Wasn't there an additional agreement signed between the government and the first nations to cover poverty on the reservations? I could have been misinterpreting what I read in the news about it.
larry On 12/9/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You will notice that I said Northern Saskatchewan has SOME of the best > fishing... and whether you prefer Manitoba to Saskatchewan really depends on > what kind of fish you want to catch. > > The poverty isn't limited to the northern reserves, and in many cases the > reserves are the places that are thriving and it's the other communities that > are littered with crime and unemployment. This is the case where my sister > works up north as a paramedic. There are two rather large reserves up there > that are doing well and wonderful communities... but the town, is full of > people who feel that their lives revolve around entitlement. > > I am not sure which agreement you are referring to specifically... but if it > is the package for the residential schools disaster, it seems to be fairly > well received. It's hard to make an apology with money, but it's all that > can be done at this point. > > > Northern Manitoba has better fishing than Northern Saskatchewan. :P > > > > The poverty in quite a few of the northern reservations is horrid. A > > better word is shameful. > > > > At least there's the possibilty of it finally and properly being > > addressed, even though that agreement that was recently signed by the > > PM and the First Nations looked mainly political to me. > > > > On 12/9/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Northern Canada really is something else... and it is -so- different > > from province to province. Northern BC has mountains and ocean, > > Northern Saskatchewan has forests and some of the best fishing in the > > world, etc... The only problem is that there is a great deal of > > isolation, poverty and the weather can be pretty extreme from furious > > heat to bitter cold. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187034 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
