One day many years ago, stuck in Toronto traffic yet again, I began to chew my steering wheel in frustration. I knew then it was time to look for somewhere else to live, and something else to do. Continue reading
Month: December 2015
Saugeen Ojibway Nation land-claim lawsuit at a crucial phase
In recent years the Bruce Peninsula National Park has become an important international tourist destination, with much of the attention focused on the Grotto, above.
(This update corrects an error in the naming of the two First Nations that comprise the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. It also adds some additional information regarding the status of the case.)
The original version of this blog-post was published in Finding Hope Ness on December 19, 2015. The title then was, Saugeen Ojibway land claim lawsuit may soon be settled, one way or another. At the time there were reasons to think 2018 could be the crucial year for reaching a resolution of the now-almost 25-year-long court action.
But 2018 has come and gone, with no indication to the general public that a negotiated settlement is in the works.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) took the unusual step in 1994 of filing a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to settle long-standing land claims after years frustration with the government-sanctioned process. Continue reading
Trump is not the problem
The problem is not Trump.
The problem is an increasingly alarming high proportion of the American population has forgotten what their country stands for – its founding principles of liberty, equality and tolerance.
Otherwise, “The Donald” would have run off the political stage when he started his run at the U.S. presidency by making outrageously racist comments about Mexicans immigrants to the U.S., legal or not.
One of the huge ironies about Trump is his campaign slogan, “Make America great again.” Just what does he think is, or was, “great” about America? Continue reading