“I think it’s disgraceful that any government that wants to be taken seriously would level the charges that serious against another government,” said Smith.
They make me laugh. I would suggest that they listen to the actual people who put them into the positions they’re in. A lot of natives are voting for separation and that’s a fact. These chiefs are just doing the dirty business of the federal government, is what’s going on. Don’t kid yourself, a lot of money is involved here. That is what they are thinking about. Also, do they honestly think that with the heavy influx of immigrants we’ve had into Canada by the very government they seem to support that it won’t be long before the Canadian Indians are marginalized? These people should’ve been off reserves and assimilated with the rest of society a long time ago.
Yes you said that well! Smith does not work for just the First Nation’s who are also Albertans… but for all of us! These chiefs are constantly selling out their people. I have three first Nations kids and I see how they are screwed ! Two just turned 18 and were supposed to get some money… went from $50 thousand to $35. So what does the band do for to take
$15,000 from every kid who turns 18 . Not one person asked to meet them . Not once in all the activities they were at did anyone from the chief and council even come talk to them but boy atr they gast to take their money!
Yeah, I know. Everybody thinks First Nations get university paid for, what a laugh. My nephew has Treaty status and he got some $ for first year but none after. They would be entitled to help IF the chief and council felt like giving it.
No problem do not assimilate, live in the traditional manner. Live off the land and roam free but not at the expense of the rest of us. Lastly, keep in mind you either evolve or die - history has proved that over and over - Mother Nature can be nasty.
How about they earn their own money and jobs . Pay taxes like everyone else if they come off the reserve . Do you ever come out of your basement . We have spent trillions on them .
It's time the "Queen's children" graduate to full adulthood. Start the process of independence from the white man. The reserve system and the Indian Act have done NOTHING to bring the majority out of poverty and dysfunction. The only ones that benefit are the chiefs. A majority of the rank and file support sovereignty for Alberta - that should tell you everything you need to know.
You know it…. That is absolutely true. The reserves need to be shut down. “White Man” generally doesn’t know there is like a caste system on reserves. The families in power get a lot.
As a white man living in northern BC, I can attest to your caste system. I have witnessed it on most every reserve. It is a shame that these Indian bureaucrats do not get called out. The Indian bureaucrats (Chief and Council) are doing to their people as Ottawa is doing to Canadians in general. I have had many conversations with Indians over the years and they know this, they will share with you the bribery going on during their elections. But in fact, the Indians are treated worse by their own politicians/bureaucrats then the average Canadian treats them. Disgusting how politics is fracturing this country and disgusting how so many elbows up and TDS morons don't see it.
You know what I am talking about. Many years ago, in my home, a chief’s daughter referred to the less fortunate, as not the privileged families of chief and council, as dirty Indians. Not lying. Her dad drove a Cadillac and had race horses!
You are right about the Indian bureaucrats. The money from the federal government seems largely to stop with them. As I understand it, the Indians for whom the money is intended have been calling for accountability, for the feds to investigate.
Yes correct, but the Indians do not have fair representation from their chiefs and council. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted through all govt's when trying bring help to these indians. Govt employees of all classes and position get paid first. And they are paid very well, with an absurd benefit package. This money is ear marked for the Indians, but our entitled govt employees do not care about for whom they help, they only care about themselves.
The chiefs fear the end of whitey's free gravy train and their exhalted status as more than equal to the Canadians who have to pay for this racist gravy train.
These so called chiefs forgot who they work for, and who feeds them. I think it's time to cut them off welfare. Let them get a job, and earn their own living. They've by far been over paid for their loss of stomping ground. Of which they never had any land title to.
There are more than 50,000 Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada. These enterprises—spanning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit entrepreneurs—contribute an estimated $31 billion to $48.9 billion annually to the Canadian economy.
Meanwhile, back in the urban reservations (cities) for non-indigenous people, almost 2 million non-Indigenous Canadians rely on social assistance. How about non-native welfare recipients getting a job?
A friend of mine had a business in Ottawa. He paid his workers well above minimum wage but due to financial circumstances two of them were compelled to quit - because they could make more money on welfare. This is the kind of thing that happens in a Nanny State.
You just proved my point. They can support themselves, A few have. But the rest don't intend to, as they have about or six generations of welfare. And now we have the hindrance of mass immigration to feed. No other country ever gave the people they took over a country from was given generations of billions in treaty money. The defeated just became a part of the new country. It's called assimilate and shut up. That's what we're getting right now from the carnage government. We are being assimilated by the UN wef. We can either fight it or shut up and assimilate.
How about the ongoing subsidies to the oil and gas industries? Alberta's oil and gas industries are on public welfare. The Government of Canada provided at least $10.2 billion in fossil fuel subsidies and public financing in 2025. Most of that support was provided by Export Development Canada.
Since Environmental Defence began tracking fossil fuel subsidies in 2020, the federal government has provided at least $85.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry.
The proposed Canada-Alberta MOU could put Canadians on the hook for up to $35 billion for the new oil pipeline and the Pathways carbon capture project – both of which would not proceed without massive public funding. Canada has already committed at least $3.5 billion in fossil fuel subsidies in 2026. This comes at a time when oil and gas companies are expected to make $90 billion in profits due to the US-USrael war in Iran.
So who exactly is on public welfare? Native peoples are a comparatively easy target.
Those funds you talk about are funds that were taken from the oil industry in tax dollars. Was NOT your money to begin with. You bring up figures but you don't bring up the truth.
Holy Crap, Ann. AND they don't pay taxes on that money? Not only do they not pay taxes, but we GIVE them money. If what you say is true, it's more than time to stop the suicidal empathy and get them all out working and paying their way in society- why the double standard? Time to stop it!!
I think someone needs to calculate how much money over the years, that natives have received, and what has been done with the money, and is there an end in sight? Because, personally, I am tired of donating to this bottomless pit. I know that so.e bands have done very well, and should be taken off the taxpayers donation list. At some point there needs to be an end of this taxpayers charity. It is not healthy.
Apples to oranges . Lucky if that covers a portion of what they get from the government . We won't mention all the lost businesses and jobs they have caused due to protests .
Trudeau and Freeland and Karney should be in jail for treason the fact that they are not shows how corrupt and paid off the RCMP and corrupt judges are in this sick country
Two words for this sorry bunch - audit them! They live like kings while their lessor band members lead a difficult life at best on the reserve. Time to end that and work with a sovereign Alberta!
As someone who has now been directly victimized by "Untruth and Reconciliation" I daresay that the first nations are doing their cause grave harm and setting their relationship with Canadians back immensely.
My experience is that many first nation people are extremely ashamed of their culture. The rest are scamming Canada for continuing welfare. Chretien's white paper was right to call for privation and elimination of reservation land and the Indian Act. It was the first nations that opposed doing so. Land claims need to be extinguished in law and the first nations need to be treated equally with all Canadians since that is in fact the truth-- we are all Canadians.
I am tired of being accused of something that happened in the past. Let's move on.
This separation of Alberta does not affect the natives money train, who is really behind this?? What have the Liberals done to Canadians?? No free speech, lockdowns, plus our country is broke for generations. Disgraceful
We know what they were given as rights for giving up land, so to speak, but living on reservations has hardly served them well at all. Their reservations are full of poverty because the Chiefs and band councils keep the money for themselves. Where is the clean water? They have been paid billions. Don’t kid yourself by acting all know it all. I have first hand knowledge of how things are on reserves. I have a sister-in-law who is a Treaty Indian. The ones that have done well for themselves live OFF reserves, including my nephews. They are well integrated with the rest of society.
The aboriginal elders who made this allegation, shame themselves and their society. They are probably the same elders who promote and encourage those subversive policies of the UN regarding Canadian aboriginal nation and support the fictional genocide of aboriginals. Tell me what is the "WORD" that describes these activities and the elders who support them?
Although my family is Sixth nations, I am tired of the divisiveness and lies that are the constant drum beat of those in first nation communities who are given air time. They have no interest in truth or reconciliation, and should actually be investigated for fraud, and, in combination with the feds jointly charged for theft of tax dollars from the Canadian people. If there is treason taking place, natives need to look no further than their leadership, and the Lieberal government led by the Crime Minister.
I know Barry, there is too much graft keeping these so-called leaders in power. It does no good for regular people, native or otherwise. As soon as Trudeau came to power he got rid of the First Nations Transparency Act. Why?
...and the last thing he did upon "resigning" was add more legal guns to the banned list..AND give the CBC legislation to give them immunity from public scrutiny and accountability..and THIS (💩) is why...
🎯..The whole res school lie was to cause more division and chaos..and anyone who thinks everything is just gonna blow over, or the Legion of Superheroes will swoop in and save the day is delusional...war is here..and Carney's Cartel is gonna mobilize his "asylum seeker" hoards very soon..(Bullets/ Beans/ and Bandaids stocked up???) ⚔ 💥 🔥 🇨🇦
The native Chiefs and the Canadian politician Chiefs are living in style dividing us it’s about time the citizens of both chief got together and called their bullshit
These First Nations groups are not used to politicians saying no to them or refusing to bend to their every demand. They have been well trained by Trudeau, Eby, and now Carney. This extortion needs to end. Canadians are tired of being held hostage. This kind of language undermines any credible commitment to truth and reconciliation.
It's impossible to take these indigenous leaders seriously when they go making outrageous statements like this. One of the biggest handicaps first nations in Canada face is their own leadership.
They make me laugh. I would suggest that they listen to the actual people who put them into the positions they’re in. A lot of natives are voting for separation and that’s a fact. These chiefs are just doing the dirty business of the federal government, is what’s going on. Don’t kid yourself, a lot of money is involved here. That is what they are thinking about. Also, do they honestly think that with the heavy influx of immigrants we’ve had into Canada by the very government they seem to support that it won’t be long before the Canadian Indians are marginalized? These people should’ve been off reserves and assimilated with the rest of society a long time ago.
Yes you said that well! Smith does not work for just the First Nation’s who are also Albertans… but for all of us! These chiefs are constantly selling out their people. I have three first Nations kids and I see how they are screwed ! Two just turned 18 and were supposed to get some money… went from $50 thousand to $35. So what does the band do for to take
$15,000 from every kid who turns 18 . Not one person asked to meet them . Not once in all the activities they were at did anyone from the chief and council even come talk to them but boy atr they gast to take their money!
Yeah, I know. Everybody thinks First Nations get university paid for, what a laugh. My nephew has Treaty status and he got some $ for first year but none after. They would be entitled to help IF the chief and council felt like giving it.
Barb..you are lying..
I think you should be a little more specific
I am a liar? Shows what you know …. Nothing.
Fuck...you people are whiney
Saying someone is lying without proof, is a very poor attempt of deflection.
How about "these people" having the right not to submit to assimilation? Read the Canadian Charter on Rights and Freedoms.
No problem do not assimilate, live in the traditional manner. Live off the land and roam free but not at the expense of the rest of us. Lastly, keep in mind you either evolve or die - history has proved that over and over - Mother Nature can be nasty.
Totally agree
How about they earn their own money and jobs . Pay taxes like everyone else if they come off the reserve . Do you ever come out of your basement . We have spent trillions on them .
It's time the "Queen's children" graduate to full adulthood. Start the process of independence from the white man. The reserve system and the Indian Act have done NOTHING to bring the majority out of poverty and dysfunction. The only ones that benefit are the chiefs. A majority of the rank and file support sovereignty for Alberta - that should tell you everything you need to know.
You know it…. That is absolutely true. The reserves need to be shut down. “White Man” generally doesn’t know there is like a caste system on reserves. The families in power get a lot.
As a white man living in northern BC, I can attest to your caste system. I have witnessed it on most every reserve. It is a shame that these Indian bureaucrats do not get called out. The Indian bureaucrats (Chief and Council) are doing to their people as Ottawa is doing to Canadians in general. I have had many conversations with Indians over the years and they know this, they will share with you the bribery going on during their elections. But in fact, the Indians are treated worse by their own politicians/bureaucrats then the average Canadian treats them. Disgusting how politics is fracturing this country and disgusting how so many elbows up and TDS morons don't see it.
You know what I am talking about. Many years ago, in my home, a chief’s daughter referred to the less fortunate, as not the privileged families of chief and council, as dirty Indians. Not lying. Her dad drove a Cadillac and had race horses!
It seems that every apple has worms. Perhaps it is human nature to be corrupt.
You are right about the Indian bureaucrats. The money from the federal government seems largely to stop with them. As I understand it, the Indians for whom the money is intended have been calling for accountability, for the feds to investigate.
Yes correct, but the Indians do not have fair representation from their chiefs and council. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted through all govt's when trying bring help to these indians. Govt employees of all classes and position get paid first. And they are paid very well, with an absurd benefit package. This money is ear marked for the Indians, but our entitled govt employees do not care about for whom they help, they only care about themselves.
Good point
Agree 💯 and wait - they are being used by the federal government and wait until they go after them - bloody corrupt chiefs
The chiefs fear the end of whitey's free gravy train and their exhalted status as more than equal to the Canadians who have to pay for this racist gravy train.
These so called chiefs forgot who they work for, and who feeds them. I think it's time to cut them off welfare. Let them get a job, and earn their own living. They've by far been over paid for their loss of stomping ground. Of which they never had any land title to.
There are more than 50,000 Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada. These enterprises—spanning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit entrepreneurs—contribute an estimated $31 billion to $48.9 billion annually to the Canadian economy.
Meanwhile, back in the urban reservations (cities) for non-indigenous people, almost 2 million non-Indigenous Canadians rely on social assistance. How about non-native welfare recipients getting a job?
A friend of mine had a business in Ottawa. He paid his workers well above minimum wage but due to financial circumstances two of them were compelled to quit - because they could make more money on welfare. This is the kind of thing that happens in a Nanny State.
You just proved my point. They can support themselves, A few have. But the rest don't intend to, as they have about or six generations of welfare. And now we have the hindrance of mass immigration to feed. No other country ever gave the people they took over a country from was given generations of billions in treaty money. The defeated just became a part of the new country. It's called assimilate and shut up. That's what we're getting right now from the carnage government. We are being assimilated by the UN wef. We can either fight it or shut up and assimilate.
How about the ongoing subsidies to the oil and gas industries? Alberta's oil and gas industries are on public welfare. The Government of Canada provided at least $10.2 billion in fossil fuel subsidies and public financing in 2025. Most of that support was provided by Export Development Canada.
Since Environmental Defence began tracking fossil fuel subsidies in 2020, the federal government has provided at least $85.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry.
The proposed Canada-Alberta MOU could put Canadians on the hook for up to $35 billion for the new oil pipeline and the Pathways carbon capture project – both of which would not proceed without massive public funding. Canada has already committed at least $3.5 billion in fossil fuel subsidies in 2026. This comes at a time when oil and gas companies are expected to make $90 billion in profits due to the US-USrael war in Iran.
So who exactly is on public welfare? Native peoples are a comparatively easy target.
Those funds you talk about are funds that were taken from the oil industry in tax dollars. Was NOT your money to begin with. You bring up figures but you don't bring up the truth.
Holy Crap, Ann. AND they don't pay taxes on that money? Not only do they not pay taxes, but we GIVE them money. If what you say is true, it's more than time to stop the suicidal empathy and get them all out working and paying their way in society- why the double standard? Time to stop it!!
He called that right . 🎯 It isn't hard to know who watches CBC .
I think someone needs to calculate how much money over the years, that natives have received, and what has been done with the money, and is there an end in sight? Because, personally, I am tired of donating to this bottomless pit. I know that so.e bands have done very well, and should be taken off the taxpayers donation list. At some point there needs to be an end of this taxpayers charity. It is not healthy.
Last number I heard was 3 trillion .
Couldn't agree more!
How about a public examination of how much money the federal government gets and where they spend it ... Sovereignty now please
That would be excellent!!! And necessary.
Apples to oranges . Lucky if that covers a portion of what they get from the government . We won't mention all the lost businesses and jobs they have caused due to protests .
Thanks for speaking up
Trudeau and Freeland and Karney should be in jail for treason the fact that they are not shows how corrupt and paid off the RCMP and corrupt judges are in this sick country
The whole Lieberal party .
Two words for this sorry bunch - audit them! They live like kings while their lessor band members lead a difficult life at best on the reserve. Time to end that and work with a sovereign Alberta!
Harper had an audit system set up..Justin abolished it as soon as the CCP elected him
As someone who has now been directly victimized by "Untruth and Reconciliation" I daresay that the first nations are doing their cause grave harm and setting their relationship with Canadians back immensely.
My experience is that many first nation people are extremely ashamed of their culture. The rest are scamming Canada for continuing welfare. Chretien's white paper was right to call for privation and elimination of reservation land and the Indian Act. It was the first nations that opposed doing so. Land claims need to be extinguished in law and the first nations need to be treated equally with all Canadians since that is in fact the truth-- we are all Canadians.
I am tired of being accused of something that happened in the past. Let's move on.
This separation of Alberta does not affect the natives money train, who is really behind this?? What have the Liberals done to Canadians?? No free speech, lockdowns, plus our country is broke for generations. Disgraceful
We know what they were given as rights for giving up land, so to speak, but living on reservations has hardly served them well at all. Their reservations are full of poverty because the Chiefs and band councils keep the money for themselves. Where is the clean water? They have been paid billions. Don’t kid yourself by acting all know it all. I have first hand knowledge of how things are on reserves. I have a sister-in-law who is a Treaty Indian. The ones that have done well for themselves live OFF reserves, including my nephews. They are well integrated with the rest of society.
The aboriginal elders who made this allegation, shame themselves and their society. They are probably the same elders who promote and encourage those subversive policies of the UN regarding Canadian aboriginal nation and support the fictional genocide of aboriginals. Tell me what is the "WORD" that describes these activities and the elders who support them?
"Anti-freedom"
Although my family is Sixth nations, I am tired of the divisiveness and lies that are the constant drum beat of those in first nation communities who are given air time. They have no interest in truth or reconciliation, and should actually be investigated for fraud, and, in combination with the feds jointly charged for theft of tax dollars from the Canadian people. If there is treason taking place, natives need to look no further than their leadership, and the Lieberal government led by the Crime Minister.
Excellent and that is exactly what a lot of Albertans believe. I wish you and others would go on TV or newspaper to voice this.
Excellent comment
I know Barry, there is too much graft keeping these so-called leaders in power. It does no good for regular people, native or otherwise. As soon as Trudeau came to power he got rid of the First Nations Transparency Act. Why?
...and the last thing he did upon "resigning" was add more legal guns to the banned list..AND give the CBC legislation to give them immunity from public scrutiny and accountability..and THIS (💩) is why...
🎯..The whole res school lie was to cause more division and chaos..and anyone who thinks everything is just gonna blow over, or the Legion of Superheroes will swoop in and save the day is delusional...war is here..and Carney's Cartel is gonna mobilize his "asylum seeker" hoards very soon..(Bullets/ Beans/ and Bandaids stocked up???) ⚔ 💥 🔥 🇨🇦
The native Chiefs and the Canadian politician Chiefs are living in style dividing us it’s about time the citizens of both chief got together and called their bullshit
Those liberal eagle feathers don’t want the bucks to stop
Full stop
Oh them chief guys, they scared s....less that the gravy train might run out.
It's all about fear that the unrestrained unaudited gravy ($$$) could be threatened.
These First Nations groups are not used to politicians saying no to them or refusing to bend to their every demand. They have been well trained by Trudeau, Eby, and now Carney. This extortion needs to end. Canadians are tired of being held hostage. This kind of language undermines any credible commitment to truth and reconciliation.
It's impossible to take these indigenous leaders seriously when they go making outrageous statements like this. One of the biggest handicaps first nations in Canada face is their own leadership.