Canadian leader collides with Natives' natural resources claims

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1. And here's the reality of the situation from the same article

"I'm pro-development," he says.

Cliffs would use the road to transport ore from a mine 340 kilometers (211 miles) to the north to a railhead in Aroland. As many as 100 ore-laden trucks a day would pass through the community.

"I want those jobs for my people," Gagnon says. "I want them to be making $400 a day."

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Projects like this and Northern Gateway will go ahead because the natives want the same thing as every other Canadian...a decent living. The companies will dump money into the reserves and the natives will take it because they will think it's in their best interests. I've seen it too many times that they claim to be stewards of the land until they are cut in on a portion of the resource exploitation. Then it's full steam ahead for environmental destruction.