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Both controversial and
thought-provoking, Thomas Flanagan's First Nations? Second Thoughts
dissects the prevailing orthodoxy that determines public policy towards
Canada's aboriginal peoples. Flanagan demonstrates that the policy this
orthodoxy produces enriches a small elite of activists, politicians,
administrators, and well-connected entrepreneurs, while bringing further misery
to the very people it is supposed to help. "Flanagan's arguments are, without question, the most thoughtful and comprehensive of the critiques of aboriginal policy that have been offered so far... His views are controversial and, whether or not you agree with him, there is a clear need for his ideas to be publicly available and debated." ALAN CAIRNS, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia TOM FLANAGAN is professor of political science at the University of Calgary writes a monthly column in the Globe and Mail, and has published two books on Louis Riel. |
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