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APTN National News This is a government that just doesn't care about First Nations. When it came to detailed questions about First Nations children and youth, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt drew blanks. When it came to detailed questions, Valcourt demonstrated he didn't care, at all, to learn about the people he's supposedly responsible for, to act as a representative for. He's supposed to be a conduit, a liaison between two nations. I don't know an awful lot of these answers offhand, but I'd sure as hell learn them good if need be. And Valcourt needs to learn this, doubly fast.

I'm returning to writing. I've been withdrawn and burned out for what seems like months or years. Anyway, I'll be blogging about whatever I read, and commenting on whatever moves me, whether to joy or anger. What I've read today: CBC: First Nations relations with Ottawa tested over 'economic shutdown' threat "I trust that the good, hard-working chiefs will speak up," Valcourt said. Nice way of avoiding the issue of why there is a bloc of First Nations chiefs opposed to Valcourt's Act. He, for one, slimes the chiefs who are opposed to the Act as being lazy. Are they? To me, it seems as though they're working hard to derail Valcourt's efforts, so perhaps they aren't. For another, Valcourt's suggesting the chiefs who are working with him are the only hard working chiefs in the AFN. Woof woof! We hear your dog whistling racial politics loud and clear, Mr Valcourt! It's a lazy, lazy way of deflecting attention away from the a...