Quote:
Originally Posted by DevilsAdvocate
People here are all "Why has the government been just paying lip service and never doing anything? Why don't they actually DO something concrete?"
In the link below, Chantal Hebert hits the nail on the head. Because they can. There is extremely little upside to putting government resources into fixing the problem. How many people in this thread are going to the ballot box and voting on the basis of whether the Shoal Lake First Nations have clean drinking water? According to Ipsos in 2019, the top concerns for Canadian voters, by order of importance, were "Health Care", "Cost of Living", "Climate Change", "Growing the Economy", "High Taxes", "Housing Affordability", "Immigration", "Social Inequality", "Seniors Care", "Corruption in Government", "Improving Education", "Government Debt", "Unemployment".
Where is "Indigenous Issues" in the list? I don't see it. People just don't care. So if a government makes all kinds of flowery promises and does not keep them because it is too expensive and too complicated... that's fine. There is absolutely no political cost to breaking your promises.
By the time an election is called, this will be off the front page of the newspapers and it will all be forgotten. And we will move on and pretend it all didn't happen. Like Canada always has done.
Listening to the Tragically Hip's last concert, I turned to my wife and I said "I feel incredibly sad that Gord is likely going to die soon. But at least he won't have to witness just how depressingly horribly Trudeau will not live up to his expectations."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...ople-1.3729996
"At Issue" from last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOcflp_pxbg |
I've finally figured out how to be a politician, after watching the government talking about this plan last night for reconciliation.
So basically, you study it 6 years ago (This isn't just reconciliation). Appoint a blue ribbon panel of judge. Get the report, throw it into the bottom of your desk and it gets buried beneath your competitive yo yo collection.
Then something tragic happens. ie 200+ bodies found, 518 complaints of sexual harassment in the military. The poop hits the fan.
You reach past your yoyo's and find the old study and one of two things happen.
Press Conference number 1 (the new plan)
Talk about taking your niece, nephew kid, random kid for a walk and you come across a protest or they see a news paper article and ask "Why are they so sad"
You look at the camera sadly, "Because they have been horribly abused"
So the child in your story responds with tears "We need to do something"
"So this government with a solid track record in reconciliation, woman's rights etc is going to spring into action"
Pulls up a powerpoint with impressive pictures, vague statements, theoretical actions and a big dollar figure that will never be spent.
"So we're doing this stuff, we're doing it for the children."
Nods sadly with a small tear. "And I'd like to thank my awesome collegues and these different groups."
"We need to do this so we can look our children in the eye and promise them a better world."
Then the camera goes off and she throws the memory stick with the power point into a drawer and says "That is that" Now "Where is my expense report"
Then 5 years from now, another tragedy. Wash repeat blah blah blah
Or Scenario two, keep the kids story in there
"So our government which has promised to make the world a better place and has shown its commitment to blah blah blah, is commissioning a study headed by some retired politician or judge, to come up with a plan" (Though this was done 6 years ago.
Camera goes off the politician sneers and says "That'll keep em occupied"
And its not like its just the Liberals though they seem to be the kings of ragging the puck. But its everyone.
In my next life, I'm going into politics.