I do not wish to offend anyone and I am trying to give an objective opinion of the situation with regards to land claims. After 2 years of negotiating the Federal government came up with a figure of 26 million to settle an old claim. After deliberation on Six Nations it was deemed not enough and thus rejected. Six Nations counter offer was 1 billion!? Acrued interest was to be blamed for this over-inflated figure.
This is what I have noticed over the last 2 years. Negotiators for either the Province or the Feds are people that are closely tied to the party that is currently in power. These people have been handed a cushy contract job that pays really, really well! If I were to be paid 1200 dollars a day for negotiating, why on earth would I want to resolve the issue as soon as possible, I would put myself out of a job that pays over 6000 dollars a week!
Same thing goes for Six Nations negotiators. After two years they reject, what seems to be a reasonable offer, although first offers tend to be on the low end of the scale, and counter with a number that no one in their right mind would agree to. Negotiations seem to be back at square one. There seems to be no drive from either side of the bargaining table to resolve land claim issues.
This shows that the current system for land claim settlements does not work. No one seems to be motivated to settle the dispute and the people of Haldimand County are suffering and kept in the dark. The only thing we now know, and that has not been disputed by Six Nations as far as I know, is that the claim to the Douglas Creek Estates is not valid. Can someone tell me why there are still flags and people there that are not supposed to be there?
The Way I See It
March 20, 2008 by wilrik
I do not wish to offend anyone and I am trying to give an objective opinion of the situation with regards to land claims. After 2 years of negotiating the Federal government came up with a figure of 26 million to settle an old claim. After deliberation on Six Nations it was deemed not enough and thus rejected. Six Nations counter offer was 1 billion!? Acrued interest was to be blamed for this over-inflated figure.
This is what I have noticed over the last 2 years. Negotiators for either the Province or the Feds are people that are closely tied to the party that is currently in power. These people have been handed a cushy contract job that pays really, really well! If I were to be paid 1200 dollars a day for negotiating, why on earth would I want to resolve the issue as soon as possible, I would put myself out of a job that pays over 6000 dollars a week!
Same thing goes for Six Nations negotiators. After two years they reject, what seems to be a reasonable offer, although first offers tend to be on the low end of the scale, and counter with a number that no one in their right mind would agree to. Negotiations seem to be back at square one. There seems to be no drive from either side of the bargaining table to resolve land claim issues.
This shows that the current system for land claim settlements does not work. No one seems to be motivated to settle the dispute and the people of Haldimand County are suffering and kept in the dark. The only thing we now know, and that has not been disputed by Six Nations as far as I know, is that the claim to the Douglas Creek Estates is not valid. Can someone tell me why there are still flags and people there that are not supposed to be there?
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