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Originally Posted by Loco101
I've heard the drugs and alcohol argument for the far North reserves that aren't accessible by a permanent road. I've even heard some in Moosonee (yes it's a town but 85% Indigenous) talk about it even though the train has gone there for 80 years. But I'd say the vast majority of people in any of those places want to have a road built.
Now widening a highway through a reserve is a totally different issue. First Nations know that they can negotiate so they do it. They sometimes play hardball and aren't in a hurry because they know that it will likely mean they will get more.
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Sometimes, if the government feels that they’re asking for too much, though, it just decides to bypass the FN’s too, forcing a deal. An example is AB government twinning their HWY 43. (It’s a hearsay for me though.)
What that means for twinning 17
in case of a stalled negotiation, then, is this:
In Blind River, we demolish and relocate every single property north of Causeley Street to make way for another 2 lanes, shoulders and interchanges.
(I “left out” SSM because I have talked about it in earlier posts.)
In Serpent River, we realign the freeway to the north of the FN, from west of it to Webwood.
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