Reconciliation without Conciliation
Posted on by jack kingInjunction filed against province over Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin project
The article link above indicates the gulf between the Lake Manitoba – Lake St. Martin channels getting done or not.
The fact that two years of consultation has taken place involving 39 northern Aboriginal communities has taken place that more talk has to take place. That leaves the residents, farmers and ranchers along the shores of Lake Manitoba without permanent mitigation against another flood. The inability to manage lake levels is our reality with our dubious anniversary coming up this May 31.
In the face of multiple announcements for funding, promises made to have shovels in the ground and enough talk for a lifetime – we are left unprotected, marginalized by a government who seemingly cannot or will not negotiate a fair resolution.
We put our faith in the plan at personal expense to rebuild. We endured financial loss to far land underwater. When the water receded solil salinity made tilling unproductive.
We deserve better. Conciliation presupposes open-mindedness working toward a mutual solution of a problem. Reconciliation appears to mean an apology tour with buckets of money.