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- From: Andrew Lang <lang@igc.apc.org>
- Subject: Lubicon First Nation Alert
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.045404.25569@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- /* Written 9:09 am Nov 5, 1992 by eprobe@web.apc.org in igc:web.alerts */
- /* ---------- "Lubicon First Nation Alert" ---------- */
-
-
- The following was prepared by The Friends of the Lubicon on the
- request of Chief Bernard Ominayak of the Lubicon First Nation.
-
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-
-
- Lubicon Lake Indian Nation representatives have been meeting with
- federal government representatives sporadically over the last few
- months. While these meetings were in theory proposed by Indian
- Affairs Minister Tom Siddon to find some grounds for beginning
- negotiations on a land rights settlement, they have been going
- nowhere.
-
- Frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations, Albertans
- created an independent Lubicon Settlement Commission which began
- hearings June 1, 1992 in Edmonton. The Commission is made up of
- members from churches, the business and academic communities,
- organized labour, aboriginal people, and environment groups.
-
- So far, Lubicon representatives and lawyers have testified before
- the Commission. But both the federal and provincial governments
- are refusing to send representatives. Indian Affairs Minister Tom
- Siddon says he can't appear before the Commission because he
- promised Lubicon Chief Bernard Ominayak that he wouldn't talk
- publicly about negotiations. Ominayak has replied publicly that
- no such agreement exists and that Siddon is free to appear at the
- Commission.
-
-
- ACTION: WE NEED YOUR HELP!
-
- Write Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and demand that Indian
- Affairs Minister Tom Siddon be sent to testify at the Commission
- (Prime Minister Mulroney, Langevin Block, 80 Wellington Street
- 2nd floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A2, Canada). If possible, please
- send a copy of your letter to Friends of the Lubicon, 485 Ridelle
- Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6B 1K6, Canada.
-
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-
-
- Alternatively, please download a copy of your letter to me at
- web:eprobe and I'll forward it.
-
- Thanks!
-
- Margaret Barber
- Probe International
- web:eprobe
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-