Randy Hillier, Then And Now
Tory MPP Randy Hillier has been taking some flack over on his Facebook page for condemning Idle No More protests after having having engaged in some highway blocking himself back…
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Paul Martin says Ottawa has ‘no understanding’ of native issues
Former prime minister was the architect of the 2005 Kelowna Accord By Jennifer Clibbon | CBC News, Jan 17, 2013 4:58 AM ET Few Canadian leaders know the issues raised…
AFN update on meeting with PM Harper, Chief Spence and Idle No More
by Assembly of First Nations | Jan 16, 2013 The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is pleased to offer this update regarding recent discussions, strategy sessions, meetings and developments regarding…
Idle No More Racism Watch: Manitoba Newspaper’s Racist Editorial
The CBC News is reporting that Gavin van der Linde, the mayor of Morris, a southern Manitoba town, is “furious over what he calls racist comments about aboriginal people in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Murray Dobbin writes about the significance of Idle No More as a shift away from the presumption that First Nations’ interests are…
An Angry Spring
The Idle No More protests across the country yesterday were the opening salvo in what is shaping up to be an angry spring. Rest assured that there will be calls…
Which Federal Conservative MP Spoke At Illegal
…401 blockade. This one. Mind you, Scott Reid is still a back-bencher. The whole illegal protesting gig didn’t work out for him as well as for some.
Who Did This?
Canada’s busiest Highway 401 and the International Bridge at Johnstown Ontario to the USA were closed for 3 hours… Hint: Tim Hudak gave him a position in his shadow cabinet.
Why We Should Thank Idle No More
I was glad to see that Idle No More's Day of Action took the movement's message to Canadians.Loudly but peacefully. From downtown Toronto to Vancouver Island, protesters ramped up weeks…
Idle No More – I Am Bullet Proof (Video)
Idle No More During the birth of the ‘Idle No More’ movement many have asked what it is that the Natives want and the answers are many. Some sense of…
Idle No More: Politicians, Stop Talking Start Listening
Alex Himelfarb speaking on the Idle No More movement. That doesn’t have a lot of views yet and deserves a few more. Feel free to share.
“The people have said that enough is enough”: ACFN Chief Allan Adam
By Chief Allan Adam, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Jan 15, 2013: January 15, 2013 – Fort McMurray, AB: In the wake of Idle No More and the AFN’s calls for…
Idle No More protests “have the ability to paralyze” Canada: Ontario Provincial Police Chief
The Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Christ Lewis, has taken to YouTube to silence self-righteous racists who are urging the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to…
#IdleNoMore and the future of Canada
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Idle No More raises questions about both the past and future of Canada itself. It goes to the reality that we are a nation with a…
Whatever Harper Does Next Is Wrong!
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Here is Cowichan Conversations contributor Don Maroc weighing in once again. This time with his views on the ‘Idle No More’ protest and a shadow boxing…
King Harper – Idle No More
Stephen Harper’s feelings were hurt when some Chiefs of First Nations demanded that they would meet Harper only if the Governor General was there as well. Harper considers himself P.M…
Snookered
Shawn Atleo stepped down as head of the Assembly of First Nations yesterday, a victim of the norovirus which has been ravaging North America’s population. His absence, we were told,…