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Originally Posted by SeeBass
It is a massive problem and it is the worst problem in the province
Povety,addiction,crime,poor education etc etc etc
there are over 500 native assistance organizations downtown, it is not just the natives that are the problem it is the welfare pimps that help the cycle
Winnipeg is a city of 700,000 but I bet it only has 400,000 or less middle class people
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It's bad in Saskatchewan too. I grew up about two hours north of Prince Albert, and my hometown was near two reserves. These reserves had no resource revenue and were complete Mad Max style wastelands. I had close to 600 hours of ride along time with the RCMP over the years and we rarely left the reserves - the things I saw there were shocking. The abuse, the poverty, the violence and the filth were something most people don't really have a sense of.
It's a sad sad state of affairs and no one wants to do anything about it. I suppose the government throws money at it with out reach centres and treatment programs but those aren't going to solve the problem.
The only real solution is to tear up the treaties (yes I'm fully aware they are contracts that we signed and blah blah blah) and force them into society.