Native chiefs earn more than PM

The lofty moral ground taken by Canadian minorities is looking more shabby than usual as revelations about Indian misspending of honest taxpayer dollars by "first nations" chiefs hits grotesquely fraudulent proportions. Fortunately, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation recently revealed that dozens upon dozens of "first nations" chiefs and council members take more in compensation than the Prime Minister of Canada itself.

The data was obtained through access to information requests and reveal that in 2008-09, eighty-two (82) reserve officials earned more than the post tax income of $184,000 made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper himself. The gravy train doesn't stop there either. Some 222 "first nations" officials Canadian provincial premiers.

One charlatan from a small reserve in the Maritimes took a ransom of $978,468.

As Colin Craig a director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation “This shocking information confirms what we’ve been saying all along: there are a lot of reserve politicians that are blatantly abusing their powers to set their own pay levels and hide it from the public. It’s absolutely disgusting and band members (not to mention all Canadians) should be outraged about this.”

The high moral ground grows even unsteadier when we consider that while hundreds of thousands Indian and Innuit people live in third world, abject poverty, over 700 reserve officials tap the public purse for more than $100,000 --money diverted from meeting the basic needs of their suffering bretherin.

Unfortunately the names of the chiefs and councillors of these over 570 reservations were been blacked out in the release.
Although Canadians were on the hook for over $8,000,000,000.00 (eight billion) in federal transfers alone to "native" groups, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, condones the cover-up and refuses to publicly connect names with the numbers.

Government does not set the salaries of "first nations" officials; just bankrolls it. The root of the mismanagement of course are soveriegnty claims and the actions of Canadian governments in playing along with "native leaders" in return for their cooperation and support.

The self serving Assembly of First Nations, on behalf of Canada’s band chiefs, refused comment on the fiasco. That didn't prevent AFN National Chief, Shawn Atleo, from earlier attacking the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, calling its service “an insult that paints First Nations leadership as overpaid, unaccountable local bosses, uninterested in the challenges faced by First Nations citizens. Further stating, “I know the men and women they slander.", further defending their malpractise, “I see their daily struggles as committed leaders, and I meet them on the job, on reserve, every week across Canada.”

Even Patrick Brazeau, Canadian Senator and chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples --how is that for duplicitous position?-- concedeed the data a “shocking indictment” of the lack of accountability of "first nations" communities.

Protected by the impentreble shieldof political correctness Indian and Innuit groups have evaded scrutiny thus far. In fairness to Brazeau, he supports the passage of Bill C-575, a private member’s bill put forward by Conservative Kelly Block last month that seeks to make public all First Nations chiefs’ and councillors’ salaries and expenses. Of course, this is just a private members bill with little high level political support as Canadian politicians try to evade being tarnished by the high morality of the brush of political correctness. Debate on the bill begins Thursday.