Political pandering ends up in the lobbyists and leaders getting rich and passing very little onto the band members themselves. The Feds spend over 8 billion a year on First Nations services and that doesn't include provincial and secondary programs. It all gets siphoned off by bureaucrats.
This will all go away in the next few decades. Old stock Canadians are declining demographically and it won't be long before they are a plurality in Canada rather than a majority. When that happens, expect the freedoms of Western Civ (as well as propping up special interest groups) to go the way of the dinosaur. Enjoy it while it lasts, it won't be here forever.
Political pandering ends up in the lobbyists and leaders getting rich and passing very little onto the band members themselves. The Feds spend over 8 billion a year on First Nations services and that doesn't include provincial and secondary programs. It all gets siphoned off by bureaucrats.
This will all go away in the next few decades. Old stock Canadians are declining demographically and it won't be long before they are a plurality in Canada rather than a majority. When that happens, expect the freedoms of Western Civ (as well as propping up special interest groups) to go the way of the dinosaur. Enjoy it while it lasts, it won't be here forever.