What it's about in short form

'Idle No More' is a direct response by Canada's First Nations to the Canadian government's recent changes of legislation to the Indian Act with the passage of Bill C-45.

'Idle No More' began with four women: Nina Wilson, Sheelah Mclean, Sylvia McAdam and Jessica Gordon. These women share a vision of uniting people to ensure the protection of Mother Earth, her lands, waters and people. by: 'Idle No More' - Around the World
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Men who do not respect our women have no place in this movement.
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by: Brian Francis posted Dec. 19, 2012
I tried to explain in a condensed way of what is happening with this Bill C-45 and the events leading up to it..in 1969 the Canadian Govt. introduced what was know as the 1969 White paper policy,, this was Canadas first major attempt at relegating its fiduciary responsibilities to the provinces,, basically turning our reserve lands into municipalities,,,this caused tremendous uproar in the Native world,, organizations formed and Natives united to defeat this policy, which they successfully did

It was in 1982 that the Canadian repatriation happened with Trudeau.this was when Canada decided to become a sovereign state ,a country on its own, with nothing to do with Britain, but before that could happen Britain insisted that they must assume control and responsablilty to certain obligations, one of them beign the BNA act which also included the obligations to uphold the treaty rights of Canadas native peoples ( forever).

Of course, they agreed.. ELijah Harper was the one who blocked the Meech lake accord, which was an attempt at constitutional reform,, so even though Canada promised to uphold treaty obligations they havent stopped trying to change legislation to renege on that obligation,, the chiefs did not sign this newly passed Bill c-45 it was what they call an omnibus bill, which is a number of bills passed all at once, this was introduced in parliament by a member and then eventually passed last friday.

There was a publication ban on the bill meaning that media could not report anything on it, thats why we never heard anything.. but they can now easily , transfer Indian lands to anyone, its been a long time that they have been trying to get control of ALL the lands of our territories

reply post by: Jamie Idol
Good summary just would like to add a few corrections this is not a private member bill its the second part of the govts budget bill. Bill c38 was passed in spring and there was knowledge then that there was a second part coming..the criminal part is that it amends over 60 pieces of legislation which have nothing to do with budget per se..other than eviscerating all Environmental laws so as to give free reign to industry to "strengthen our economy" by avoiding "unnecessary" Environmental assessments etc..The bill was tabled Oct 18 and they simultaneously introduced a bill to limit the time spent on debate.

The lakes and oceans identified in the Navigation Protection Act are:

Enough is Enough .... One to remember