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Old 10-03-2008, 10:14 AM   #282
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
Well, the root cause of that is a culture of defeat on the reservations but that's a different matter to be addressed. Then again, Harper's prime election advisor is Tom Flanagan (my prof once) and he wants to take away all the treaty rights and benefits from aboriginals. The reservations are in a terrible state. It's like moving from Canada to a 3rd world country sometimes.
I think to be fair, you are misrepresenting Tom Flanagan to a pretty big extent. His thesis is a lot more comprehensive than simply cutting aboriginals and leaving them to freeze in the cold.

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