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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Well, I'm sure they have contingency plans in place, and part of that has to be private security to protect the CP employees.
Also, I do believe that CP (at least) owns the right-of-way along their railroads... even through reserves. Not that it helps a lot, but at least it gives them legal recourse.
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The term legal recourse doesn't apply to natives, at least they don't see it that way. The legal system is 'white-man's' laws and thus they do not apply to them. I actually heard this during the Caledonia struggle. Of course 'their' laws seem to only stem from oral tradition and have a funny way of magically coming down on all four sides of every issue so that if anything is done by a native against another race it can't be considered wrong.
Also our government is so afraid of the 'R' word that whenever a situation unfolds that can be somehow interpreted by some of the most insane people as racism they stick their tail between their legs and open up the checkbook and write a blank one. In the Maritimes there actually has been treaty disputes resolved by the government accepting terms that they alledgedly set back in the Upper and Lower Canada days orally. In other words native bands squeak and claim something in a despute and mention that it's their right due to some oral agreement pre-dating the British North America act. This 'blockade' is another rediculous attempt at achieving the same goal - milking the cow once again. Whatever pay day they deem acceptable this summer, they'll be back for more in another few years.