Canada faces 'crisis' on indigenous living conditions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: BBC News

12 May 2014 Last updated at 17:12 ET
Canada faces 'crisis' on indigenous living conditions

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'Jarring' conditions

The UN envoy said the gap between the conditions in which Canada's indigenous population and non-aboriginal people live was especially concerning, given Canada's overall wealth.

"The most jarring manifestation of these human rights problems is the distressing socio-economic conditions of indigenous peoples in a highly developed country," Mr Anaya said in a new report.

"The well-being gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Canada has not narrowed over the last several years, treaty and aboriginals claims remain persistently unresolved, indigenous women and girls remain vulnerable to abuse."

The report also cited the "disturbing phenomenon" of missing and murdered aboriginal women, and called on the Canadian government to make a broad inquiry on the issue.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27384567

[Enthusiast]

1. K&R!

[L0oniX]

2. Why doesn't Sid do something about this?

All joking aside ...we have similar problems. For one ...reservation laws can insulate criminals in that women can be abused and raped without US LE intervention and prosecution. Another may be the limiting of supply's or resources essential for survival such as heating durring winter on reservations in the Dakotas. There are many examples of our original indigenous peoples being abused and cordoned off into poverty.

[Sunlei]

3. It is different in Canada their Gov owns/controls (not sure) about? 80% of Canadas land. So they

can always turn over more Gov. controlled land-space to their indigenous persons and finish, resolve those treaties. Don't let the locals pick on them 'eh Canada? charge them with crimes.

Even in the USA on reservations outsiders always prey on indigenous persons because they know, no 'outside the reservations' State/local police will ever go after them or charge them with a crime.

[OnlinePoker]

4. The problem is, the natives can't decide what land is theirs

Several years ago, there was a map in the local paper that showed the various land claims being made here in BC and where they overlapped. It came (if I remember correctly) to 113% of the province.