Just read the following article on cbc's site:
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(aside:If anyone knows what format the forums like for links I'd love to hear it.)
The cbc quotes the following as the reasons for the blockade:
"They are protesting logging regulations and the living conditions of off-reserve aboriginals in the area."
I get the logging regulations part, but I don't understand the part about off-reserve living conditions. Is there anyone better informed than me that can explain what off-reserve conditions are being referred to? I was under the impression that outside of reserves government programs where color blind. At worst, I believed there were bonuses to minority groups above and beyond the color blind programs.
If discrimination still exists in government social programs I strongly agree with the protesters that attention needs to be brought to it. The problem I have right now is, I have no idea what those problems are to try and rally against them. Can someone else point me to what off-reserve problems are being protested against?