Native Canadians could block development, chief warns
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Native Canadians are so angry that they could resort to blocking resource development and bring the economy "to its knees" unless the Conservative government addresses their grievances, an influential chief said on Thursday. Native Canadian chiefs are due to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday to discuss the poor living conditions facing many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals. "We have had enough. Our young people have had enough. Our women have had enough … . We have nothing left to lose," said Grand Chief Derek Nepinak from the province of Manitoba. …