Letter: 'Do right by us'

Dear Editor:

In this election campaign, it seems that everything else matters but not one of the local candidates have raised an Aboriginal issue that they would tackle in our favor that I have heard about.

However, in the past we have served as the straw man that was stood up to be beaten back down just so some candidate would get elected; nor has the electorate in the Kamloops riding stood up and questioned why the candidates have not put on their agenda Aboriginal issues. After all, are we not the first of the three solitudes of Canada?

I remind the candidates that it is not enough to demand loyalty from the citizenry, but they too must be loyal to all their citizenry especially those who are weak, impoverished and oppressed. Finally, to the electorate, our fight is not with you who have taken up citizenry in good faith; our fight is with your government, but you have a sacred duty to see that your government does right by us.

Dr. Ronald E. Ignace