5 The Gravy Train that Continues Forever: Ottawa announces another $40-billion Indigenous Settlement (ca.yahoo.com) FN posted 2 years ago by ralphswanson 2 years ago by ralphswanson +6 / -1 18 comments share 18 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Do you think a conservative government would have meant a different outcome in the courts?
I hope that they would. But you are right: the Conservatives and Liberals are largely the same party in different clothes.
Or maybe the courts are separated a bit from the government of the day. Maybe they tend to look at the actual agreements and the relevant laws.
Who knows? The Supreme Court of Canada may not actually take direction from the Prime Minister.
The government was the defendant. They wanted to loose. They made sure that they did. But the real losers are Canadians, both aboriginal and not.
Well, it was 'Canadians' who provided lower levels of healthcare to First Nations.
What's the difference between that and knowing they couldn't win?