Mohawks on the Akwesasne reserve plan to follow up their apparent victory in a dispute over the arming of border guards by pushing for sovereignty on Cornwall Island, according to Grand Chief Mike Mitchell.Hey... I say we let 'em all be sovereign... if we can save 10 billion dollars a year...
The international boundary line cutting through the reserve — straddling Ontario, Quebec and New York State — should also be moved, Mitchell told CBC News on Friday.
He said "pulling back" the Canada-U.S. border would bring "the community back as one," but he didn't say where the line should be drawn.
Figures from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) show that federal funding for aboriginal communities has increased about five per cent per year in the last three years, from $8.8. billion in 2004-05 to a projected $10.2 billion in 2007-08.Pound that money back into healthcare and education... yup, I'm sold.
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