Comments on: Aboriginal Taxation Exemption http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/blogs/aboriginal-taxation-exemption/ Atlantic Canada's Leading Business Magazine Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:33:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: truth sayer http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/blogs/aboriginal-taxation-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 truth sayer Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:04:23 +0000 http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/?p=1245#comment-1927 Fact is the Norse were the first to inhabit North America as discovered 5 years ago by archeologists on the the east coast. Fact North American Indians are Asians that migrated over the Barren Straits and were stranded when they could not get back. Average Canadian earns over $35000 and an indian $20000?? Whose fault is that?? Yes Canadians earn $35000 but with all the tax levies indians dont pay Canadians are left with less than half that amount!! Indians have self government...with all the woes that Sarah has stated why are you whining to Canadians? Your "self government" has done that to you!! There is a reason you are called first nations....first at whining first at the hospitals you dont pay for first on the roads you dont pay for and first with your hand out when there is a hint of money to be had! Fact is the Norse were the first to inhabit North America as discovered 5 years ago by archeologists on the the east coast. Fact North American Indians are Asians that migrated over the Barren Straits and were stranded when they could not get back. Average Canadian earns over $35000 and an indian $20000?? Whose fault is that?? Yes Canadians earn $35000 but with all the tax levies indians dont pay Canadians are left with less than half that amount!! Indians have self government…with all the woes that Sarah has stated why are you whining to Canadians? Your “self government” has done that to you!! There is a reason you are called first nations….first at whining first at the hospitals you dont pay for first on the roads you dont pay for and first with your hand out when there is a hint of money to be had!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/blogs/aboriginal-taxation-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Sarah Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:30:36 +0000 http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/?p=1245#comment-21 So Canadians aren't freeloaders????? Canadians have to be the biggest freeloaders, we got all of this land at the expense and detriment that Aboriginal people face today - dishonored treaties, poor education and reserves with the poorest land quality and geography compared to tax-paying Canadians. I think you should be happy that you are able to follow the laws of your home country back in Europe, not too much of a stretch for you, I'm sure. For all of you who think tax exemption is a bad thing for Aboriginals, I dare ANY of you to switch your life for one single day with an Aboriginal person living on an reserve here in Canada. After you experience suicides, no access to medical facilities, moldy homes, cramped bedrooms, not able to drink the water from your tap....now 90 out of 633 aboriginal reserves have boiled water alerts in place and have been for years. All the while you poor tax-paying Canadians have had a pretty easy transition from your grandparents boat ride over here 100 years ago.... So Canadians aren’t freeloaders?????
Canadians have to be the biggest freeloaders, we got all of this land at the expense and detriment that Aboriginal people face today – dishonored treaties, poor education and reserves with the poorest land quality and geography compared to tax-paying Canadians. I think you should be happy that you are able to follow the laws of your home country back in Europe, not too much of a stretch for you, I’m sure.

For all of you who think tax exemption is a bad thing for Aboriginals, I dare ANY of you to switch your life for one single day with an Aboriginal person living on an reserve here in Canada. After you experience suicides, no access to medical facilities, moldy homes, cramped bedrooms, not able to drink the water from your tap….now 90 out of 633 aboriginal reserves have boiled water alerts in place and have been for years.

All the while you poor tax-paying Canadians have had a pretty easy transition from your grandparents boat ride over here 100 years ago….

]]> By: So much for equality http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/blogs/aboriginal-taxation-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-16 So much for equality Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:12:08 +0000 http://www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/?p=1245#comment-16 I don't agree with aboriginal people getting special treatment so they dont' have to pay taxes. If they get access to Canadian social programs and services, then they should have to pay for them like the rest of us. I don't think we're doing them any favour with the special treatment anyway. As you've said yourself, the tax exemption has been enshrined in the constitution for a long time, and most of them still have incomes below $30,000. So, obviously, the free tax ride isn't helping them get ahead. That's where we should be focusing our attention, not on exemptions like this which undermine their relationship with taxpaying Canadians who look down on them as "freeloaders". I don’t agree with aboriginal people getting special treatment so they dont’ have to pay taxes. If they get access to Canadian social programs and services, then they should have to pay for them like the rest of us. I don’t think we’re doing them any favour with the special treatment anyway. As you’ve said yourself, the tax exemption has been enshrined in the constitution for a long time, and most of them still have incomes below $30,000. So, obviously, the free tax ride isn’t helping them get ahead. That’s where we should be focusing our attention, not on exemptions like this which undermine their relationship with taxpaying Canadians who look down on them as “freeloaders”.

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