Dear Stevie
I heard through the grapevine yesterday that you were going to appoint Leona Aglukaaq as the Mistress of Indian Affairs. Thank GOD and thank you for not doing so! Such a move would have been a huge slap in the face to Aboriginal women and I would have blogged forever on this issue.
You're catching on Stevie but you need some new Aboriginal advisors! Tom Flanagan, Manny Jules, and Patrick Brazeau haven't got a clue about the needs and interests of First Nations people. If you continue to use them, you will get no where in terms of advancing YOUR Aboriginal agenda. You will only create more dysfunction.
"Minister of Aboriginal Affairs"? Aboriginal, Indian...it doesn't matter what term you use to describe YOUR Minister. Both terms were created by the federal government and not by us. You are still regulating "Indians" or "Aboriginals". Either way, it is YOUR agenda (not ours) that is going to be advanced through YOUR (not ours) token mascots, the "National Chiefs", and the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. Don't forget, YOUR mascots do not allow us to vote in their elections nor do they let us participate in decision-making. You might as well acknowledge the fact that by collaborating with your mascots, you are collaborating with yourself and not us.
First Nations are not the burden on the taxpayer. The public service is the burden. If you really want to save our tax dollars, reform the public service. "Scare resources" or "unavailable resources" to deny funds for First Nations programs and services is not the issue. Inappropriate use of available resources is the issue. If you want to solve the problem, stop hiring your friends and get rid of the shoddy operators who are receiving a pension and a salary at the same time!
WHO IS WATCHING OUT FOR YOU?
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