Poverty, inequality fuelling suicide crisis, First Nations leader says

[soleiltropiques]

Poverty, inequality fuelling suicide crisis, First Nations leader says
Government must do more than respond to emergencies, says Northern Manitoba grand chief

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[colorfilm]

the way canada treats the first nations is shameful. it's why i always laugh when someone says it's such a "nice country". hopefully trudeau does something unlike harper, but i'm cynical (he's liberal after all)

this post should have more comments :/

[colorfilm]

yeah i know, i live here lol. i guess i'm too optimistic :(

[colorfilm]

i'm with NDP too, i was so hopeful that mulcair would succeed but i guess i was wrong. i keep thinking about what would have happened if layton hadn't passed.

[robi0688]

The big problem is that for some reason the NDP decided to court the centrist vote instead of realizing that it was a cultural swing left on top of the cult of Jack last election. The moment Mulcair promised to balance the budget & Trudeau went for deficit spending, the election was over :(

[soleiltropiques]

Yeah, I REALLY wish Mulcair would step down. His move to the center in the last election was ridiculous.

[robi0688]

Tom Mulcair is like your crazy angry drunk uncle who's usually right but kind of an asshole? I think if he'd gone full bulldog question period Angry Grandpa Mulcair instead of weird offputting grit and bear the smile friendly Mulcair and swung hard left they would have done a lot better.

Whatever, I'm still pressed by how dirty the NDP did Peggy Nash in 2012. Not that she had any real chance but at least try to give a shit.

[soleiltropiques]

Yeah, that's very true.

I mean, I remember the discussion of the water crisis on many reserves during the administration of PAUL MARTIN. Yet it's still an issue, because indigenous people just don't count: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bad-water-third-world-conditions-on-first-nations-in-canada-1.3269500

[soleiltropiques]

IAC. :)