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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Ba ha. Really? Well there goes that.
The thing is, the land in question is theirs. They signed the deal (that was probably written by us) and now "we" want to break it. If they won't let us break it, the suggestion is we should punish them for it.
If two people sign a contract and one guy decides he wants to change it to his advantage, is the other guy in the wrong to not go along with him?
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Ahh, but your second paragraph rather argues my point as well. We've been negotiating with the T'suu Tina over land rights to build a ring road since before they were commonly called the T'suu Tina. It all comes down to bargaining power, really. Every offer the City/Province makes invariably comes back with "we want more". Ok, fine. We as a city do not appreciate the added traffic your casino creates on Glenmore Trail, so we're going to block it off to do what is best for
our citizens.
If the reserve has no desire to accomodate the city, then I see absolutely no reason why the city should accomodate the reserve. Block access to their money pit until they come to the bargaining table in good faith.
The greed is even more apparent up in Sturgeon Lake, where the residents are demanding so much money to buy a right of way to twin the final section of the 43 that the province found it was cheaper to
build around the reserve.
But lets face it, one of the fatal flaws of the reserve system is the fact that extorting nearby governments is probably the most reliable source of income for some. All that accomplishes is bad blood between neighbours, and a continuing distrust of each "race" by the other - and believe me, it goes both ways. Many reserve natives are at least as racist as they argue the white man to be. And that problem will always exist so long as the reserve system is in place.