Our devotion to First Nations is reminiscent of Wild Bill’s Wild West Show

During the westward expansion of the United States, Native Americans were systematically abused through genocide and land appropriation.

Concurrent with the “Indian Wars”, one of the more popular entertainments was Wild Bill’s Wild West Show which featured lots of “Indians” in native costumes dancing and whooping it up for the crowds.

As the Vancouver Olympics opened with big native of First Nations fanfare, the hypocrisy of Canada’s apartheid was running around in my head.

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2,500 homeless people rounded up and incarcerated for not being scenic – remind anyone of Fascism in the name of sports ?

The business of the Vancouver Olympics – marketing, patriotism and religion – all in the name of amateur sport is getting a bad name around the world.

First the BC government suspended free speech. Vancouver Olympics more important than Charter

Then a security presence second to a major armed invasion force is rolled out. Canada looking more like German 1936 Olympics Lucky for the citizens of Vancouver some of the police are late or no shows for their duties.

Now the Guardian UK is reporting BC is suspending the human rights of 2,500 homeless people to their personal freedom. Is Canada a police state where the government can tell its citizens where to go? Even homeless people have Charter Rights. The solution for homelessness is not prison unless we want to revert to a pre-Human Rights era.
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Stephen Harper getting human rights award from Can Jewish Congress

Stephen Harper has been making loud noises about Chinese human rights only he now does it in the basement at 24 Sussex Drive

As a member of an enumerated group under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, my advice to Mr. Harper is fix your own problems before you tell a neighbor how to cut his grass.

Minorities in Canada have an uphill battle and those living with disabilities are among the those with the least human rights. Sorry if you are offended but if someone told you to go home and not enter a restaurant you’d be screaming bloody hell. If you were turned down for a job because of your skin color or hair color, you’d be outraged.

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Canadian Apartied from KK+

Making a land claim in Vancouver

Ckifford the Big Transformer standing on guard against the law

Clifford the Transformer – pre-release hot news

Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, August 5, 2009
Pre-release audience polling on Transformers 4 Stop the Mi’kmaq have been weak, sending the film’s director back to the cutting room to re-jig the story.

Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee, hopeful of another term of uninspired your Worshipfulness, has seen his popularity plummet on news of the film.

In one poll conducted by Tim Banks – why not eh? – 84% of the people said we needed a new mayor in Charlottetown.

In the past weak leaders have attacked minorities to gain popularity with the more ignorant and bigoted parts of their constituencies. Fear of the hun, the Commie’s, the Jews, the Muslims, etc. has helped weak politicians to leap over their more liberal foes.

Doesn’t seem to be working for Clifford Lee. Attacking Canada’s First Nation is backfiring.

Of course, Lee’s position as Mayor is essentially based on the fact that no one ran against him. He is truly a bad mayor. It shows all the time.

Mi’kmaq have lawyers

In a CBC story, Lee quotes our history of genocide and First Nation’s land theft when he brazenly says,

“The land, once declared by the Government of Canada to be surplus, will be offered to the province of P.E.I. If they refuse the land, then it will be offered to the municipal government,” said Lee.

“The Friends of the Farm plan includes selling off two parcels of land in order to pay for the development of a park.The Friends of the Farm plan includes selling off two parcels of land in order to pay for the development of a park.

“That’s the way it’s worked for a number of years in this country.“

Lee’s understanding of history and aboriginal land claims appears to come from John Wayne movies.

“Jeff Brant, director of socio-economic development for the Mi’kmaq Confederacy, said Lee’s understanding of the process is wrong. When a piece of federal land is deemed surplus, he said, First Nations people have to be consulted before the land is unloaded, and he doesn’t mean simply a token consultation.

“It’s really about the spirit of what that means,” said Brant.

“It’s sitting down and trying to come up with a way that really works out to the best interests of all parties, to create a win-win for everybody.”

“Brant said the Confederacy is disappointed the city is backing a rival proposal from the Friends of the Farm, and the city needs to pay more attention to the Confederacy’s proposals for the land.

“Just because things have been done a certain way in the past doesn’t mean that we should be doing them the same way going forward,” he said.

We’re not sure how they will end this movie. The law seems to be on the side of the Mi’kmaq as First Nations.

Related stories

• Friends of the Farm should drop racism and work with Mi’kmaq
• Fascist Friends of the Farm
• CBC and Guardian report racism but won’t use the word
• First public meeting of Charlottetown Racial Bigotry Society last night
• The cowboys and the indians are at war

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Mayor Clifford Lee in the title role saving Charlottetown from the Natives

Mayor Clifford Lee in the starring role as Transformer Fire Station Man – stop them at Sherwood Road

We are excited to bring news about the new blockbuster movie that got its blue carpet premiere yesterday in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Transformers 4 – Stop the Mi’kmaq. Coming soon to a movie theatre near you!

Gasp as the super hero Mayor circles the wagons to fend off an attack by marauding Indians. Fort Charlottetown is threatened by land developing Mi’kmaqs waving a federal treaty which they claim gives them first rights to get back land that was stolen from them in the first place. Strong men weep, women scream, children shiver in terror.

Mayor Lee – during the day a timid Tory hack currently holding down an ACOA sinecure – becomes superhero Transformer 4 when he waves his magic gavel – a mighty fire truck capable of quelling multiple Tweel attacks and simultaneously able to spare the blushes of dozens of old ladies by smothering the smutty stories of John Joe Sark. And able to stifle press conference invitations with the stroke of a pen.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island (MCPEI) will unveil conceptual plans for the PEI Home (Experimental) Farm property on May 1 at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel from 10am – 2pm in the Elfin/Pekeha room. The public is encouraged to attend. Read the rest of this entry »

Charlottetown Agricultural Research Station

By Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, April 28, 2009

Instead of adopting ABM “anyone-but-Mi’kmaq”, Charlottetown’s Friends of the Farm should adopt a more conciliatory approach and work with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy to develop a plan for the Agriculture Farm that preserves the best green spaces while allow development. Read the rest of this entry »

Ravenwood, 1800's

The rights of dog walkers should definitely trump the first nations people

Anonymous, NJN Network, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, April 27, 2009

“The Friends of the Farm have been active for 14 years and we have defended the Experimental Farm from many groups that wanted to develop this space. The latest and perhaps most serious threat because of their funding from Indian Affairs is the Mi”kmaq Confederacy . Read the rest of this entry »

Both refuse comments and link back to racism story, a big cover up

By Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada April 16, 2009

CBC and the Guardian can report racism against the Mi’kMaq while calling it innocuous things like “fund raising” and “Money committee formed to help keep Home Farm free of development”. If you form a committee in your neighborhood to keep out blacks, Chinese, gays, or the disabled it would be called bigotry and racism. Unless you want to keep out the Mi’kMaq. Read the rest of this entry »

Lane MacLaren speaks to the first meeting of the Charlottetown Racial Bigotry Society

60 turn out for Charlottetown Councillor Mitch Tweel’s request to head the Mi’kmaq off at the pass

Charlottetown Guardian story

The Ku Klux Klan KKK must have moved from Alabama to PEI without us noticing. The local chapter has established itself under the banner Charlottetown Racial Bigotry Society or Friends to Save the Farm from the Mi’kmaq.

Our esteemed bigot and Charlottetown City Councilor, Lebanese Mitch Tweel, led the pack to circle the wagons and stop the Mi’kmaq from developing the old Ag farm.

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Whew! Now will have some real intelligence and common sense from the “Love Canal” city councilor

Mitch Tweel, civic politician "I like toxic wastes in a children's playground but no natives"

We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. One of our most intelligent and insightful civic leaders is going to stir up the mud on the Agricultural Farm with a public hearing. You know I like a civic politician who can say “no” to toxic land reports and build a school playground on right on top of arsenic and old lead. You’ve got to admire that kind of stupidity and patronage. Liberal Millionaire’s Club build playground on toxic dump and Liberal Minister Ronnie McKinley willing to poison children for profit

Next thing you know, old Mitch will be arming the locals, taking to the barricades along Belvedere Avenue or maybe leading a posse out to Scotchford. No siree Bob, none of them natives  gonna settle in our city. We got toxic land, high taxes. The last immigrants, and the only immigrants Charlottetown needs, were the Lebanese, even if some of the grandchildren have an IQ below 80. Don’t sweat it: every city has one or two neanderthals in city hall.

I have a question. Is “The Staff” at the Guardian a pen-name for “this is a truly bad story no one wants to admit they wrote” ? They used the same writer for the lie about how unemployment improved last month. Guardian spreads lies about unemployment Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Brant, director of socio-economic development for the Mi'kmaq Confederacy, wants to balance commercial and park development. (CBC)

This time the Indians are lawyers in suits with the Constitutional precedents in their briefcases

By Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, PEI, April 8, 2009 with story from CBC

It was inevitable the peace between the elite class on PEI and our first nations would fall apart as soon as the “white people” got a drift of how uppity and organized the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I. was. Being stuck in Scotchford, Lennox Island and Morell Rear can focus the mind on the disparity between the people who stole your land and your current state of poverty. Read the rest of this entry »