Caledonia a product of failed Indian land claims
Toronto Star columnist Thomas Walkom is one of the few mainstream media writers whose articles deal objectively and truthfully with regard to the Six Nations land claims and Canada's failure regarding all Indigenous land claims, as evidenced by this article from yesterday's paper:
Eight months ago, the Caledonia dispute began as a quiet protest by a handful of local Indians, angered by a developer's plan to build housing on land they claimed as theirs. Now, after weeks of fistfights, name-calling, racial taunts and outright sabotage, the name of this small Hamilton-area town has become a metaphor for the bitterness and inconsistency that surround Indian land claims.
In particular, Caledonia has raised two fundamental and competing questions. First, do land claims place Indians above Canadian law? In effect, that's what Ontario Superior Court Justice David Marshall is asking. He has called a third hearing next week to find out why the Ontario Provincial Police never enforced an injunction he issued in March ordering protestors to leave the Douglas Creek housing development on Caledonia's outskirts.
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Read the rest of Thomas Walkom's article here.
Tags for this entry: Six Nations, First Nations, land claims.
posted by Annamarie at
2:27 PM
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That is what I've been saying too.
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Annamarie, at
12:28 AM
right on, saga and annamarie. all this talk of 'rule of law' in the media, by caledonians, judge marshall etc.....when canada refuses to uphold it's own rule of law regarding native rights, land claims, and most important , SOVEREIGNTY.
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scout, at
8:56 AM
right on. canada's governments do their best to sneak around the rule of law. interest in 'new land claims deals' , treaties etc. are all disguises to , ultimatley, not accept responsibilty.
there's so many evident reasons that all add up to nothing compared to basic human decency.....so, above land theft issues, mineral rights, one has to wonder WHY does this continuued genocide persist?
perhaps testosterone should be controlled by the food and drug admin.
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scout, at
9:35 PM
If it isn't already, it surely should be!
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Annamarie, at
1:43 AM
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