The big drive in the West Coast FN is economics, their young people want good jobs and be able to buy things. I been seeing this change evolve for the last 15 years. Several bands have given the more radical environmental groups a punt from their territory.
Sounds like Baltimore, police got the message to not pursue criminals if they were Black.
Being anti-American is one of the strongest tenets Canada was founded on. A substantial portion of our early population was settlers who left America for Canada to stay loyal to the crown.
That is the goal of the HAISEA, with Haisla providing most of the crew. The young Haisla sailor I spoke to had the goal of becoming a Ships Pilot. However, becoming a Ships pilot takes about 15 years of hard work. We had the BC Pilots give a presentation to one of the big Environmental Panal Reviews on what it takes to become a pilot. All the fancy university trained types jaws dropped when they found out what steps someone did to become a pilot and how tough the exams were and how much sea time they needed.
Man he's thin-skinned.
The last actuarial review of the Reg F pension plan showed an 11% surplus in the fund, so there's capacity to survive some volatility .
I’d be more worried about an incoming govt here switching our pensions from DB to DC but we’ll see how that plays out.
Great first step, but one lesson I learned in a previous job was that just because the Grand Chief wants x doesn't mean all the constituent FNs will say yes to x.
... some of the more "let's get 'er done" FNs are in this part of the country. So ...
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There has been much volatility the past few decades, some due to external events and some due to GoC policies. I'm all for removing unnecessary volatility that's within Canada's control to help offset the external stuff we can't control. Some sacred cows will have to be sacrificed, though, and a lot of it will land on federal employees. Who else is in?
Just like the FN divide regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline and, more recently, the divide in Ontario regarding the nuclear waste disposal site. Many people wrongly assume (a) that they are a monolithic bloc, and (b) their culture and internal governance is devoid of small-p politics.Great first step, but one lesson I learned in a previous job was that just because the Grand Chief wants x doesn't mean all the constituent FNs will say yes to x.
Just like PMJT saying "all tools are on the table" vs. one province saying "not so fast" - and that's with about a dozen premiers.
Even though UBCIC represents (IIRC) about 100 FNs, all it takes is 1 or 2 communities to say "hold up, now".
On the plus side, though ...
... some of the more "let's get 'er done" FNs are in this part of the country. So ...
In other news ....
... with this as a reminder of the threats to Bolton in 2022John Bolton: Trump rescinded Secret Service protection
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said the president revoked his Secret Service detail on Tuesday, his first day back in office.
Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Charged with Plot to Murder the Former National Security Advisor
An Iranian national and member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was charged by complaint, unsealed today in the District of Columbia, with use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and with providing and attempting to provide material support to...www.justice.gov
US offers $20M for details about Iranian allegedly behind plot to kill official
Move comes as Trump, who is running for a new White House term, claims there are 'big threats' on his life by Iran
