Smackdown - December 10th, 2007

Chuck Strahl rips into Anita Neville for supporting human rights abroad while working to prevent them here at home in Canada.

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• screwed
• officiallyscrewed
• conservative
• liberal
• chuck
• strahl
• anita
• neville
• human
• rights

[zammmerjammer]

Ahem. ACTUALLY Bill C-21, which would protect the rights of Aboriginal people (particularly women) under the Canadian Human Rights Act, is indeed very important. However, the (neo)Cons rammed it through with ZERO consultation with Aboriginal people. The result -- further colonialism.

Anita Neville was trying to delay the implementation so that the concerns of native people could be taken into account, as recommended by the (neo)Cons' own Committee and REQUIRED by the Constitution Act of 1982.

[SADDLEBACK77]

im a native the gov will not help there papers and people have been trying to kill us off since canadien goverment was established i dont beleive the govermant resverves are pow camps from wars fought 150 years ago by rights non of the govment has asked natives for permision do do any thing in this land they just do it every thing thats has been done to natives is and was done by force they told us sign treaty or die they told us lies thinking we would not understand well we understand

[ZakBrownrigg123]

when did the conservatives get all big and soft on aborginal rights? Sure they deserve certain things. If they get "free" health care, they better pay the SAME TAXES I PAY!

[SupremeMajinBuu]

Hey, awesome! I see my MP Randy Kamp behind good ole' Chuck. If Harper isn't leader of the Conservative Party, I'd like like to see Strahl or Kamp as leader. Though, maybe I'm being BC biased :P

[lkcwu]

loeheingrin, I think you need to understand that we need to help aboriginals integrate with society, rather than isolating them in their reserves and throw more money at all their problems.

The fact that Aboriginals lack basic human rights is alarming. If the Liberals gut this bill it'll keep them in 3rd World state and prolongs the problem. You want natives to succeed then put them on equal footing with everyone else, and giving them basic human rights is a perfect start.

[loeheingrin]

Power corrupts; it just took the Conservatives a shorter time. But if you still believe that campaign line, then it was good to cut funding to Aboriginals because they are all including stakeholders "corrupt" and "self-interested" (Chuck Strahl accused the Principal of FNTI of fudging the numbers, but he was glad to give money to agriculture after extensive lobbying, what class)

2 years with Tories is no comparison, since they have done nothing yet but give taglines, I'm glad you agree.

[mikefastener]

My goodness, after 13 years of lie-beral gov't (the vast majority of which was a majority gov't) vs barely 2 years of Conservative gov't in a minority setting is very tenuous indeed! Let us agree that lie-berals did not, "Stand up for Canada"; however, the rest of us can right now--declare it with pride--STAND UP FOR CANADA!. Why do lie-berals have trouble mouthing the workds? Just wondering....

[loeheingrin]

sorry about triple, post, connection acting up.

[loeheingrin]

The Aboriginal file has been mismanaged by both the Tories and Liberals over the years. To suggest that it is simply a Liberal problem is tenuous; after all, the then Tories (like the past Liberlas) presided over the Mirabel Boondoggle and what did the Tories do now? Sell back the Mohawk land to non-native farmers. Now, with the current budget, it is even more clear the Tories are turning their backs, and sometimes, they have not even changed from the Grits. The FNTI comes to mind.

[loeheingrin]

The Aboriginal file has been mismanaged by both the Tories and Liberals over the years. To suggest that it is simply a Liberal problem is tenuous; after all, the then Tories (like the past Liberlas) presided over the Mirabel Boondoggle and what did the Tories do now? Sell back the Mohawk land to non-native farmers. Now, with the current budget, it is even more clear the Tories are turning their backs, and sometimes, they have not even changed from the Grits. The FNTI comes to mind.