home  Subtle bribe to assimilate natives re. Reserve residents want to move: Poll - Nov. 15. The more one thinks about it, the more this report sounds like a subtle bribe to assimilate the natives, once and for all. Who wouldn't want to move closer to the city if it meant receiving all these services? In fact, however, the residents of Kashechewan should be free to move wherever they like and still have access to good-quality homes, schools, health clinics, etc. These are citizenship rights and this is their native land. After centuries of oppression and attempted cultural genocide, the aboriginal peoples of Canada deserve better. Let's lift the constraints, once and for all. Jeff Denis, |