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Our Prime Minister is finally going to do something more for the aboriginals and their issues this fall! Provincial and territorial premiers are meeting with Stephen Harper to discuss all the poor social conditions Canada’s aboriginals are facing.
Quebec Premier Jean Charest advises Mr. Harper to fix the aboriginal education and social condition issue as a means of apology for the residential schools.
Aboriginals have felt neglected by Canada, a nation that is also their home, for so long. Perhaps they will finally get the closure and attention they need as promised by Harper to address their concerns in the fall. Harper says he will pledge $5 billion over the next five years to work with provinces to try and build the standard of living for the aboriginals. It will hopefully reach the national average within 10 years time.
This pledge is one that can’t be broken for Harper’s own sake. He made that pledge to help aboriginals in writing, loud and clear. National aboriginal leaders are probably invited to the fall’s meeting too. Not that he should back down from what he promises to do anyways.
I think the aboriginals in Canada have been neglected long enough. Their needs are important and the government has taken long enough to see that. Hopefully, their standard of living can increase and they will feel more included within this nation. I strongly believe that by helping them reach the national average of standing of living is the least we can do for them.
What do you all think? Should Harper set aside so much money and effort to help the aboriginals?
-VL
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I agree with you, it is about time that the government of Canada helped the aboriginal community. They have been suffering for years and will continue to suffer unless the government helps them. I think Harper giving them $5 million over the next five years will help them greatly. They will be able to build better homes, fix their education programs, ensure everyone is receiving health care and especially benefit the aboriginal youths. Individuals need to remember that Canada is a shared piece of land, it belongs to Canadians AND aboriginals and we all deserve to live properly and in peace and with respect. Let's hope the money and time being put forward will help increase the standard of living and create better relations with the aboriginal community and the government of Canada.
Wow Finally, something is finally being done about the "aboriginal" situation. However, I 'm not sure just giving money would be of any help. I think we should do what we can to get them off their feet and into jobs, better education etc. Granted we should also respect them and the like but we should still treat them like equals and not superiours. but definetly building them better homes and giving better education as well as better health care can certainly be a first step. This definetly gives me mixed feelings about Harper. One moment he's playing as the politic lapdog and next moment he could be like a knight in shining armour... but thats just off tangent. This seems like a great idea!
-SW
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