The expert points of views being solicited from Ontario are from David Newhouse (Trent University).

A few guests are having their expenses paid up front. If additional funds are forthcoming, as funding is very limited, they will be redistributed among the other participants (including McHale and Vandermaas).

RP seems to think that this post is complete hogwash (he used another, less polite word) because it “yet again attempts to portray native culture without systems of justice and means to enforce justice for all the people…”. Paul then suggests that the idea that tribal cultures lack systems of justice is consistent with the arguments being made by white supremacists.

RP should really do his research on this matter. It is widely understood, even by advocacy documents, that aboriginal culture is kinship-based, and therefore loyalty to one’s kin is the overriding principle in aboriginal “justice systems”. This means that those who are not closely related to the family in power, do not receive the same benefits or protection as those who are. This contravenes the principle of equality under the law, which is so important in modern societies.

RP’s attempts to libel me as a white supremacist also shows that he does not know what he is talking about. In Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, Albert Howard and I have gone to great lengths to show how our views rely on an understanding of cultural development (learned behaviour), not racial characteristics. It is actually the arguments of the Aboriginal Industry that are racist because they assume that aboriginal people are genetically “superior” to all others.