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Originally Posted by Slava
I think they should meet. Have some open and honest discussion about a treaty/reserve system that is clearly doing no good for either side and maybe make some progress toward a better future. When you see the conditions on the reserves and the corruption you have to wonder what "culture" is being preserved here. I say that not based on anything meant to be racist or derogatory towards the First Nations either; its just that with as much corruption and terrible conditions as we've seen (and that's a whole other concern, in that its largely self reported), is there a lot of culture left to preserve?
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As long as the bands are fighting audits of where Canadian taxpayer dollars are going while demanding even more money, I think we both know that an "open and honest discussion" is not going to happen.