or so it seems. All my bragging and pot shots at the Avalon on the weather has us socked in in fog this morning. Must have attracted the ire of the Danny Williams Government or the weather spirits, some say they are one and the same, whatever.
The fog seems to have knocked out the weather station too; most of the readings are not available early.
There is some good news out of Natuashish, depending on your point of view, this morning [no link up on CBC site yet].
Seems the two month ban on alcohol is having a positive effect with crime rates down and open drinking non existent.
Some say the authoritarian approach is the only way for them to break the cycle of addictions, others say that their rights and freedoms are being violated and it is there right to choose.
It’s a shame it had to regress to the point where people rights are violated, but then something had to be done, I am sure the Innu will work it out eventually, maybe less outside influence/interference will speed up that process.
On the NG election front; the 6th fast approaches, advance polls are under way.
One thing that may have escaped some, though it has been on the airwaves, is the fact that an absolute majority of all votes cast is needed to declare a winner. In the event that there is no candidate with an absolute majority then a run off vote has to take place between first and second in the vote count.
I hear that this round of voting will cost around 60 to 70 grand. In the event of a run off NO BUDGETTING has been allocated. Another oversight from those high priced consultants? Or something else?
As mentioned earlier, no weather station readings are up. I just tried to call out long distance, problems with the lines or the fog is disrupting the micro wave signal, could not get through, got through and the line dropped, bad ol DWG.
Streaming audio is also being disrupted.
The K to 3 Inuktitut Immersion program at JHMS seems to be working well, I have it on good authority that the children are doing really well with their speaking skills. I hope that the powers that be will see there way clear to expand the program, need continuity in these things.
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You know, Brian, prohibition never works. All it does is create an underground movement for people addicted to stuff; in this case booze. Some clever and seedy fellow will exploit this situation to his/her profit and the detriment of the people in his community. Prohibition doesn't work with drugs and it likely won't work with booze. This is just an observation. What would likely work better for the Innu is the setting of a community booze quota. A single person/household can only order in x amount of booze of type a, b, or c. The community can only get this much booze delivered per flight. The Inuit use a similar program in several of the communities over here and it helps to mitigate the abuse of alcohol, in my opinion, and limits the power of people who would exploit the situation. I wonder is booze centrally controled by some governing body in Newfoundland and Labrador, like it is in Ontario, or is it widely distributed, like Quebec and Alberta?
I don't know what rights/freedoms were violated by banning booze in within the Reserve? I do know countless other rights of individuals, groups and children have been violated to the extreme ever since alcohol consumption went to the extreme.
The only people making the most noise are the bootleggers or their friends.
And they will try to bring in alcohol if there is no booze, a quota, or a full fledged beer or liquor outlet.
This ban is the best thing that has happened for Mushuau Innu in a long while.
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