Maxime Bernier is hardly the first person to suggest abolishing the Indian Act, a dreadful piece of legislation that has kept aboriginals out of any place in modern Canadian society, but he is still correct:
I fail to see how pushing people into northern ghettos and pouring endless amounts of money into a hole is something one can politically or morally sustain.
That is our policy for First Nations. It is a principle policy. Based on principle, respect, and property rights on reserves. Our goal is, yes, to remove the Indian Act, but the challenge is, (replace it) by what after that? That’s why we’ll have consultations when we’re in government but our goal is to remove that.
We want First Nations and these people to be like Canadians on a lot of points of view. Right now, that’s not normal that they cannot have running water on reserve. We need to fix that, but it must not be imposed by Ottawa, a top-down bureaucratic decision. Our policy is based for a better future for these First Nations, at the same time respecting the treaties we signed with them.
I fail to see how pushing people into northern ghettos and pouring endless amounts of money into a hole is something one can politically or morally sustain.
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