Two things are apparent in the Canadian government and economics: (a) The federal government is cutting back on it’s responsibilities and (b) Aboriginal economic and governmental growth is increasing at a higher rate than ever.

While the First Peoples continue to navigate their way through the potholes and deadfalls created by hundreds of years of abuse by the Canadian government, times are now favouring an increasing confidence in self-government.

Becoming a growth sector in a recessive federal regime increases the advantage of the independent policies of Aboriginals. In doing so it becomes a “wild card” in the Harper program of globalising the Canadian economy (see video below) (1) under a more plutocratic structure.

Fortunately under the current Canadian system, it still isn’t easy to dismiss and marginalize the efforts of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Dene peoples. Treaty rights still exist as do legitimate challenges to archaic and misguided federal policies such as the Indian Act.
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