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Re: What the Lax Kw'alaams turned down...For crying out loud. I've never been a strong proponent of the way Canada addresses native plight (and anyone who disputes this description of their economic and social state is a fool, go look at conditions on the average reserve across Canada). I believe that the management regime we've forced upon them has created a damaging institutional dependency and a perpetuation of the idea that they are incapable of managing their own affairs without our paternalistic oversight. So, I am no friend of the status quo. But this discussion on the Lax Kw'alaams relative to LNG, bitumen pipes and their economic success is getting a little silly. They are no different than am I. I live in B.C. I love old growth forests. Nothing is more cleansing to the spirit than the opportunity to go walk through a grove of the majestic giants with which we are blessed. Guess what? I spent the first 1/2 of my career in the B.C. forest industry. You know, the one that cuts down gobs of those trees so that I can make enough money to travel luxuriously around B.C. enjoying the parts that have been preserved. Do you get my point? You can be for economic development and a certain degree of environmental protection - AT THE SAME TIME. Nearly every B.C. native bands, including the Lax Kw'alaams have expressed a clear level of support for LNG (not bitumen) under the right circumstances. I don't hear any of them expressing a desire to roll back time. In the main, they are quite fine with the idea of LNG provided it is sensitive to the environment AND they carve off a share for their constituents. Wow, sounds like the way I vote on issues. This discussion and characterization of the Lax Kw'alaams perfidy has crossed into the land of hyperbole. I wish I had their negotiating position in my business affairs, I'd probably enjoy the outcome, too. Anyone professing otherwise applies a higher standard to them than non-natives. By the by, anyone naive enough to express a strong desire to go back to the 1800s or earlier has probably not been cursed with seeing pictures of native and non-native children with smallpox. It is estimated that there were 15m natives across NA when white man arrived. Empty land as we spread west wasn't formerly as empty. The good ol' days are now. Regards, Naamkat |
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42622 | Re: What the Lax Kw'alaams turned down... | rfk | 1 | 5/28/2015 11:32:53 AM |
42623 | Re: What the Lax Kw'alaams turned down... Naamkat | GreatSwami | 6 | 5/28/2015 11:42:43 AM |