I received a little note from a friend yesterday, with a very frank and important message. It will be my thought of the day…
There are a lot of Anishinaabeg who are supporters of the NDP. Jack Layton is a pretty cool guy and genuinely supportive of First Nations. But the reality is a vote for the NDP will translate into for a vote for Stephen Harper. The math is that simple. The only feasible alternative to a Harper government, this time, is a Liberal government. The reality is even more startling. If the NDP split the centre-left vote any further, the result will be a disasterous Conservative majority. A well-respected Anishinaabe leader has told me that a majority Conservative government WILL target post-secondary education and non-insured health benefits as a part of their promised cuts. We all need to rally around the Liberal party, Michael Ignatieff, (Liberal, Etobicoke-Lakeshore) and our fantastic platform for First Nations people. All you NDP supporters, take a look at the Liberal aboriginal platform again, and consider carefully, that you might actually be enabling a Harper majority which could spell an end to much of our rights.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Anishinabeg voting with their spirits and all of their senses – see a far greater truth than a single tracked one-mindedness of the Tories and Liberals. Red and Blue is a beating we do not need to continue with anymore – my math says that First Nations people are tired of that beating and look to leadership that has a round table approach to it – many voices one people. I would much rather vote for people that listen to all sides, work with all people to the betterment of our First Nations, Metis and Inuit issues. A vote for the PC’s (aka Reformists) and Liberals (aka Americans) is a vote for a beating…