Hold the rations; Starve the Indian Finally, as we look to the failing market, I cannot help but wonder if the falling oil prices have something to do with the federal governments scramble to secure their investments in the Alberta Tar Sands oil. With the global price of oil and the Canadian dollar on a continuous decline, the cost of Albertas Tar Sands oil is becoming harder and more difficult to bring to market. This could mean game over for this carbon intensive, dirty oil production. So it is no coincidence that this same government is attempting to back First Nations people into a position of economic desperation and keep us compliant. We are a people that already face the Indian Act system, forced to seek approval from the AANDC. We are a people being legislated out of the economy, forced to seeking approval from a system that has forced a land management system onto us rather than land and title and rights under the original Treaties. The introduction of an Act that will force First Nations people to report on resource revenue, and failing to do so under the Indian Act system this government will, Hold the Rations! until the Indian reaches submission1. This forces us to trade freedom for rations. When Minister of Indian Affairs Bernard Valcourt threatens to launch lawsuits against those First Nations who refuse to comply with the FNTA, I am reminded of the CPR building days, when government officials withheld food from First Nations people until they moved onto the reserves. It is reminiscent of a time when Sir John A. Macdonald, acting as both Prime Minister and Minister of Indian Affairs, boasted that the Indigenous population was kept on the verge of actual starvation. rabble.ca/news/2014/12/hold-rations-canadian-government-vs-first-nations#.VJpJpuX5eQc.facebook
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