Dave Cressman: "Once again, generations of federal government deceit and neglect have led to another outburst of aboriginal frustration that the province is expected to contain and "keep the peace." Confrontation is not the answer. It's hard to muster up sympathy for a developer who knowingly purchased lands in an area under dispute and now cries for pity. In my view, this is but one example of the many huge debts society owes to First Nations people across Canada."
• Settle native disputes (The Hamilton Record 5/12)

Andrew Orkin: "It is time that Canadians remind themselves of all the applicable law, not just the bits that seem to justify our occupation and taking of others' lands. The only alternative is the use of overwhelming military force against the Iroquois, to conquer them. But Canada's legitimacy and reputation would take a severe beating if the colonial and oppressive nature of its relationship with aboriginal peoples was thus laid bare. Respect for the law is not a one-way, natives-only street. Non-natives and their governments must respect the law, too, and all of it."
• Law demands universal respect (The Hamilton Spectator 5/12)

Mary Boutin: "I'm so sorry to have to write this letter, but Caledonia will be a ghost town soon if something isn't done. The businesses are losing money, the house prices have gone down, and people like me, who enjoyed the quaint town, no longer go there. I realize the natives got a bad deal years ago, but I feel that was a very bad decision they made. I, too, have made some bad investments, but that was my bad choice."
• There must be a better way (The Hamilton Spectator 5/12)

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