Professor Tom Flanagan strikes again!
Selling Reserve Land Could Help Solve Poverty: Professor
Last Updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:22 AM MT
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2006/11/16/flanagan-pressclub.html
One of the only ways to address poverty on native reserves is to enhance property rights, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former senior campaign adviser said Wednesday night.
The system in place now is stopping aboriginal Canadians from improving their economies, said Tom Flanagan, a University of Calgary professor and co-editor of Self Determination:The other path for Native Americans, a new book that takes a hard look at property rights on reserves.
The value of property on native reserves has gone up significantly, especially on the outskirts of cities like Calgary, he told a meeting held at the Ottawa press club.
Yet people on reserves live in poverty and their homes are falling apart, added Flanagan, whose 2000 book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, called native reserves dysfunctional although he admits he's never been to one.
Under Canadian law, many people on reserves face restrictions when it comes to selling or leasing land but Flanagan believes some of those should be lifted.
Aboriginal people should have the right to sell some of their land to business developers, who would make better use of their property and create jobs for native people, he said.
I don't think native people have much choice in the matter because they are maybe three per cent of the Canadian population," he added. "They are surrounded by western capitalism everywhere."
That comment angered Wayne Courchene, an adviser to the Assembly of First Nations. He said Flanagan's views are narrow-minded and don't take into consideration the traditional connection aboriginal people have to their land.
"I was outraged by the remark," he told CBC News. "I didn't think it reflected what a lot of Canadians feel."
Flanagan, whose work also questions why First Nations should live in a tax-free environment with free housing, stressed that he's not advising the government on aboriginal issues.
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Biography - Tom Flanagan
Former Senior Communications Advisor, Conservative Party of Canada, And Professor, Political Science, The University of Calgary
Dr. Tom Flanagan is perhaps the only person ever to have lived in both Ottawa, Ontario, and Ottawa, Illinois. Born in Ottawa, Illinois, he studied political science at Notre Dame University, the Free University of West Berlin, and Duke University, where he received his Ph.D. He has taught political science at the University of Calgary since 1968.
Although Dr. Flanagan has published in several areas, he is best known as a scholar for his books on Louis Riel, the North-West Rebellion, and aboriginal land claims, and his books on these subjects have won several prizes. Most recently, his book First Nations? Second Thoughts received both the Donner Prize and the Canadian Political Science Association’s Donald Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics published in the year 2000. He has served as a consultant and expert witness for the Crown in aboriginal and treaty-rights cases such as Dumont, Blais, Benoit, and Victor Buffalo.
During 1991-93, Dr. Flanagan was an adviser to Preston Manning and the Reform Party, but he was fired for giving too much advice. His experience working for the party is described in his book Waiting for the Wave: The Reform Party and Preston Manning, published in 1995.
In 2001-02, he began to work for Stephen Harper, managing Mr. Harper’s campaigns for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance (2002) and of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004), as well as the Conservative Party’s national election campaign in 2004. He has now returned to teaching at the University of Calgary but remains an adviser to Mr. Harper. He worked as Senior Communications Adviser in the Conservative war room during the party’s successful 2005-06 election campaign.
Dr. Flanagan was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. He is married to Marianne Stanford Flanagan. They have three children and one grandchild.
Established in 1974, The Fraser Institute is an independent public policy orgaization ("think tank") with offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Professor Flanagan is a Senior Fellow.
www.fraserinstitute.ca
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B'nai Brith Canada
During the last federal election President Chartrand was quoted in the media as having compared Dr. Flanagan to "Hitler without an army" (His words not ours!). He subsequently wrote a letter of apology to Mr. Frank Dimant, B'nai Brith Executive Vice President (Toronto) for trivializing the holocaust. Presumably Mr. Chartrand received legal advice under The Defamation Act of Canada such statement(s) could be deemed defamatory.
In the past, MMF lawyer Murray Norman Trachtenberg has been active in this organization. His online resume lists:
B'nai Brith Canada League for Human Rights Mid-West Region
1987-88 Director
1988-90 Vice Chairman
1990-93 Chairman
B'nai Brith Canada Board of Governors
1993-94 Member at Large
1994-95 Regional Vice President
1996-97 Regional Chair, Institute for International Affairs
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B'nai Brith Canada is the independent voice of the Jewish community, representing its interests nationwide to government, NGO's (Non Government Organizations) and the wider Canadian public.
Since 1875, it has been respected for its groundbreaking work on matters relating to anti-semitism, racism and human rights, its strong advocacy on the pressing issues of the day, and the important social services it provides.
www.bnaibrith.ca/
Last Updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:22 AM MT
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2006/11/16/flanagan-pressclub.html
One of the only ways to address poverty on native reserves is to enhance property rights, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former senior campaign adviser said Wednesday night.
The system in place now is stopping aboriginal Canadians from improving their economies, said Tom Flanagan, a University of Calgary professor and co-editor of Self Determination:The other path for Native Americans, a new book that takes a hard look at property rights on reserves.
The value of property on native reserves has gone up significantly, especially on the outskirts of cities like Calgary, he told a meeting held at the Ottawa press club.
Yet people on reserves live in poverty and their homes are falling apart, added Flanagan, whose 2000 book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, called native reserves dysfunctional although he admits he's never been to one.
Under Canadian law, many people on reserves face restrictions when it comes to selling or leasing land but Flanagan believes some of those should be lifted.
Aboriginal people should have the right to sell some of their land to business developers, who would make better use of their property and create jobs for native people, he said.
I don't think native people have much choice in the matter because they are maybe three per cent of the Canadian population," he added. "They are surrounded by western capitalism everywhere."
That comment angered Wayne Courchene, an adviser to the Assembly of First Nations. He said Flanagan's views are narrow-minded and don't take into consideration the traditional connection aboriginal people have to their land.
"I was outraged by the remark," he told CBC News. "I didn't think it reflected what a lot of Canadians feel."
Flanagan, whose work also questions why First Nations should live in a tax-free environment with free housing, stressed that he's not advising the government on aboriginal issues.
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Biography - Tom Flanagan
Former Senior Communications Advisor, Conservative Party of Canada, And Professor, Political Science, The University of Calgary
Dr. Tom Flanagan is perhaps the only person ever to have lived in both Ottawa, Ontario, and Ottawa, Illinois. Born in Ottawa, Illinois, he studied political science at Notre Dame University, the Free University of West Berlin, and Duke University, where he received his Ph.D. He has taught political science at the University of Calgary since 1968.
Although Dr. Flanagan has published in several areas, he is best known as a scholar for his books on Louis Riel, the North-West Rebellion, and aboriginal land claims, and his books on these subjects have won several prizes. Most recently, his book First Nations? Second Thoughts received both the Donner Prize and the Canadian Political Science Association’s Donald Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics published in the year 2000. He has served as a consultant and expert witness for the Crown in aboriginal and treaty-rights cases such as Dumont, Blais, Benoit, and Victor Buffalo.
During 1991-93, Dr. Flanagan was an adviser to Preston Manning and the Reform Party, but he was fired for giving too much advice. His experience working for the party is described in his book Waiting for the Wave: The Reform Party and Preston Manning, published in 1995.
In 2001-02, he began to work for Stephen Harper, managing Mr. Harper’s campaigns for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance (2002) and of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004), as well as the Conservative Party’s national election campaign in 2004. He has now returned to teaching at the University of Calgary but remains an adviser to Mr. Harper. He worked as Senior Communications Adviser in the Conservative war room during the party’s successful 2005-06 election campaign.
Dr. Flanagan was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. He is married to Marianne Stanford Flanagan. They have three children and one grandchild.
Established in 1974, The Fraser Institute is an independent public policy orgaization ("think tank") with offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Professor Flanagan is a Senior Fellow.
www.fraserinstitute.ca
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B'nai Brith Canada
During the last federal election President Chartrand was quoted in the media as having compared Dr. Flanagan to "Hitler without an army" (His words not ours!). He subsequently wrote a letter of apology to Mr. Frank Dimant, B'nai Brith Executive Vice President (Toronto) for trivializing the holocaust. Presumably Mr. Chartrand received legal advice under The Defamation Act of Canada such statement(s) could be deemed defamatory.
In the past, MMF lawyer Murray Norman Trachtenberg has been active in this organization. His online resume lists:
B'nai Brith Canada League for Human Rights Mid-West Region
1987-88 Director
1988-90 Vice Chairman
1990-93 Chairman
B'nai Brith Canada Board of Governors
1993-94 Member at Large
1994-95 Regional Vice President
1996-97 Regional Chair, Institute for International Affairs
___________________________________
B'nai Brith Canada is the independent voice of the Jewish community, representing its interests nationwide to government, NGO's (Non Government Organizations) and the wider Canadian public.
Since 1875, it has been respected for its groundbreaking work on matters relating to anti-semitism, racism and human rights, its strong advocacy on the pressing issues of the day, and the important social services it provides.
www.bnaibrith.ca/
posted by Clare L. Pieuk at 8:33 AM
1 Comments:
So the "connection" that some aboriginals have with their casino and gambling lands is what, sacred?
The reality is that there is no incentive for Aboriginals to improve their collective plight.
CBC will continue to agitate for greater funding.
Your reactionary hit posts on Flanagan for merely suggesting a solution is absurd.
Many churches have gotten into trouble, some for sexual abuse of aboriginals, and in a number of cases, what has been the solution to compensate victims at the behest of aboriginal lawyers?
Sell land!
Aboriginal Canadians get thousands in welfare and funding per person per annum.
Is it that you don't believe that "reserves are dysfunctional"?
What is Wayne Courchene's solution to ongoing problems other than outrage and standing with a hand out?
What is your solution exactly, whine and attack someone who is bothering to suggest a solution?
Sure Flanagan a conservative, but attacking him for his "opinion" serves nobody.
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