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.
While Aboriginal efforts are directed towards local growth community improvement, new jobs and responsible preservation use of resources, the Conservative government is focused on gutting the remaining resources in country and handing them over to whoever has the most wealth.
In Harper’s vision there is no independent Canada, rather a minor subsidiary of world plutocracy where decision-making is left to the very wealthy. The rest are merely worker bees in the hive.
But selling this to people used to democracy is not an easy thing to do. There must be a show that there are threats under a democratic process. Perhaps that is the reason that Harper ordered a “no action taken” when a small number of protesters caused destruction on the first day of the G20 and a thousand non-violent protestors were incarcerated the next day. Harper needed to prove his form of control in order to justify the billion dollar conference bill.
Meanwhile, aboriginals continue to improve efforts to making government responsive to the needs and function of the communities, making sure that our national treasures are not pilfered and ruined by the highest bidders. Existing pockets of poor aboriginal governance are increasingly being challenged from within the communities so that it can be replaced by strong and socially responsible leadership; men and women who view commerce and self-government as complimentary components in a culturally rich society.
Certainly there is room for international trade and commerce for Canada and Aboriginals but it must occur in a way that preserves the integrity of Aboriginal growth.
There is either no place for Canadian or Aboriginal self-government under Harper Globalisation or there is no place for Harper in the future of Canada.
References:
(1) “Stephen Harper _ I know some people don’t like it. It is a loss of national sovereignty”: YouTube, July 7, 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McWAnMWoSyY
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