Tony Soprano would be proud

This guy says he's gonna "lend his expertise on development issues"... anybody else smelling quid pro quo here?

-- Caledonia, ON -- A developer in Caledonia, Ont., says he hopes to resume home construction this week with no protesters and no violence.

John Kragten also said he hopes a deal he has struck with a new development agency created by the Six Nations Confederacy will pave the way for future agreements for other builders.

Kragten wouldn't give any details of the deal but insisted no money changed hands. He said he has agreed to help build bridges between natives and other developers and to lend his expertise on development issues.

However, natives shouldn't break out the celebratory firewater just yet... not everybody is willing to roll over and play dead here.

Other developers, including Mike Quattrociocchi of Brantford, have been asked to pay fees to the new development agency but have declined.

"I have bills to pay. I have four young kids I'm responsible for. Come hell or high water, this project's gonna get done," he said.

Quattrociocchi plans to resume construction, without Six Nations permission, on Tuesday morning.

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UPDATE: Dopey white man suckered again

-- Caledonia -- A small group of aboriginal protesters is holding up a return to work at a disputed Caledonia subdivision, even though native leaders have reached an agreement that would let building resume, says John Kragten, one of the builders.

Such kidders... ya just gotta love these guys.

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LAST WORD: Sorbara tells Hamilton Spectator...

Liberals have officially bailed on citizens of Caledonia.

The Ontario Liberals say only Ottawa can resolve the Caledonia crisis and there's nothing more the Dalton McGuinty government can do.

"We will not be dragged into a dispute between residents."

A dispute, Mr. Sorbara? Try telling that to Sam Gualtieri... that is, when he gets out of hospital.

Confirmation of the provincial government's complete and abject surrender also came from the Mininstry of Aboriginal Affairs.

-- TORONTO -- A violent confrontation last week in Caledonia, Ont., has prompted the Ontario government to pull out of this week's scheduled negotiations with Six Nations and the federal government.

“Ontario considers last week's confrontation unacceptable,” Lars Eedy, spokesman for the provincial aboriginal affairs ministry, said Tuesday in a news release. “Violence is never a solution to any dispute.”

Another broken trust from Milquetoast McGuinty.

Technorati Tags: John Kragten, Mike Quattrociocchi, homegrown terror

Fed Libs, Dippers MIA on Caledonia

Dalton McGuinty's latest tactic on the Caledonia file has been to try bumping it up the food chain to the federal government in Ottawa.

Strangely, the siege and the huge monetary outlay thus far, seems to be a non-issue for Bill Graham and Taliban Jack.

While Caledonia is very much on the minds of the opposition parties at Queen's Park, it isn't in Ottawa. There are 65 Liberal and NDP MPs from Ontario, but not one has asked a Caledonia question since the House of Commons resumed sitting on Sept. 18.

"We have 10 questions we get to ask a day," explains Pat Breton, spokesperson for interim Liberal Leader Bill Graham. Echoes Brad Lavigne, spokesperson for NDP Leader Jack Layton: "There are many, many issues we just can't get to."

So let me get this straight... the opposition parties feel it's ok to waste all their House of Commons 'face time' trying to make political hay out of "Puppygate".

Despite hypocrisy like this...

'I would therefore like to table this document for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition this summer. It is a document called The South Beach Diet.'

Paul Martin, to Stephen Harper, June, 2005, in reference to Mr. Harper's weight.

Meanwhile Caledonia burns.

As my son would have said in his toddlerhood, "Thats makes tiny sense."

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, Dalton McGuinty, Liberal Party

In other homegrown terrorist news...

Wonder what Dalton's gonna give them this time around...

-- Caledonia, ON -- A council of Six Nations men has decided that their ongoing blockade of the Highway 6 bypass in Caledonia will continue until police back off in a Deseronto, Ont. native dispute.

Six Nations protest spokesperson Brian Skye said the Caledonia blockade, which has slowed traffic in the town, could last a long time.

Geez... there's a shocker.

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UPDATE: Well... they talk a good game

-- CALEDONIA, Ont. -- Tensions over First Nations protests in two Ontario communities have largely subsided, the head of the Ontario Provincial Police said early Sunday.

"It's a very quiet situation right now,'' Julian Fantino said in a phone interview from Caledonia. "We're on the ground still....we'll keep on doing what we have to do."

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UPDATE: Blockade is up again

Six Nations protesters are continuing to block the Highway 6 bypass today after police backed off an attempt to clear the road last night. The road is now barricaded with a downed hydro tower, wires and a telephone pole.

The situation has angered some area residents, who are complaining police treat native and non-natives differently. “If any of us blockaded a road they would come in full force,” said Bill, a Caledonia resident who did not want his last name used.

C'mon Bill... special rights for special people.

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LAST WORD: "Run, Forrest, run!!!"

Stoogeleft wants to know... "What is a land claim?"

Well, Stooge... is it when the grandson of a Mohawk chief sells off... presumably for a profit... the land he inherits from his family... and 170 years later, some unrelated people want it back?

"Oh yeah... this wily Culbertson dude who supposedly perpetrated the horrendous fraud on the poor aboriginals... was the grandson of John Desorontyon - the Mohawk chief to whom the entire eastern land grant to Mohawks was made."

"Funny how nobody ever mentions that in their manifesto."

Caledonia shooting

Not related to the ongoing siege, say coppers... just a normal "no respect for the law" type of event...

A section of Highway 6 near Caledonia, has been re-opened after a shooting. OPP say the incident is not related to the ongoing Douglas Creek Estates land dispute.

Six Nations police arrested a suspect - he is now in the custody of Haldimand OPP.

UPDATE: Caledonia website says OPP negligent...

The website Caledoniawakeupcall.com is reporting that OPP officers refused to step in and deal with the armed man, who was allegedly spotted on the disputed property, before the actual shooting.

Eye witness states that the gun man was on DCE before the shooting at the smoke shop. He reports the following, "I went to see what was going on and heard a native cursing and swearing at a couple of native people.

Then I saw a shorter, heavy set guy come around the corner of a vehicle, he was was holding a rifle in his hands and yelling, "I will fucking kill you right here".

I took off on the run up the street towards the OPP to tell them."

The OPP did what the OPP always do in Caledonia when a Native person is committing a crime, they called for Six Nations Police to deal with the problem.

If this is, in fact, true... it's a pretty serious breach of anyone's idea of "serving and protecting."

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OPP UPDATE: The story gets massaged a little...

Donald Leslie Vanevery, 47 of Ohsweken, is facing charges of attempted murder, use of a firearm while committing an offence, possession of a firearm, uttering a threat to cause death and pointing a firearm.

In a statement, the OPP said "the suspect may have been observed at the Douglas Creek Estates, but the suspect's actions were in relation to an issue not related to the ongoing land claim dispute."

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, OPP, Caledoniawakeupcall.com

Aboriginal terrorists...

Beat Caledonia housing developer so severely... he ends up in hospital in serious condition...

Up to 20 native protestors are occupying a hill near a contested development site in Caledonia tonight.

The occupation follows an altercation earlier in the day that sent a Caledonia man, 52, to hospital. Now, up to 50 area residents have gathered by the Stirling Woods subdivision. OPP, provincial officials and area councillors are also at the site.

At about 4 p.m., a sub-developer got into a confrontation with a group of occupiers and was injured. He was taken from the site by ambulance in serious condition.

The people of Caledonia have been living in fear for 19 months now.

Hey Dalton... how far will you let this thuggery go?

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RELATED: Not always so timid

As he has before, Mr. Hampton slammed Mr. McGuinty for giving MPPs a raise just four days before last Christmas that hiked the Premier's pay by an “extravagant” amount.

The $22,000 increase in base pay raised the minimum salary for all members to $110,000 a year. Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty received a $39,000 raise to boost his premiers' annual salary to $198,620.

The NDP Leader said Mr. McGuinty's raise alone was higher than what the average Ontario worker makes in total each year.

See... Dalton can actually lead the charge when it's "something important."

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UPDATE: Does somebody have to die...

Before Dalton Do-Little actually stands up for the rule of law in Ontario?

Sam Gualtieri, 52, of Caledonia, was found unconscious on the floor inside the home with at least four young men, his brother Joe, told The Globe and Mail. His brother was trying to chase them out of the house when they punched him, his nephews later told him.

"The Indian was striking him on the head with a two-by-four while he was unconscious."

Know what Sam Gualtieri was doing there? He was checking on a home he was building for his daughter and her fiancé.

Savages.

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LATEST UPDATE: Not backing up an inch

Aboriginals said they occupied the site because developers had not followed up on a promise to learn more about their new development protocols.

Yeah, I recognise that one... the old Jimmy Hoffa "two by four" protocol.

Hey Dalton, can we call in the cops now?

Technorati Tags: Stirling Woods, Douglas Creek Estates, Sam Gualtieri

Anarchy bites aboriginal arse?

No one really seems to be saying... but is this why a man was shot in Caledonia last week?

-- CALEDONIA -- A smoke shop that was the site of a shooting Thursday afternoon was set up without Six Nations band council or Confederacy approval.

Is Jeffrey Henhawk -- the man who set up the smoke shop -- also the man who was shot?

The council rents the land to a Six Nations farmer, but Henhawk is a supporter of the traditional Confederacy and believes he does not need permission from the council to set up his cigarette hut.

As well as his disregard for even aboriginal law, Mr. Henhawk, like many of his native compatriots, apparently has some anger-management issues...

One of the most vocal protesters, Jeff Henhawk of Caledonia, was released on $2,000 bail on charges of creating a disturbance, intimidation and assault with a weapon in relation to an incident near a Canadian Tire store in Caledonia.

And the karmic wheel goes round and round.

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, aboriginal anarchy, homegrown terror

Six Nations? More like Sixty.

So, what is the unifying idealogical principle behind the siege at Caledonia? Turns out the occupation has all the philosophical coherence of an unsupervised nursery school recess.

Hardly surprising, given that the natives apparently take their cues from such stalwart proponents of democracy as (a) Yassir Arafat, (b) Hugo Chavez and (c) Josef Stalin.

The Palestinian flag flaps below a bright-red Mohawk Warrior flag. Venezuela's yellow, blue and red has been pinned to a wooden board. Farther down the barricaded road into the Douglas Creek Estates construction site, natives have hoisted the sickle-and-hammer standard of the former Soviet Union.

The natives would have you believe that the occupation of the site has lasted for six months simply because the wily white man refuses to negotiate.

Here's the biggest reason in a nutshell. When the natives aren't brawling with residents of the town, they're fighting amongst themselves.

Try as he might, even native apologist cum negotiator David Peterson can't really paint the process in a flattering light.

“There's a constant dynamic inside the place; it's like a swirling cauldron,” said David Peterson, the former Ontario premier who negotiated the removal of the blockade of two main roads in Caledonia. “Nobody answers to anybody. They all answer to each other."

And what about the respect for the traditional chiefs and clan mothers? The Globe tried to get an interview with one of the mythical clan mothers, but apparently no one could scare one up.

Only about 20 of the 50 traditional chiefs attend gatherings, according to one of the chiefs, Arnold General. And clan mothers remain an elusive entity, even to the protesters.

“I told my clan mother the other night I'm not going to leave,” Doreen Silversmith told reporters last week. “I said: ‘I don't care if you tell us to go, nobody's going to leave.' Then, she walked away from reporters. (HANG ON, WAIT FOR IT...) She returned after five minutes, accompanied by Ms. Jamieson, to retract her comments.

UPDATE: Ah, Doreen, you little rascal, no wonder the Six Nations sent you to Geneva to lay out the Caledonia situation for the UN. That was at the beginning of May this year, wasn't it?
Hope you didn't forget to tell them about somebody torching the local hydro substation, or about jumping the dumb ole' coppers & the US Border Patrol guy and then stealing their ride.
My personal favourite has to be when the natives dug a trench across the main street in town with a backhoe. You guys are such jokers! I bet Kofi and the boys couldn't stop laughing at that one.
Tell me again, Doreen, who was it paid the freight on that little jaunt? I have to confess, I'd be a little annoyed if I found out it was me, the taxpayer.

It now seems that Dalton McGuinty, having decided not to enforce the rule of law as laid out by Justice David Marshall, may be shadow boxing in Caledonia for some time to come.

I almost feel sorry for him.

(graphic from Clive at Doggerel)

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, Dalton McGuinty, clan mothers

Caving in on Caledonia

UPDATE 11/08/06: The Globe gets a second opinion from Jacob Ziegel - Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Toronto.

So, the question remains: Why should the Six Nations protesters be treated differently? Certainly, the threat of violence is no excuse; in fact, it compounds the contempt of court.

NOTE: To his credit Mr. Ibbitson did reply to my email regarding my conjecture about public response (I believe I used the phrase "shitstorm of protest") to his article. He stated, "Noted. Yes, the majority (and the editorial board) are on your side." He also stands by his writing despite the flak he took. While totally disagreeing with his opinion, I can respect that.

ORIGINAL POST follows:

In todays Globe & Mail, John Ibbitson tells us that violence trumps the rule of law... in Canada anyway. He states categorically...

There is the principled rule of law, and then there is reality.

So what is the reality in Caledonia, according to John?

In Caledonia, militant natives have seized land to protest against what they see as the unwillingness of the federal government to settle their land claim. They have already demonstrated a propensity for violence. People close to the scene are absolutely convinced that, if the Ontario Provincial Police try to disperse the occupation, people will be killed or seriously hurt.

At the risk of having my nuanced, peacekeeping Canadian citizenship questioned, I have a couple of questions.

(1) Objectively, what is the difference between this group of apparently homicidal maniacs in Caledonia and this other group in Great Britain?

LONDON — British police have arrested 21 people in connection with a bombing plot that they say would have caused "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" on commercial aircraft flying from Britain to the United States.

(2) What's the plan for dealing with any other group (Hezbollah, Hell's Angels, etc.) who are likewise prepared to "demonstrate their propensity for violence" in furtherance of their particular agenda?

The answer seems obvious to John Ibbitson, David Peterson and of course, Dalton McGuinty's Liberals. Unlike our stalwart allies in Great Britain and yes, the United States of America, we uber-diversified, peace-loving Canadians, instead of applying the rule of law... should just bend over and take it.

RELATED: Hey, look at me... I'm a warrior too!

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, injunction, Justice Marshall

No sense, no pain

Fresh off his disastrous "No gun, No Funeral" debacle... newly demoted ex-Attorney General Michael "Sisyphus" Bryant has now been condemned by the Emperor McSlippery, to ceaselessly roll the insurmountable rock of aboriginal demands to the top of the Caledonian mountain.

And you don't have to be a student of the classics to know that, so far... this particular boulder just keeps on rolling back down the consultant-littered hill.

"I want to hear from people," the minister told The Spectator in an exclusive interview. " I certainly don't think that the local problems are going to be solved from Queen's Park."

Yeah, no kidding, huh Mikey? I think your predecessor David Ramsay, over the last couple of years, has proved that thesis pretty thoroughly.

So what do the citizens of Caledonia have to say?

Nolda Hoekert, 52, and her son J.J., 24, were surprised when the minister joined them at their table in the Tim Hortons.

They told him the government has to resolve the dispute, and they also want him to do something about "two-tier justice" -- the belief natives and non-natives are being treated differently by the OPP.

This has been the biggest hurdle in the process to date... so we're not exactly talking startling revelation here.

The less-than-elegant McGuinty brokered solution, thus far, has consisted mostly of Liberal politicians... bending over and grabbing their ankles.

But, to his credit, Bryant at least has the balls to show up and take some of the fiberal-generated heat.

Premier Dalton McGuinty had been under fire for not visiting Caledonia. Bryant's predecessor David Ramsay also did not visit, although Conservative leader John Tory made more than half a dozen visits.

Let's see if the Liberals will actually start to do something here.

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RELATED: A small town being slowly strangled

Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer has said town residents living with the ongoing occupation won't feel safe until Six Nations protesters leave the disputed land.

Although Caledonia was one of the fastest growing towns in Ontario, Ms. Trainer said virtually no building permits have been issued in the last two years.

And Dalton McGuinty just stood and watched.

Technorati Tags: Michael Bryant, Caledonia, fiberal smoke and mirrors

Won't... or can't?

This announcement appears to be face-saving OPP-speak for, "the natives still won't let us anywhere near this property."

Ontario Provincial Police said they will not investigate a small fire that broke out last night at the site occupied by native protesters in Caledonia. An OPP spokesperson said no criminal activity is suspected and damage is minimal.

I'm not sure how the OPP can claim to know anything about it, as local police & fire crews were both prevented from responding.

A fire crew from the nearby Six Nations reserve were allowed in at some point.

Six Nations Fire Chief Michael Seth said the blaze in the unfinished home had been extinguished by the time his firefighters arrived at the Argyle Street South property. He said the injured were people on the site, "that were fighting the fire prior to our arrival."

They suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital. Seth said the cause is under investigation, but damage was minimal. He said his department was notified of the fire by the OPP and he was not sure whether the people occupying the site allowed Caledonia firefighters to come onto the land.

Three people hospitalised doesn't seem minimal to me, but maybe that's only in my neighbourhood.

Caledonia Wakeupcall is reporting that a native protestor torched the house after being asked by fellow protestors to vacate the premises. Bravo for life's little ironies.

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, Douglas Creek Estates, Six Nations

Caledonia March

The much ballyhooed Caledonia March for Freedom is scheduled to take place today, under intense media scrutiny and police overwatch.

Dozens of police are keeping a close watch. There were a few tense moments before the march got underway.

The march is going ahead, despite pleas from the native community to the McGuinty government to (and I'm totally flabbergasted they can actually say this with a straight face) prevent this "illegal protest" from taking place.

Not surprisingly, the aboriginal contingent presently occupying the former Douglas Creek Estates were busy portraying themselves as stalwart, but gentle folk until... just before the march got started.

A convoy of about 12 vehicles with aboriginal people flying Six Nations flags drove through the protest site.

The aboriginal "drive-by" played out in sharp contrast to the publicly hyped “potluck for peace” image the natives had been attempting to project. This peaceful facade has previously cracked wide open when aboriginal protestors, among other things, set fire to a bridge, vandalised a hydro substation, assaulted members of the news media, tore up a public highway with a backhoe and in one case, tried to flatten a police officer with a car.

While Dalton McGuinty was doing his best to derail the rally, the local provincial member of Parliament, spoke up for the citizens of Caledonia.

Conservative Toby Barrett, opposition MPP for the riding of Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant and one of the speakers at the rally, said the event has kept a welcomed spotlight on the issue of policing.

"There does appear to be a double standard," Barrett told CBC Newsworld on Sunday. "People see a different application of the law, depending on which side of the barricade you stand."

UPDATE: 15 Oct 2006 8:00 pm

With so much media attention focusing on the rally, keeping people under control was obviously a balancing act for both sides.

After the rally, Mr. McHale led several hundred people to an elementary school bordering the Six Nations protest site. The school has installed several security cameras and built a 2½ metre fence to block any view of the occupation.

That's when several groups broke away from the main march and ignored Mr. McHale's pleas to stay clear of the site.

The group that broke away from the protest march evidently felt they were entitled to make a gesture similar to the earlier native "drive-by".

An important difference here is that the OPP had no compunction about arresting non-native protestors.

Which is exactly the point this march was trying to make.

SIDENOTE: 17 Oct 2006 - Double standard just fine with McGuinty

"I want to congratulate the OPP for the important work they did during the course of the weekend to maintain public safety," McGuinty said.

Technorati Tags: Six Nations, Caledonia, Gary McHale

Continuing our Canine Theme Week

The native contingent squatting on the former Douglas Creek subdivision near Caledonia have been calling for the Federal Government to get involved in negotiating the dispute.

It's very possible they will end up regretting that request. Unlike the pusillanimous McGuinty moonbats, the Conservatives apparently aren't planning to roll over and play dead.

CALEDONIA - Ottawa has told Six Nations it does not have legal title to a housing subdivision occupied by natives in Caledonia since February.

Six Nations officials are to return to a Nov. 3 meeting with evidence to prove the Argyle St. S. site was not surrendered in the 1840s. Doering said Ottawa has documents from 1844 indicating the Douglas Creek Estates land was surrendered and sold.

"If they don't convince us we're wrong, the federal government will stand by its position," he said.

It looks as though the Conservatives are going to be relying on that darned "law of the land", a concept that has eluded Mr. McGuinty from the start of this dispute.

As if using a tactic like jurisprudence isn't outrageous enough, the Feds are apparently prepared to, unlike ole' Dalton who even is paying the squatters utility bills, actually follow through on enforcement of a legal decision.

"The alternative to reconciliation is to use some type of force," Doering noted. "For my part, I'd rather negotiate than use some type of force."

Ok, clan-moms... over to you.

Technorati Tags: Six Nations, Caledonia, Conservative Party

Caledonia residents get...

Liberal sympathy... which, in case anybody's wondering, is about as useful and comforting as a bucket of warm spit.

-- Canadian Press -- Residents living with a year-long volatile aboriginal occupation in their southern Ontario town say their plight is being ignored by the provincial government after a government minister refused to meet with a group planning a slow convoy to the legislature Wednesday.

"We know what's happening on the ground," said Liberal Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Ramsay. "We know how people's lives are being disrupted."

"We have great sympathy for that."

You know about it!?! Hell, you bought them the land and you're paying for the hydro!!! You're a co-conspirator!!!

Is anybody listening to the residents of the beleagured town?

Dan Roberts, who helped organize Wednesday's convoy and rally, said few politicians with the exception of Conservative Leader John Tory have bothered to visit the town that has been cut in half by barricades and seen violent clashes between residents and Six Nations protesters.

One more reason, friends don't let friends vote liberal.

RELATED: A lasting "cultural legacy."

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UPDATE: Taking it to Queens Park

"Caledonia will no longer be silenced," resident Dan Roberts told a crowd of about 100 people who ended their convoy on the lawn of the legislature.

"We're not going to tolerate this. This is an election year and our community will have a voice.

Premier McGuinty, you can run. You can duck."

"But you're not going to hide from the people of Caledonia."

Technorati Tags: Dalton McGuinty, homegrown terrorists, Caledonia

Email Dalton McGuinty & congratulate...

...Ontario's governing Liberals on their seemingly never-ending odyssey to appease... "all of the communities"... holding up this project...

Hydro One has been powerless to complete a $116-million transmission line upgrade for five years because Caledonia “warriors” won’t allow workers to wire the last towers.

No biggie, right? It's not like this has been going on for... holy crap...

Tory MPP Toby Barrett raised the issue of the stalled Niagara-Caledonia-Middleport transmission corridor in the Ontario Legislature Monday on the fifth anniversary of the Caledonia aboriginal land claim.

The entire 76-kilometre stretch of transmission towers, completed except for the missing wires, sits idle while the land negotiations take place.

Yessirree... looks like we have another "broad strata of society" issue for the McSlippery Liberals to figure out...

Energy Minister Brad Duguid told the Ontario Legislature that the government is working in partnership with all of the communities in the area to resolve the issues.

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RELATED: Yup, violent insurrection works...

...and no, I'm not just talking about the Arab Middle East.

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TROLL ADVISORY:

Already filtered out a couple of deliberately provocative anonymous comments about applying the death penalty to certain players in this farce.

Here's a thought, nonny... you don't have to be an ass all the time.

Dalton McGuinty believes in sharing

The pain, that is.

Not content to have piggybacked the costs associated with the Caledonia debacle on just citizens of Ontario, Dalton now wants every taxpayer in Canada to help pull the train.

TORONTO — Ottawa must pony up at least $25 million to cover the costs of an ongoing aboriginal occupation in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday as he pressed the federal government to end what's being called the longest-running police operation in Canadian history.

The province's taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for reimbursing local businesses, paying provincial negotiator Jane Stewart's $1,300-a-day salary and buying the land in question — a moribund housing development in Caledonia, Ont., south of Hamilton, Mr. McGuinty said.

Because that's the kind of guy he is.

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, Dalton McGuinty, Liberal Party

"Dances with Peyote"

Just like the famous, totally fabricated "Tawana Brawley" incident in the United States... it now appears that the RCMP did not scoop up these brave aboriginal warriors and spirit them off to a mythical secret police gulag after all.

The claim that Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested a group of Navajo American Indians this week appears to be bogus.

Both levels of police have categorically denied taking a group of Navajo American Indians into custody this week.

While reports from the group itself said they had been taken in by RCMP for questioning and released, the OPP and RCMP said they "did not stop, detain nor arrest anyone in the area."

Both agencies have investigated the allegations and determined the incident did not occur, the OPP said in a joint statement Tuesday.

So what's up with the kook who made the false allegations?

Spata Desareau, a member of the tribe that is an offshoot of the Navajo, had told the Intelligencer the 28-person group was taken into custody Sunday en route to the aboriginal protest at a quarry near Deseronto.

Ah... he's one of Shawn Brant's merry men.

That explains everything.

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BREAKING: Believe it or not... ARRESTS IN CALEDONIA

It appears the OPP may have finally taken some action against native protestors in Caledonia.

Reports from the scene of a long standoff at a housing subdivision indicate cops moved into the disputed land on Wednesday afternoon and took 18 people into custody. All those arrested are said to be natives.

This latest incident follows a violent confrontation that took place last week between a home builder and those on the land. Fifty-two-year-old Sam Gualtieri was discovered unconscious and bloody after he went to check out a home under construction.

You've gotta love the timing here.

Did Julian Fantino tell Dalton, "No more kid gloves?"

Technorati Tags: RCMP, Spata Desareau, Caledonia

Twenty million dollar lacrosse field

Fixing Caledonia.

Jane Stewart, the person making $1300 per day, is going from house to house on Braemar Ave & Thistlemoor in Caledonia.

She is meeting with residents and telling them the following:

1) The Natives do not have any Legal Claim to this Land.

2) What do you think if the Government was to build a Lacrosse Field and Information Booth on the DCE land?

UPDATE: 1 SEP 2006 Henco alone gets 16.9 million

What's the cost for hundreds of copper's overtime... times ten months?

Technorati Tags: Caledonia, Jane Stewart, Six Nations

What's next, catering & laundry service?

Apparently, the only thing Dalton McGuinty isn't doing, for the protestors in Caledonia... is tucking them in at night and singing lullabies.

The Liberal government is being accused of being weak by paying for hydro and water into the Caledonia housing site occupied by natives.

The charge was levelled yesterday in the Ontario legislature by Conservative MPP Bob Runciman after Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Ramsay confirmed it has been footing the power bill for about 10 half-built homes on Douglas Creek Estates since the province bought the site off the developers for $16.5 million.

"It is my understanding the power is still on," Ramsay said during Question Period.

The minister also noted the power was kept on into the houses after natives took over the site at the end of February.

This is nuts.

Never mind John Tory and the Conservatives... I'm thinking Sharon, Lois & Bram would put up a tougher & more principled stand here.

Technorati Tags: Dalton McGuinty, Liberal Party, Caledonia

The future's so bright...

He's gotta wear shades, er... aboriginal coloured glasses...

-- CALEDONIA -- If Sam Gualtieri had died when he was attacked by a pack of goons last year, would Premier Dalton McGuinty have come down for his funeral?

That was the main question people here asked yesterday.

Another: If Gualtieri had become Caledonia's Dudley George, would McGuinty have called a multimillion-dollar inquiry to get to the bottom of it?

We may never know the answers since the people of Caledonia have never been able to pose any questions to our fearful leader.

Funny how that works, huh?

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Natives lay siege...

To Caledonia Church...

Next strategic ojective... Tiny Tots Daycare Centre?

-- Caledonia -- At least half a dozen natives have blocked construction vehicles today to protest and halt work on a driveway at Caledonia Baptist Church today.

At one point a truck driver dumped a load of stone on the site, an action that one eye witness said made native protesters "livid," prompting them to surround and block the truck from moving.

As far as I can tell from local coverage... OPP apparently have the day off.