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- S WORLD, Page 55World NotesCANADATalking Under The Gun
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- Canada's military was also in demand last week, but not in
- the Saudi desert. Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa called for
- federal troops to man barricades at two Mohawk reserves in
- Quebec, where natives and police have been locked in an armed
- standoff for nearly a month. While the soldiers stand ready,
- Prime Minister Brian Mulroney hopes Alan Gold, a Quebec judge
- and experienced mediator, can negotiate an end to the impasse.
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- The Indians initiated the blockade to force the town of Oka
- to drop plans to expand a golf course onto land the Mohawks
- consider sacred property. An aborted police raid last month to
- break the boycott ended in the fatal shooting of an officer.
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- Although angry townsfolk demanded immediate action, the
- army's mandate is simply to keep the peace should Gold consider
- it necessary.
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