Any money for WHITE, BLACK, EAST-INDIAN nurses, The goverment ARE a bunch of RACIST FOOLS.

Now why would our government hand over 40 thousand bucks to attract and retain aboriginal nurses???Does that mean there is no money for white or Philipino nurses?Or perhaps Italian or East indian? Are they not as desireable as aboriginal nurses? And what would be the point of trying to interest natives kids at such a young age? Do you think they might just change their minds by graduation time? Or forget about it? How many do they think they will get out of a grade 7 class?? That is 5 years before they grauate for pete's sake!!!!I swear to god,only the Campbell liberals would be this stupid with our tax dollars.What a waste of money!!And aren't some health boards having trouble meeting budgets and closing operating rooms because there is not enough money around?Somehow it only seems fitting that Shirley Bond should make an anouncement like this.And I bet she isn't even embarrassed!!It really is time these liberal opportunists got a tune up from the voters!!!

OPEN COMMENT TO GOVERNMENT...THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF RACE BASED POLITICS. TIME TO STAND UP FOR EQUQLITY. ONE GOVERNMENT,ONE SET OF RULES FOR EVERYONE. ITS THE ONLY WAY THIS COUNTRY WILL SURVIVE. WHEN WILL YOU , THE SO CALLED POLITICAL LEADERS, HAVE THE GUTS TO STAND UP AND SAY NO.

There just scared of the natives...they might put up a road block or something. and they sure don't have the guts to do anything leagal about that.
As usual the people that pay the taxes are screwed again.....Natives don't even pay income tax...Wow what a life they have...
They always pick Shirley to tell us of the silly things...She just doesn't know any better...and says exactly what she's told to, weather it goes against her grain or not.....Personally I believe every race or creed or what ever has been given enough. Come to Canada and live by Canadian rules or get out...and that includes speaking our language.
Just one more notch on the wall to remind me who not to vote for...Sure hope you all have good memories come exlection time.

Gee whiz! Aboriginal nurses, eh? Who is gonna help the local medicine man blow smoke or throw chicken bones and chant healing stuff, if the government steals all their "nurses". Racism, eh? If this episode doesn't speak volumes, I don't know what does.

While I may not put it exactly like "Longnecks1" and "giterdun",I have to agree with him/her.We the taxpayers get to foot the bill for this kind of usless crap that our liberal government wastes our tax dollars on.But let's be fair here...as long as they keep handing it to them,First Nations people will keep taking it, and we would all do the same.And you can't blame them when someone like Arar gets handed 10-12 million bucks and natives get very little for the way they have been treated in the past.Neither did the Japanese or Chinese or those canadians who have been sent to prison when they were wrongly convicted.It's a joke.The federal government,Campbell, and his band of liars,they all do it for votes.Nothing more, but I would suspect that native people can see through them.And as far as Shirley(the talking puppet)Bond is concerned,she didn't get re-elected last time because anyone liked her...they just didn't like the options!When Campbell has no more use for her,he will dump her too.Campbell and his cronies have got to go and the sooner the better.Wait until you see what the Olympics will do to our tax dollars.We need one set of laws for all canadians without exception...and to hell with political correctness!And knock off the freebee's to buy votes at our expense!We can't afford that anymore!

"Local MLAs Announce Funds To Attract Aboriginal Nurses"

Now there is a good example of why it is difficult to read newspapers.

Are we trying to attract aboriginals who are nurses, or are we trying to attract aboriginals to become nurses?

The opening sentence does not help: " .... programs designed to attract and retain Aboriginal nurses." Still nurses and retention of nurses.

Then we continue to: "....College of New Caledonia to host Aboriginal Nursing Career Fairs." Knowing that career fairs are usually for people interested in selecting and getting a career, this is the first hint that they are not trying to attract nurses, but those who may wish to become nurses.

Then it gets confusng again: "The Buddy Program is an innovative ideat that will match new nurses with more experienced caregivers". Hmm.... so new nurses means those who are nurses, or do they mean those who have made a committment to become nurses and are teaming up so that the "mentor" will try to help wherever he can so that the student has additional support to make it through the system?

Then it speaks about grade seven and maths and sciences .... so back to attracting students to nursing, not attracting nurses.

Finally, if they are attracting aboriginals, is that the same as First Nations? I was wondering whether they meant they are trying to attract aborginals from Australia.

Reading is such a tough skill. Especially when one has to answer skill testing questions afterwards such as:

According to the article above, circle the appropiate Y=yes or N=no after each statement.

1 - the government is trying to recruit Australian Aboriginal nurses. Y N

2 - the government is trying to recruit Australian Aboriginal students to BC nursing schools. Y N

3 - the government is trying to recruit students of First Nations descent to nursing programs in BC. N Y

4 - Does the government know what it is trying to do? Y N

4 - None of the above statements is true. Y N

And, if you get it wrong, you are considered to be among the illiterate unwashed. The writer of the media release continues to be literate since no one is looking at it in that fashion.

Hey, at least we are not trying to take away nurses from the Philipines anymore. We are actually trying to spend some money on educating enough people from here to meet our needs rather than living off the avails of taxpayers in foreign countries and other provinces.

Listening to the news tonight....New Westminister hospitals are packed. Two weeks ago St. Paul's was packed...When I sent an e-mail to Minister of Health about this I got back an answer that they had just alocated 7.3 million to the problem.
Same night on news it's in the billions for olympics....so these parasites can make themselves in a history book. (maybe)
Lives to this government is nothing. They figure that in a few years as the baby boomers die off, mostly becuase they don't get any help...the situation will get better...Wake up people...if your not the very rich, with power....your a peasant. Something like living in Saudi Arabia...the rich...and the poverty....
Some hospitals where your on a waiting list are now saying they are not taking anymore applications....Gotta be rich to get that heart fixed...or..a politican...

I support this initiative. Its $40 thousand and not $40 million. Its have the cost of a no-good public servent and we have lots of those on the government pay.

I read it as we all deserve equal heath care in Canada no matter the race. Unfortunately not many nurses will want to ply their trade in Fort Ware or other like places, mainly populated by Indians, when they have unlimited opportunities elsewhere. I read that we have a shortage of Indian nurses that are willing to work in these issolated locations and what better way to solve the problem than to market to that segment of society for the help needed to meet their local service needs.

I think all the comments above were racist for not seeing the obvious.

Please do not include me with the racist comments. I did see the same obvious thing you saw. However, I have also seen such programs fail. There are other ways to go about it in my opinion.

I have also been to northern places including such places as Old Crow north of the Arctic Circle. The "professionals" are virtually all non native. Many love being in locations like that. I have known some of them. I ahve also known some who just go for the money and come back very quickly because they just don't fit in.

I also know one other obvious thing. A high percentage of posters on here are racists, so it is kind of useless to tackle the issue here. It is a waste of time and does not make for good and interesting "conversation".

You can call me a racists against politicans anytime....Been a very long time since I've seen an honest one..or one that is for all the people....argue that one, and see where it leads you too.
I also believe the native people as well as any other race in Canada should have all the same oportunity to compete for any job they can do and are qualified for... When I was in school...there were little programs to show you differnt types of oportunites in life...We were all included..not a certain race...
This is supposed to be what Canada is about. Fairness to all...doesn't seem to be happing that way.....
Want to settle the tax problem. No such thing as a write off...just pay 10 percent.
No matter how big your company is or how much you make....We would be a very rich country.....

Do you really think that native nurses will go back to their Reserves, after they graduate, not likely, to much Money and Culture in the big Cities. Chadermando, so if people have a different point of view then you!!!!!YOU say they are racist... Thats Bullshit Chadermando

ROTFLMAO, you're one to talk Don... I take the racist thing back except for Don because he used it first. I don't like that word anyways.

Longneck, its hard to argue any of that. I won't even bother. I like your 10% flat-tax-no-such-thing-as-a-write-off idea, but 15% would probably be more realistic, at least until we can get the multinationals to start paying their fair share.

Chadermando...Please explain (ROTFLMAO) If I am to be insulted I have to understand the Insult.....As of now, I just think you cannot spell.... Thank you Chadermando

What an idiot.

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off -

at you. Well not actually, but the acronym works to point out the humour.

Your welcome Don.