Thursday, February 4, 2010

Natives Thriving under Multiculturalism

Setting rules for their benefits

There's been regular native Canadian issues taking over Canadian society these day. The asymmetrical treatment that natives get in comparison with the rest of Canadians is incredible. Native activists against land development around the Caledonia region south of Toronto managed to subvert all the laws and policies of the land in order to stage their protests over land claims. Businesses and families suffered over a three-year period before a type of truce was finally achieved. Yes, this is war language here, not used by the Canadian government, but by natives.

The most recent issue is the eventual eviction of non-Mohawks living on a reserve near Montreal. The fascinating thing about all this is that if Mohawks living in non-Mohawk regions were asked to leave (nicely, since that is the only way Canadians will treat natives) there would be a national uproar both by native and non-native Canadians.

Such is the society that is flourishing under multiculturalism, which allows peoples of all kinds, except for the builders and developers of the country, to have full say on how they want to live.