Brazeau picks the Senate

It was reported in the Globe and Mail that Patrick Brazeau has picked his recently offered senator job over his previous job as National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginals People.

Originally he had planned to hold down both jobs, each job had a salary of over 100,000$ per year. Many people both on the Native side and on the non-Native side thought that he would be in clear conflict of interest. On one side he would be expected to lobby for Native issues to the government, on the other side he would be part of the very government he would be lobbying to.

Mr Brazeau is currently facing sexual harassment charges filed by former employees. A few people within the Congress of Aboriginals People are also calling for him to step down from his senate job because of these allegations.

In the end the 34 year old chose the job with the better salary and where he has the endorsement of Stephen Harper.
Wouldn't you?

For more on this issue please read a more in depth analysis on The Nexus of Assholery.

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Human rights and First Nations people in Canada

I read here on Metis Bare Facts something that I remembered reading a small blurb about a few years back, about Canada having refused to sign the UN Declaration of Human rights of Indigenous Peoples. It really didn't make headlines though and I had forgotten about it until this morning. How can Canada criticize the Human Rights records of other countries if we can even recognize the rights of our First Nations?

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