http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/end-fir...says-1.1115388
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OTTAWA -- An influential lobby group with close ties to the federal Conservatives is recommending that Ottawa ditch the Indian Act and give First Nations more control over their land in order to end aboriginal poverty once and for all.
On the surface of it, those are goals that First Nations could agree with. But any agreement ends at the superficial level.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation -- architects of a campaign to open up chiefs' books to the public that was instrumental in recent federal legislation to publish salaries and benefits -- is now urging Ottawa to treat First Nations people like everyone else.
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The only problem I see with doing away with the Indian Act and the reserve system by basically handing over title to the FN bands is the level of corruption and incompetence among many chiefs will multiply many times over. Whats to stop a chief from simply selling the land and pocketing the money, or any number of things one can do with a massive clear title property?