RCMP ‘Let Down’ Mi'kmaw Fishers, Indigenous Services Marc Miller Says After Violence In Nova Scotia
In a follow up to my article 'Mi’kmaq Warrior Peacekeepers Called to Nova Scotia' the Huffington Post had some reactions to this crisis. They seem to be blaming various people.
The article says, "Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the RCMP “let down” Indigenous peoples facing violence amid an intensifying dispute between commercial fishers and Mi’kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia.
“The acts of violence we have seen in the past days and weeks are disgusting, unacceptable, and racist in nature,” Miller said at a press conference in Ottawa Monday with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett."
First Nations issues are handled through the jurisdiction of the federal government. As far as I'm concerned it means Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be doing something other than sitting on his hands.
'We want answers': MPs hold emergency debate over handling of N.S. lobster dispute
TORONTO -- During an emergency debate in the House of Commons, opposition parties have accused the Liberal government of inaction in the ongoing dispute between Indigenous and commercial lobster fishers in Nova Scotia.
The dispute saw further turmoil this past weekend when a fire destroyed a lobster pound used by Mi’kmaq fishers in the area.
“The Indigenous community and the non-Indigenous community agree on one thing: the inaction of this government is unacceptable,” Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said during the Monday night debate. “Everyone involved in this issue deserves the respect and attention of their government and it is the Liberals’ inaction on this that has led to escalating tension and violence.” [Read more]