Bassblaster
Active Member
There are people out there that will abuse a system regardless of race or skin colour. I just find it frustrating that the actions of so few people (really when you think about the actual number doing it versus how many there are in total) can have such a white-washing effect on a group of people. Those individuals taking advantage of the situation for profit are criminals, regardless of what colour they are, and they should be treated accordingly. If nothing else the First nations should be going after these individuals themselves just because of the bad publicity and the fact that the natives are supposedly the stewards of nature and that their culture is built completely around that. This sort of behaviour would have been totally unheard of or accepted by the First Nations less than 50 years ago.
So the question is why is it suddenly okay for them to hide behind treaty rights and do just as much if not more damage than everyone else? Honestly these guys are starting to sound like a big corporation that can find a way through, around, or past the law to do whatever it wants to without fear of consequences or repercussion.
So the question is why is it suddenly okay for them to hide behind treaty rights and do just as much if not more damage than everyone else? Honestly these guys are starting to sound like a big corporation that can find a way through, around, or past the law to do whatever it wants to without fear of consequences or repercussion.