Prince George Citizen
We all believe in equal opportunity, right? Right. How about equal opportunities for aboriginals? Well, of course, you say. How about the equal opportunity for aboriginal people and bands to compete in the Canadian and British Columbian economy? Again, the answer is a resounding yes.
But, drive this line of questioning into the cold, hard light of economic reality and you’ll soon hear some native leaders and guilt-trip politicians asking, shouldn’t we spend millions every year to prop up natives? Don’t our aboriginal citizens deserve special status?
Quite frankly, I think special status for Canada’s natives is, and was, the worst policy we could have adopted as a young and developing nation in a new land.
