Canada's Black Mark
Let's take a step back from the debt woes of the world, a rather immediate danger to the global economy and look at a calmer issue. What to do about the massive poverty in native American (or aboriginal) communities in Canada? There's widespread mental illness, alcoholism, drug abuse and even, of all things to happen in a first world nation, a tuberculosis outbreak. How is that even possible given a country with universal healthcare?
And so what to do? I'll skip over the current rhetoric and go straight to a solution.
-Settle land disputes and turn reservations into provinces
-Each native province will conduct its own elections, collect taxes and provide the social services
-Provinces will be part of the equalisation formula, and I would expect, given that most reserves are not doing well economically, they'll be considered have-not provinces
The entire point is to create a direction connection between the taxpayers and the politicians. Ruling chiefs will receive money directly from native tribes through provincial taxation. The chiefs will now have an incentive to listen to the local tribe because their cheque comes from the residents rather than outside the community.
Individuals who prosper in the community, allow the entire community to prosper, creating a positive feedback loop to better everyone. Currently, if a native individual prospers, the community receives no direct benefits because any taxes paid goes to the Ontario government and not the local reserve.
A Canada where all can succeed is beneficial for everyone.
And so what to do? I'll skip over the current rhetoric and go straight to a solution.
-Settle land disputes and turn reservations into provinces
-Each native province will conduct its own elections, collect taxes and provide the social services
-Provinces will be part of the equalisation formula, and I would expect, given that most reserves are not doing well economically, they'll be considered have-not provinces
The entire point is to create a direction connection between the taxpayers and the politicians. Ruling chiefs will receive money directly from native tribes through provincial taxation. The chiefs will now have an incentive to listen to the local tribe because their cheque comes from the residents rather than outside the community.
Individuals who prosper in the community, allow the entire community to prosper, creating a positive feedback loop to better everyone. Currently, if a native individual prospers, the community receives no direct benefits because any taxes paid goes to the Ontario government and not the local reserve.
A Canada where all can succeed is beneficial for everyone.
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