Oh boy, I loved this quote from Chuck Strahl after he spoke to Native groups:
“There was a good exchange of ideas and we’ll be back again soon,” Mr. Strahl said. “Obviously, a good list of questions, but by working together, sitting down together, that’s how you solve them. I was here today to start that and we’ll continue as we go ahead.”
Yea, and that’s EXACTLY the approach you took with the Canadian Wheat Board, right Chuckie? Please.. does he think we all have collective amnesia here? The Native groups certainly don’t:
Mr. Mercredi said he was concerned by Mr. Strahl’s heavy-handed dealings with the Canadian Wheat Board, and was surprised that he ignored several of the most important issues facing natives in Canada.
They also haven’t forgotten all the rather disparaging things Strahl has been quoted over the years as saying with regards to treaties with the Natives and in general. Nice attempt at spin though by the Chuckmeister. Unfortunately for him, quotes in newspapers and articles tend to be easily retrieved or found. I don’t know that he’s going to be another Gordon O’Connor type of minister (that being incompetent, if you were wondering), but pardon my skepticism that anything productive will get done.
Would you say that Prentice was a good indian affairs minister?