Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger
Like night follows day the somewhat predictable PM Stephen Harper has let the dogs out regarding the growing “Idle No More’ movement and the continuing hunger strike being waged by Attiwapiskat Chief Theresa Spence.
That was five years ago. We sorta knew what was coming but Canadians did not really want to believe the hateful policies of the Conservatives would spread and become entrenched, but they have.
The Harper crew had argued that the UN effort to recognize Indigenous Rights would be in conflict with our constitution.
The push back has far more substance than Harper expected. It does not sell well in many quarters. Canadians generally recognize our fiduciary responsibility to our nations aboriginals. Harper is showing his true colours and they ain’t pretty.
The intentionally played race card reflects PM’s efforts to frame this as anything else but is a lie and will ending up biting him in the ass, well at least I hope so.
Steve is a bigot! He is a blind advocate for Oil & Gas and the Natives are in the way.
Now a very expensive tax payer funded slander campaign is in high gear and too many of the MSM types have just grabbed the hook and ran with Harper’s talking points designed to destroy Chief Spence’s credibility and attack First Nations people generally.The ‘Idle No More’ forces and the Attiwapiskat Chief have zoned in on the soft underbelly of Harper’s blind love for the corporate energy and mining sectors and his plans to divest the natives of their land and resources through bullshit lease back schemes and such.Steve could be heading for a whuppin’ over this upcoming Friday meeting with Chief Spence and other Aboriginal leaders. He is lying through his teeth and Canadians are beginning to take notice of the rather ‘Un-Canadian Stance’ he advances.
Liberal blogger Warren Kinsella nails it with a bit of Shakespearean flair in this piece. Has the worm turned for Steve? Has he met his match in the form of a starving Chief Spence who dares to speak truth to power?
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Two words. Deloitte Audit.
Two more words. Bogus Audit.
Audits by third party accounting firms are independent of outside interference. Okay, the simple response is Enron and Arthur Anderson.
I just don’t see Deloitte doing anything other than professional work.
This protest is nothing more than an attempt by Spences to avoid jail time. Heck, most of the other native leaders are dismissing her. Some great quotes:
“I admire what Spence is doing, but it’s tough to defend those numbers,” Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Simon told the Montreal Gazette shortly after a damning audit into Attawapiskat’s finances was released.
“When something like this happens, it kind of rubs off on all of us,” added Ryan Rice, an administrator for the Kahnawake Mohawk Council.
“But the truth is, we never run a deficit and our books are always balanced,” he said.
The audit is doing exactly what it is designed to do, discredit Chief Spence. Curious timing for the release don’t you think?
The structure is out of date and out of touch. Perhaps they should resurrect the ‘Kelowna Accord’ the deal that Harper sunk!
Of course the timing is suspect. The facts remain though that you have a Chief and her boyfriend (and who knows who else?) who are looking like they have defrauded, not only the taxpayers of this country, but also their own band.
They would not be the first or last government that defrauded their people. Chief Harper comes to mind. This smells actually Patrick. It is pretty hard for me to put much stock in the corporate establishment Deloitte after the scams on Wall Street, Banking scandals and such. Deloitee did not arrive, they were sent.
The RCMP should “Idle No More” and arrest her.
What for?
Pam Palmeter said that every band council must submit audited financial statements on a yearly basis to Indian Affairs. How is it that all those years that have been recently audited by Deloitte passed through that ministry without challenge? They kept handing over the money.
The main problem is not enough supportive documentation. That does not mean that all those transactions are fraudulent.
Deloitte works for the petroleum industry trying to help develop the oil sands. Those same folks who are trying to get aboriginal lands for their pipeline. They have been caught up in shady doing around the world. If an audit is incomplete and dated it can be used to slant a situation. What it tells me is that Harper doesn’t care what damage he does to Canada as long as he keep power.