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This is not HAPPY.

I am Canadian and this is an underlying conflict that is simmering away waiting to explode.

This was a single border crossing that happens to be on a Mohawk reserve. The federal government decided to arm the border guards at all crossings across the country. The argument against arming the guards in this particular crossing was that it would lead to an armed conflict between some of the people there and the border guards. That means absolutely crazy tensions already exist.

The conflict in Canada that has been brewing for awhile now is that the Mohawk people on this reserve, and many natives on other reserves across the country do NOT recognize themselves as Canadian citizens. They do not recognize Canada as their nation. There are treaties that lend legal weight to that interpretation, so they are in many/most cases right on this too. The trouble comes in when large portions of Canadian tax dollars are still being distributed to these non-Canadian reserves. Again, there is legal precedent in the treaties for this too, but it is becoming a major point of tension.

The most damaging tension in this is that the leaders of the reserves are nominally the leaders of their own independent nation, but it is a nation that is nearly 100% reliant and dependent on a much larger nation. When something goes wrong on a reserve, like the housing falling apart or the water supply failing, who gets blamed? The reserve leaders demand it's Canada's fault for not funding them. Canada says it's the reserve leaders fault because they DID fund them. The reserves are nominally independent so they largely refuse to allow any input or support from Canada except cold cash. The victims in all this are the people living on the reserves with corrupt or incompetent leaders and/or the ones living on reserves that aren't adequately funded by Canada. Those poor residents are pawned off between the two with both the reserve leaders and Canada's leaders declaring it's not their fault the housing and water there are no good.

The situation on reserves as a whole in Canada today is horrible. The conditions on any given reserve compared to it's neighboring 'Canadian' towns are stark and shameful. It's the fault of both the local leaders and Canada's leaders for their failures to workout a solution for the people's problems.

What it's created is a system that segregates people based on race, generally leaves the segregated communities in underprivileged conditions and assesses and distributes tax dollars differently, again dependent upon race. It's a system tailor made to create racist resentment and tension. What's worse, fixing it ultimately means revisiting ancient treaties which is inevitably going to open up yet more racist resentment and tension.

This is SAD.

Peacefull protest demonstrated in a video giving a happy feeling is not *happy. Fuck off.

>> ^bcglorf:

This is not HAPPY.
I am Canadian and this is an underlying conflict that is simmering away waiting to explode.
This was a single border crossing that happens to be on a Mohawk reserve. The federal government decided to arm the border guards at all crossings across the country. The argument against arming the guards in this particular crossing was that it would lead to an armed conflict between some of the people there and the border guards. That means absolutely crazy tensions already exist.
The conflict in Canada that has been brewing for awhile now is that the Mohawk people on this reserve, and many natives on other reserves across the country do NOT recognize themselves as Canadian citizens. They do not recognize Canada as their nation. There are treaties that lend legal weight to that interpretation, so they are in many/most cases right on this too. The trouble comes in when large portions of Canadian tax dollars are still being distributed to these non-Canadian reserves. Again, there is legal precedent in the treaties for this too, but it is becoming a major point of tension.
The most damaging tension in this is that the leaders of the reserves are nominally the leaders of their own independent nation, but it is a nation that is nearly 100% reliant and dependent on a much larger nation. When something goes wrong on a reserve, like the housing falling apart or the water supply failing, who gets blamed? The reserve leaders demand it's Canada's fault for not funding them. Canada says it's the reserve leaders fault because they DID fund them. The reserves are nominally independent so they largely refuse to allow any input or support from Canada except cold cash. The victims in all this are the people living on the reserves with corrupt or incompetent leaders and/or the ones living on reserves that aren't adequately funded by Canada. Those poor residents are pawned off between the two with both the reserve leaders and Canada's leaders declaring it's not their fault the housing and water there are no good.
The situation on reserves as a whole in Canada today is horrible. The conditions on any given reserve compared to it's neighboring 'Canadian' towns are stark and shameful. It's the fault of both the local leaders and Canada's leaders for their failures to workout a solution for the people's problems.
What it's created is a system that segregates people based on race, generally leaves the segregated communities in underprivileged conditions and assesses and distributes tax dollars differently, again dependent upon race. It's a system tailor made to create racist resentment and tension. What's worse, fixing it ultimately means revisiting ancient treaties which is inevitably going to open up yet more racist resentment and tension.
This is SAD.