of the most important chapters in our recent history. Through the pressure of the grassroots, the sacrifices made by Chief Spence and her fellow strikers, and the work of many regional Chiefs and the National Executive
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Some chiefs boycott Ottawa meeting with Harper: call for non-confidence vote: Anishinabek Leadership message
Top: Demonstrators heading up Wellington Street, Ottawa – January 11 2013 Center: Grand Council Chief Madahbee and others / Bottom: Manitoulin group The January 11th meeting in Ottawa between Harper and the chiefs was far from representative of First Nation opinion. There was a split between chiefs led by Assembly
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Media Assault on Idle No More
There was an incredibly revealing moment today. A moment that summed up the way many in the MSM have been going after Chief Spence and the Idle No More movement.And like it has been all along, it was both banal and brutal.Read more »
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than provincial premiers. (The article also admits that on average chiefs earned a reasonable $60,000 a year, 5 chiefs do their
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than provincial premiers. (The article also admits that on average chiefs earned a reasonable $60,000 a year, 5 chiefs do their work pro-bono and 77 chiefs earned less than $30,000. However "Majority of Chiefs earn reasonable
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than provincial premiers. (The article also admits that on average chiefs earned a reasonable $60,000 a year, 5 chiefs do their
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