http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/frustration-over-omnibus-bill-c-45-leads-nationwide-185350221.html
A massive omnibus bill that appears set to railroad through scores of changes has set a fire under Canada's First Nations communities who say they have been ignored and are now under attack by the Conservative government.
Among the amendments are changes to the Fisheries Act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the Indian Act, which will make it easier to redesignate native reserve lands and strip environmental protection from thousands of lakes and rivers.
"What we saw on Parliament Hill was a true reflection of what the outright disregard the Harper Government has towards First Nation people," organizer Nina Wilson says on the website for Idle No More, the group that organized nationwide protests on Monday.
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