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It's an amazing trek those young people have done; I adnire their courage and determination. I only which the powers that be in Ottawa were worthy of the respect the walk embodies.

redhead - I read your earlier post - much of it I agreed with.   I see Harper is scheduled to be in Toronto on Monday, welcoming the Chinese Pandas as they deplane ... politics & priorities ... what is there to say?  Sad, the depths to which we have sunk.

mike - they are truly amazing young people!  I share your wish about those 'on the hill' in Ottawa.   I think there will be some who respond .... we shall see.

So anybody out there from Ottawa & environs?  Are churches getting involved?

I cannot imagine anyone having the physicaal strength, let alone courage and conviction to wwalk that distance, or even a tenth of it, along wilderness trails, in the deadd of winter.   I think of the freezing coldd, the blizzards, the Arctic wind blowing down across Hudson and James Bays, the darkness that far north in the winter months - some of it north of the treeline.  I'm impressed.

the pandas being welcomed is a so ironic

Just dropping in for a moment ... but I'm hearing on the radio that the minister of Aboriginal Affairs will meet with the group - so that's at least a start.  Must watch the news later tonight - there was apparently a good welcome in Ottawa. 

they did seem to get a good welcome, pretty good media coverage and lots o flocal support

is a real shame that today locally news was also about an ugly brawl at a hockey arena in Tweed which involved a group of FN parents, some of the comments posted on youtube under the video are simply shocking