"Ottawa wishes the rules at Garden Hill First Nation complied with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, said a statement issued from the office of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt. Under new rules set last week at Garden Hill, no one under age 50 may run for chief and no one under 40 for council. Further, people in common-law relationships will not be allowed to run for either chief or council."
Oh, I don't know...isn't there a faucet that could be turned off somewhere?
Oh well, at last they stopped short of barring homosexuals. Guess they didn't want to incur the wrath of John Baird.
ReplyDeleteAh the reserve system. The last bastion of individual liberty and political integrity. More easy money oughta fix it.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for Julian "Chief Shakin' Rabbit" Fantino to be top brave on the totem pole over at Indian affairs. Man, will he ever straighten things up!
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