The country’s 851,560 First Nations people who live in 633 communities, or in cities and towns in 12 provinces and territories, seem unable to come to a consensus on pipeline developments, multiple news outlets are reporting.
“It’s become painfully obvious that there are deep divisions among First Nations and they can’t seem to come to any sort of unanimous agreement,” said Bruce Baise, editor of the Globe and Mail.
“It’s really, really quite remarkable—practically unheard of.”
The number doesn’t include tens of thousands of Métis and Inuit Peoples.
Editorials in some dailies on Thursday called on First Nations to be more like their Canadian counterparts, who regularly scream at each other in the House of Commons or belong to the six major political parties in Parliament, representing 36-million people in 5,162 cities, municipalities, districts, towns, townships, villages, hamlets spread across 12 provinces and territories who all speak with one voice.
