Military Analyst Warns Conditions Ripe for Major Aboriginal Uprising http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Conditions+ripe+major+aboriginal+uprising+academic+says/2670060/story.html

Canadians and their political leaders are ignoring all the signs of a looming aboriginal insurrection in their midst, warns a prominent military analyst. Douglas Bland, a former lieutenant-colonel in Canada's Armed Forces who chairs defence management studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., says conditions are ripe for a major uprising by first nations people.He told a luncheon audience of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy in Winnipeg last week that "the typical federal or provincial politician in Canada has no idea what to do with this matter.

They only see it as a difficulty for themselves."In turn, aboriginals are "emboldened by the prevailing political reluctance to act."In a speech titled, "Where Are Aboriginal Affairs in Canada Headed?," Bland answers the question by noting that Canada is particularly "vulnerable to a national disturbance, given its economic dependence on the export of oil, gas, natural gas, hydro power and other commodities to the U.S."Aboriginal communities are sitting on those supply chains. At any moment they can turn that system off, which would pose a danger to the economy and to Canadian sovereignty." [Apparently, threats to traditional Aboriginal economies and sovereignty are of no concern to this "Analyst" - MW]