[Makarov]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Sure, but it goes beyond that doesn't it? When the average taxpayers see's those expenditures and see's little change or things get worse through incompentance or outright thievery you can understand why people are looking at Idle No More with a jaded eye. Especially since they haven't discussed that.

They've done a very successful job of making this into a Seinfield protest with generic slogans that don't address the issue, with a focus on the government is screwing us, which while in a lot of ways is true its not the whole truth, especially with this Prime Minisiter, (Residential school apology, $100,000,000 literacy program, demanding transparency from the Chiefs, putting almost democratic reforms into the Omnibus Bill in terms of land usage, agreeing to meet with the Chiefs and to an extent involve the GG).

I think what almost frustrates the average taxpayer watching this is that they've said very little about the Spence and other corrupt chiefs stuff besides the fact that they're not with them.

If the Idle No More protesters were to clarify what their problem is with the budget bill specifically then we could have dialogue and feel that the educate portion of their protest was worthwhile. If they were to blockade Spences camp and demand countability and transparency and maybe her resignation then this protest would make sense, if they were to have protested outside of the first nations meeting in Winnipeg when the Chiefs were threatening to cripple Canada and plainly stated that they were a big part of the problem and not to blockade then we could have a discussion.

Instead we're getting what feels like a very wishy washy campaign that is standing for vague concepts that nobody can educate the rest of Canadians on.

Good post. I don't disagree with it. However, at least these issues have entered to national discourse (although I have no doubt they will be forgotten again in a few weeks.) That has been a positive effect of the "Idle No More" movement.