Angry in the Great White North

Winter is coming:

Hopes for a quick end to the ongoing aboriginal standoff in Caledonia, Ont., faded even more Tuesday as Six Nations protesters asked for donations of food and building supplies to help maintain their occupation through the winter.

Janie Jamieson, spokeswoman for the protesters, said they plan to finish the construction of 11 half-built homes if they get the donated building supplies. No one wants to see the houses "rotting away" when they could be used for shelter during the winter, she said.

Actually, I expect a lot of people would like to see exactly that.

People have quit their jobs and dedicated the last six months to the occupation, Jamieson said, and they will continue to do so until the land is returned to Six Nations — even if it means staying there throughout the winter.

This is just plain dumb. The land has been bought by the province and is being held in trust. At this point, I doubt anyone thinks the land isn't going to the Six Nations.

A call for donations has gone out on the website of the Six Nations protesters, asking for non-perishable food, warm clothing, building supplies and money, which can be deposited into a Bank of Montreal account.

Donations of money? Ken Hill is loaded, by all accounts. The Mohawk Warriors make buckets of money from cigarette smuggling, the drug trade, arms dealing, and so forth.

Maybe they've got better things to do with their money.

So I have to wonder. The town of Caledonia, Haldimand County, the individuals and businesses in Caledonia, the OPP, both individual members and the Police Association -- all the people who have suffered so much because of this -- how many of them hold accounts, big and small, in the Bank of Montreal? How many are planning to get loans or mortgages from the Bank of Montreal?

There are other banks, you know.