Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Attawapiskat: MP Charlie Angus Accuses Conservatives Of Deliberately Provoking Conflict With First Nation

OTTAWA - The MP whose riding includes the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation says the federal government is provoking a political showdown with the reserve.

The NDP's Charlie Angus says it's no wonder the band council of the James Bay community turfed Ottawa's financial appointee on Monday.

He says the council sees the third-party manager as part of a deliberate attempt to divert attention from their housing crisis.

Angus says it's a power play that Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan then compounded with exaggerated claims in the House of Commons.

Duncan said Ottawa was sending supplies and emergency help, as well as the outside financial surveillance.

But Angus says the only extra supplies Ottawa has delivered are a couple of boxes of doughnuts that the third party manager brought with him when he tried — unsuccessfully — to set up shop in the community.

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Source: Huff 
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