Dalton to appeal Caledonia Ruling

Dalton is plannig to appeal Judge Marshall's ruling that the Rule of Law be re-established in Caledonia, according to the Globe & Mail.

You have got to be joking. But I find this quote disturbing... "Prime Minister Stephen Harper supports the province's position, Mr. Bryant said. Mr. Harper and Premier Dalton McGuinty discussed the matter in a telephone conversation late Tuesday." I will be making a few phone calls about this one.

Then there's this quote.

"We will make submissions that the rule of law has been complied with, that an independent police force has acted independently and sought to enforce the law and keep the peace," Mr. Bryant said. "We will argue that Crown prosecutions have operated independently, we will make the argument that orders of the court have been complied with."

I think burnt bridges, road blockages, damaged houses, intimidated residents, various assults, torched transformer stations, and a mob pelting an 89 year old man's house with rocks are a clear indication that THE RULE OF LAW IS NOT PRESENTLY IN FORCE.

Do I have THE answer to the situation? Nope... but allowing complete lawlessness to go unchallenged is certainly NOT the answer.

For the record... I expect all individuals who have broken the law to be held accountable when this is all over. There better not be any sort of blanket amnesty granted by these negotiations. Otherwise, I guess you could say that crime really does pay.


UPDATE: Was checking out Ottawa Core's blog, as I know he/she has been posting a lot of stuff related to all this. I saw these statements regarding a stalled wind turbine project in Ontario, and was troubled by them...

This apparently is one of several developments backed by the Ontario government. We say ”Thanks for the windmills”. Now we can sit down and talk about what we’re going to give you out of it, if we want to. The windmills are on our property. It’s ours! You’ll just have to keep your hands off them and talk to us about it.

They say they are confident the project will go ahead. They just don’t get it, do they? I’d like to see how they’d react if someone started building windmills in their back yard! They know that they belong to us now. They just want a piece of the action. So we’ll think about it. That’s what we’ll talk about.

They can’t seize anything on Indian territory, which is all of Canada. They should have made a deal with us beforehand. This Johnny-come-lately deal-making is not the proper way to do business with us.

It's statements like THIS that this conflict in Caledonia is really all about. "Indian territory is ALL OF CANADA". Guess I'm just going to have to pack up and head back the Britian where I came from. You see, I'm just an oppressive white man.

Now, I will say that Ontario Hydro should have consulted with them, even if the status of the land is in dispute. But to say that the nation of Canada has no right to exist, and to hold the entire nation hostage? THIS is why the Caledonia situation has to be resolved. I'm not saying that the natives don't have a valid claim, and that their grivances should be heard and dealt with... but to think that the entire nation, and everything in it, belongs to them? That's just way over the top.