…As for the Indigenous fishermen, they are left with crumbs. And why should Indigenous people be limited to a “moderate livelihood” in the first place? We want Indigenous people to have all their needs fully met, not just “moderately” met.
There really is no lasting solution to this under a system driven by profit. The current setup of the lobster fishery is a mess, with big companies like Clearwater getting privileges, and small-scale fishermen being pitted against Indigenous fishermen…
oh god yeah, this has been a fucking mess! it’s basically been an anti-indigenous race riot - the fisherfolk have had paint-thinner poured over their live lobsters (killing thousands painfully), have had their tires burst by nails strewn over the road, have death threatened upon them (specifically, the threat of being locked in their facility and burned alive), have had massive mounds of live lobsters stolen and dumped in front of the commissioners office to die and rot in the open air, and finally had their facility set ablaze.
and the police have done………..nothing.
and meanwhile in Ontario, Algonquin aboriginals who’ve been protesting the decimation of wild moose populations have had their community signs shot up, and moose body parts dumped around their campsite.
Canada is not some free healthcare paradise, there is deep anti-indigenous racism and violence here that needs to be addressed,
