For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 17, 2004

Transcript:

John: Honey, I don't want to interfere, but you're heading off to an isolated village to teah... and you still don't have a contract! Elizabeth: The Mtigwaki education committee assures me that a contract exists - it just has to be signed. John: Why don't they fax you a copy then, we can be sure you have a job! Elizabeth: Things don't work that way in first nations, Pop. Sometimes a verbal agreement and a hand shake are all that's necessary. John: I prefer paper. Elizabeth: I know. White guys like an agreement to be in writing. Somehow, it's a bit less "binding".