Daring, even if thrown out there extemporaneously ...
Doug Ford floats idea of electing judges in rant on bail reform
Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted judges in the province whom he perceives as being soft on crime, and floated ideas on Wednesday such as electing judges and offering them payoutswww.thecanadianpressnews.ca
For sure. But one has to be careful what one wishes for, though.
To them it is all traditional land to be defended. To them, a Reserve or treaty area is a white man's construct.First Nations getting a bit of a carve out for consultation on big projects ....
From the piece -- highlights mine:Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The
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Let's see how all sides define "meaningfully," "consults," and "First Nations in the area."
On that last bit on "in the area" and recent Queen's Park protests, one of the main groups doing the protesting is the "First Nations Land Defence Alliance," which includes one FN (whose former Chief is mentioned in at least one media report as chair of the group) that's about 640km as the crow flies from the Ring of Fire.
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True to a point, but it’s a bit of a stretch to include the Ring of Fire as areas traditionally used by a community historically located near Kenora.
100% - and they have had aggressive advocacy networks & partnerships in place for a long time. This is part of their rationale for Ring of Fire concerns.
Oh yeah …
None of this is new....30 years ago they were making revenue sharing agreements for a portion of crown timber dues in the Red Lake area being funneled to the local First Nations. But only for mills north of X Latitude and no revenue sharing for communities south of the magic lineFirst Nations getting a bit of a carve out for consultation on big projects ....
From the piece -- highlights mine:Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The
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Let's see how all sides define "meaningfully," "consults," and "First Nations in the area."
On that last bit on "in the area" and recent Queen's Park protests, one of the main groups doing the protesting is the "First Nations Land Defence Alliance," which includes one FN (whose former Chief is mentioned in at least one media report as chair of the group) that's about 640km as the crow flies from the Ring of Fire.
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To some, it's all Turtle Island and Mother Earth.
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Some of it might also be smaller, more isolated communities happy to have access to colleagues with experience (20+ years) of getting media/public attention at least at Queen’s Park to Indigenous issues.To some, it's all Turtle Island and Mother Earth.
Besides, it's an alliance of several FNTs - he just happens to be from Grassy Narrows.
First Nations 'take a stand together'
The First Nations Land Defence Alliance has welcomed Ojibways of Onigaming into the coalition
