http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocanada/101015/canada/canada_s_most_violent_cities

An interesting study about how various factors affect the crime rate in certain regions.

At the root of all this crime is "alcohol, alcohol, alcohol," says Chief Supt. Steve McVarnock, head of the Nunavut RCMP.

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets sacked soon for disrupting a major business which has been steadily promoted in movies / sitcoms and in Indian movies too.

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Originally posted by meghal

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocanada/101015/canada/canada_s_most_violent_cities

An interesting study about how various factors affect the crime rate in certain regions.

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The cowards never started,
The weak died on the way,
Only the strong arrived.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yK1i9cLAMM

He is actually 100% right.
Alcoholism is the #1 cause of crime and degeneration in the northern provinces/territories.
The govt. has failed to create any type of development in those areas, esp. among indigenous people.
Simply giving equilisation payments to those territories does not cause development.

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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."

-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"

The most important reason is given in the article which I reproduce.

"What's driving people to drink is a toxic mix of historical suffering and modern-day insufficiencies. The legacy of residential schools continues to haunt those individuals who endured the physical, psychological and sexual abuse first-hand. In many cases that trauma has been passed on to their children, who didn't receive the necessary emotional and practical support. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder plagues many young people, and can cause behavioural problems. As traditional ways of life such as hunting, fishing and carving have faded, a sense of what Harte calls "cultural dislocation" has beset many in the North. With so few employment opportunities-in Nunavut there are only five communities where getting a job is a viable option, says McVarnock-youth have an easy excuse for dropping out of high school; and they do, at a rate of 75 per cent, notes Clark. Add to this limited recreational activities and you get many idle hands-and a recipe for trouble."

This is the legacy of which Canada and the Church should be ashamed.

Apart from this, my understanding is that the Govt. funds that are given to support the natives have made them lazy. Further, if a native ventures to settle in the big city, his support is stopped as he does not reside in designated reservation area. Such a system makes them live on the reservation and with that comes all the vices.