The Belleville Intelligencer
Officials for the Ministry of Transportation report they have no estimates on the cost to fix damage done to Highway 401 during the recent national aboriginal day of action.But a local expert said repairing road damages can cost thousands.
The June 29 protest, which saw police close a portion of the major highway from Belleville to Deseronto, caused minor damage to the road, most of which has been fixed, said spokeswoman Emna Dhahak.
Sections of a fence were knocked down or removed from three quadrants of an interchange, and two southbound guard rail posts were burned or damaged, she said.
There was a small area of burned asphalt on the paved shoulder and ash debris that was full of nails, she said.
There was also one crushed culvert end and two symbols painted on the structure piers, driving surface and barrier wall, she said.
The day of protest is not the only cause of local spray paint related to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.“No OPP” can be found along Highway 49.
(EDIT: And who will be held responsible and have to pay for the damage to our Nations largest highway? The Terrorists who did this, or the taxpayers? Gee I wonder)
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Natives win more through negotiations
Blocking railway tracks gets aboriginal protesters noticed. Talking quietly at a table gets aboriginal negotiators results. You decide which strategy makes the most sense today.
The latest victory for one of Canada’s First Nations came Monday when leaders of northern Quebec’s 16,500 Cree announced a $1।4 billion deal with Ottawa that will eventually give this aboriginal community a form of self-government. The deal was a long time coming — 32 years to be exact. But the important thing now is that it came. As for the Cree, they deserve praise for patience, perseverance and relying on negotiations instead of resorting to illegal protests or even violence, as have some native groups.
At the end of June, Mohawk protesters were responsible for closing a main rail line and Highway 401 in eastern Ontario।
Their confrontational tactics — which included the threat that they were armed with rifles and would use them in self-defence — got international attention. However, aside from landing a native leader in jail and creating a lot of ill-will in the general public, the confrontations gained the natives nothing. (EDIT: Nothing? Race based immunity to any crime they wish to commit is far from nothing)
Likewise, the occupation of a subdivision in Caledonia has not delivered to a group of Six Nations protesters the land that they wanted, even though it has dragged on for nearly 1 1/2 years and been marred by physical assaults, vandalism and a tension between the local aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities that has not abated।
The latest victory for one of Canada’s First Nations came Monday when leaders of northern Quebec’s 16,500 Cree announced a $1।4 billion deal with Ottawa that will eventually give this aboriginal community a form of self-government. The deal was a long time coming — 32 years to be exact. But the important thing now is that it came. As for the Cree, they deserve praise for patience, perseverance and relying on negotiations instead of resorting to illegal protests or even violence, as have some native groups.
At the end of June, Mohawk protesters were responsible for closing a main rail line and Highway 401 in eastern Ontario।
Their confrontational tactics — which included the threat that they were armed with rifles and would use them in self-defence — got international attention. However, aside from landing a native leader in jail and creating a lot of ill-will in the general public, the confrontations gained the natives nothing. (EDIT: Nothing? Race based immunity to any crime they wish to commit is far from nothing)
Likewise, the occupation of a subdivision in Caledonia has not delivered to a group of Six Nations protesters the land that they wanted, even though it has dragged on for nearly 1 1/2 years and been marred by physical assaults, vandalism and a tension between the local aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities that has not abated।
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Ottawa commits $1.4 billion to implement 30-year-old treaty with Quebec Cree
MONTREAL (CP) - Decades of stop-and-start negotiations between Ottawa and the Quebec Cree ended Monday with the unveiling of a $1.4-billion agreement to launch the northern First Nation toward self-government.
The deal reaches back to settle billions of dollars in lawsuits and puts into action a 1975 treaty between the two sides that stalled shortly after it was signed. The agreement running through 2027 will give the Cree control over millions of dollars to improve local services ranging from sewers and roads to economic development projects and policing. Much of the work is expected to start in the next five to 10 years.
Longtime Cree leader and former grand chief Billy Diamond, who signed the original 1975 treaty with then-Indian affairs minister Jean Chretien, lauded the deal to finally put those words into action.
“It beats blocking roads and railroads,” Diamond said shortly after the announcement.
“You don’t have to block railroads. You stay at the negotiating table. This is the only way you can deal with government right now.”
(EDIT: Now that they’ve seen what you’re willing to do if they don’t make a deal, negotiation works)
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The deal reaches back to settle billions of dollars in lawsuits and puts into action a 1975 treaty between the two sides that stalled shortly after it was signed. The agreement running through 2027 will give the Cree control over millions of dollars to improve local services ranging from sewers and roads to economic development projects and policing. Much of the work is expected to start in the next five to 10 years.
Longtime Cree leader and former grand chief Billy Diamond, who signed the original 1975 treaty with then-Indian affairs minister Jean Chretien, lauded the deal to finally put those words into action.
“It beats blocking roads and railroads,” Diamond said shortly after the announcement.
“You don’t have to block railroads. You stay at the negotiating table. This is the only way you can deal with government right now.”
(EDIT: Now that they’ve seen what you’re willing to do if they don’t make a deal, negotiation works)
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Lytton band rallies against ferry service cut
LYTTON. B.C. — The Lytton First Nation has decided not to block the Trans-Canada Highway for a second time Friday and will hold a community rally instead.
The band closed the highway for two hours Wednesday to voice complaints about reduced ferry service across the Fraser River because of a labour dispute.
A second blockade was being considered but Health Minister George Abbott will be visiting the village Friday to break ground on a new hospital and band members hope to draw his attention to the issue by staging a rally.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs issued an “urgent” appeal for support for the Lytton First Nation.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said the call to action includes simultaneous rallies, demonstrations and road closures. (Edit: which as we have established many times in the past constitutes Terrorism)
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The band closed the highway for two hours Wednesday to voice complaints about reduced ferry service across the Fraser River because of a labour dispute.
A second blockade was being considered but Health Minister George Abbott will be visiting the village Friday to break ground on a new hospital and band members hope to draw his attention to the issue by staging a rally.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs issued an “urgent” appeal for support for the Lytton First Nation.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said the call to action includes simultaneous rallies, demonstrations and road closures. (Edit: which as we have established many times in the past constitutes Terrorism)
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Uranium protesters win support; Algonquins blockade mine site with a little help from their friends
The smell of campfire and fresh coffee hangs low in the afternoon heat here at this abandoned tremolite mine where about a dozen Algonquins have been hunkered down in protest for the last two weeks.A small child rides his bicycle in the gravel, the sound of crunching rocks fading as he weaves between trailers and outhouses, while the grownups chat in the shade underneath a dark tent. A towering grey structure, used during the mine’s operational days, now bears the Algonquin’s red flag, as does the wire-mesh gate guarding the site. The words “No Surrender” hang over the gate on a wooden panel in neon-orange spray paint.
This land has been claimed. (Edit: OCCUPIED)
“We aren’t going anywhere,” says Doreen Davis, the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations chief. “As Algonquins, we have a duty to protect the land. We have no choice.”
What the protesters want from Queen’s Park is a declared moratorium on mining. Asked how long they’d be willing to wait, Davis immediately says “forever.”
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This land has been claimed. (Edit: OCCUPIED)
“We aren’t going anywhere,” says Doreen Davis, the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations chief. “As Algonquins, we have a duty to protect the land. We have no choice.”
What the protesters want from Queen’s Park is a declared moratorium on mining. Asked how long they’d be willing to wait, Davis immediately says “forever.”
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Six Nations waits on $125M offer; Confederacy negotiators wait for answers on Moulton land transfer documents
Six Nations Confederacy negotiators are waiting for answers before they respond to a $125 million offer from the federal government on four unresolved land claims.Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton said Six Nations asked federal negotiators for details on the 200-year old Moulton Township land transfer and on whose authority it was completed.
Proof of Canada’s level of priority for land issues in Haldimand County, the $125 million offer is an action that has never been taken before, said Haldimand Brant MP Diane Finley. “Now we are waiting for a response from Six Nations,” she added.“We hope the hereditary chiefs will look seriously at the offer or at least have a give and take and have something resolved,” said Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer.
She noted that the offer was contingent upon ending the occupation of Caledonia’s Douglas Creek Estates. She hoped that requirement applied to all sites in the county.
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Proof of Canada’s level of priority for land issues in Haldimand County, the $125 million offer is an action that has never been taken before, said Haldimand Brant MP Diane Finley. “Now we are waiting for a response from Six Nations,” she added.“We hope the hereditary chiefs will look seriously at the offer or at least have a give and take and have something resolved,” said Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer.
She noted that the offer was contingent upon ending the occupation of Caledonia’s Douglas Creek Estates. She hoped that requirement applied to all sites in the county.
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B.C. First Nation plans picket on Trans-Canada Highway
LYTTON, B.C. (CP) - Travellers on the Trans-Canada Highway near Lytton might be facing some delays Tuesday as members of the Lytton First Nation mount an information picket.
The band is upset by the shutdown since late April of the Lytton ferry service because of a strike by highway-maintenance workers. The ferry across the Fraser River is the only link between the Lytton reserve and the town.
With the shutdown, they’re now forced to make a four-hour detour on logging road or illegally walk across an elevated railway bridge.
The band wants the government to declare the ferry an essential service.
The band says in a release it was never properly consulted to reflect the appropriate essential-service level for the ferry.
Last month, aboriginals blocked the Trans-Canada Highway and adjacent railway line east of Toronto as part of a national day of action.
Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
The band is upset by the shutdown since late April of the Lytton ferry service because of a strike by highway-maintenance workers. The ferry across the Fraser River is the only link between the Lytton reserve and the town.
With the shutdown, they’re now forced to make a four-hour detour on logging road or illegally walk across an elevated railway bridge.
The band wants the government to declare the ferry an essential service.
The band says in a release it was never properly consulted to reflect the appropriate essential-service level for the ferry.
Last month, aboriginals blocked the Trans-Canada Highway and adjacent railway line east of Toronto as part of a national day of action.
Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
Diane Finley: Haldimand a Priority
Simcoe, ON – Minister Diane Finley, M.P. Haldimand-Norfolk and Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Canada issued the following statement in response to the July 8th Press Conference held by Mayor Trainer and council of Haldimand County.
“I have heard the frustration from the town of Caledonia . As MP for the people of Haldimand - Norfolk I will certainly continue to meet with the county, as I’ve done in the past, to hear their concerns and present them in Ottawa.
The federal government has tabled an offer to Six Nations, worth $125 million and I continue to work with my cabinet colleagues including Minister Prentice, Minister for Indian and Northern Affairs to find a solution that works for all sides including the people of Caledonia .
Canada’s New Government is taking action to address specific claims like those in Caledonia by introducing a comprehensive package of reforms that proposes to revolutionize the claims resolution process in four ways:
o The creation of a fully independent Claims Tribunal through which impartial judges will resolve those claims where negotiations have met with failure;
o Setting aside 250 million dollars on an annual basis for the next ten years to be used to settle these claims and ensure financial accountability;
o Transform the Indian Specific Claims Commission into a neutral dispute resolution body relieved of its role as the government’s arbiter of claims, the Commission will be able to focus its efforts solely on mediation; and
o Develop practical measures to clear the backlog of relatively small claims and to increase the flexibility in handling of larger claims.
As MP for Haldimand Norfolk I am committed to helping find a safe and reasonable solution for Haldimand County , as soon as possible”.
For further information, media may contact:Tim VailPress SecretaryOffice of the Hon. Diane Finley, P.C, M.P.613-954-1064
Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
“I have heard the frustration from the town of Caledonia . As MP for the people of Haldimand - Norfolk I will certainly continue to meet with the county, as I’ve done in the past, to hear their concerns and present them in Ottawa.
The federal government has tabled an offer to Six Nations, worth $125 million and I continue to work with my cabinet colleagues including Minister Prentice, Minister for Indian and Northern Affairs to find a solution that works for all sides including the people of Caledonia .
Canada’s New Government is taking action to address specific claims like those in Caledonia by introducing a comprehensive package of reforms that proposes to revolutionize the claims resolution process in four ways:
o The creation of a fully independent Claims Tribunal through which impartial judges will resolve those claims where negotiations have met with failure;
o Setting aside 250 million dollars on an annual basis for the next ten years to be used to settle these claims and ensure financial accountability;
o Transform the Indian Specific Claims Commission into a neutral dispute resolution body relieved of its role as the government’s arbiter of claims, the Commission will be able to focus its efforts solely on mediation; and
o Develop practical measures to clear the backlog of relatively small claims and to increase the flexibility in handling of larger claims.
As MP for Haldimand Norfolk I am committed to helping find a safe and reasonable solution for Haldimand County , as soon as possible”.
For further information, media may contact:Tim VailPress SecretaryOffice of the Hon. Diane Finley, P.C, M.P.613-954-1064
Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
Diane Finley: Promise Made Promise Broken
One advantage of having a web site with over 5000 stories posted is that you can point out when Politicians are lying.
Below is a copy of Diane Finley’s web site from last year. On her web site she made a promise to the People of Haldimand County which you will not find any where on her new web site. She promised the following:
“From here on in, I will be sending out updates such as this every week until this situation’s resolved, so that you can be kept as informed as possible. As you deserve to be.”
Of course Mrs. Finley only sent out one additional weekly update in the past year - Promise Made Promise Broken. We would fully agree with Mrs. Finley that the people ‘deserve’ to have their representative communicate with them.
Read the full story and see the evidence for youself here
Below is a copy of Diane Finley’s web site from last year. On her web site she made a promise to the People of Haldimand County which you will not find any where on her new web site. She promised the following:
“From here on in, I will be sending out updates such as this every week until this situation’s resolved, so that you can be kept as informed as possible. As you deserve to be.”
Of course Mrs. Finley only sent out one additional weekly update in the past year - Promise Made Promise Broken. We would fully agree with Mrs. Finley that the people ‘deserve’ to have their representative communicate with them.
Read the full story and see the evidence for youself here
Finley: No direct role in Caledonia
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley will continue her efforts to help reach a settlement in the protracted Caledonia land dispute.
But she isn’t about to abandon her Ottawa post to become a full-time “federal government person on the ground” in Caledonia, as members of Haldimand County council suggested yesterday.
In a telephone interview yesterday, Finley said she’s been working closely with Haldimand Mayor Marie Trainer and the council since the beginning and will continue to represent their views in Ottawa.
“I’m hoping to do all I can, if anybody has other ideas, I’d like to hear them,” she said. (Edit: I do I do! Stop negotiating with terrorists and enforce the law)
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But she isn’t about to abandon her Ottawa post to become a full-time “federal government person on the ground” in Caledonia, as members of Haldimand County council suggested yesterday.
In a telephone interview yesterday, Finley said she’s been working closely with Haldimand Mayor Marie Trainer and the council since the beginning and will continue to represent their views in Ottawa.
“I’m hoping to do all I can, if anybody has other ideas, I’d like to hear them,” she said. (Edit: I do I do! Stop negotiating with terrorists and enforce the law)
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Haldimand demands Ottawa act quickly on aboriginal land claims
Elected officials in this southern Ontario community say they’ll march on Parliament Hill with local residents if Ottawa doesn’t act soon to end numerous aboriginal land disputes in Haldimand County.
“We’re the victim,” Mayor Marie Trainer said yesterday during a news conference where she called for the federal government to adopt “an accelerated process” for resolving land claims in her county.
“We’re the pilot project for natives to see what they can get in occupations across the country.”
With five of six councillors standing in a semicircle behind her, Trainer called for a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and suggested he appoint local MP and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley as “minister responsible for Haldimand County, to ensure that claim settlements are given the highest priority.”
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“We’re the victim,” Mayor Marie Trainer said yesterday during a news conference where she called for the federal government to adopt “an accelerated process” for resolving land claims in her county.
“We’re the pilot project for natives to see what they can get in occupations across the country.”
With five of six councillors standing in a semicircle behind her, Trainer called for a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and suggested he appoint local MP and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley as “minister responsible for Haldimand County, to ensure that claim settlements are given the highest priority.”
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Haldimand ignores elephants running amok in Caledonia
Today, Haldimand County Council issued a toughly worded news release calling on the federal government to accelerate the pace of land claims negotiations in Haldimand.
The only problem is that council got tough with the wrong party while advocating the wrong solution on behalf of the wrong people. While they did refer, in passing, to the OPP’s refusal/inability to to enforce the law, Council forgot to mention that it is Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government that ratified the theft of the Douglas Creek Estates by buying it under circumstances that any reasonable person would call extortion.
Council also failed to mention that the federal government has repeatedly said that the Douglas Creek Estates ‘claim’ is invalid, and that McGuinty’s Solicitor General has dismissed all complaints against Commissioner Fantino without even investigating them.
Read the full story here Much more at www.VoiceofCanada.ca
The only problem is that council got tough with the wrong party while advocating the wrong solution on behalf of the wrong people. While they did refer, in passing, to the OPP’s refusal/inability to to enforce the law, Council forgot to mention that it is Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government that ratified the theft of the Douglas Creek Estates by buying it under circumstances that any reasonable person would call extortion.
Council also failed to mention that the federal government has repeatedly said that the Douglas Creek Estates ‘claim’ is invalid, and that McGuinty’s Solicitor General has dismissed all complaints against Commissioner Fantino without even investigating them.
Read the full story here Much more at www.VoiceofCanada.ca
OPP works toward the greater good: Fantino
The inconvenience caused by the recent Aboriginal Day of Action spurred many to criticize the OPP for not charging in with guns blazing, Commissioner Julian Fantino said in Cobourg last week. But the law includes an element of discretion, he added in an address to the Cobourg Rotary Club, and they felt a call to serve the greater good of all.
“At the end of the day, we didn’t have a repeat of what happened at Caledonia, we didn’t have a repeat of what happened at Oka, and we didn’t spill a drop of blood,” Commissioner Fantino stated.
The commissioner has also been criticized for speaking out bluntly but, as he pointed out, this is every Canadian citizen’s right - and he didn’t surrender that right in 1969 when he entered the field. He fails to mention how he tried to force Hamilton Police officer Dave Hartless to surrender his right to freedom of speech for being a resident of Caledonia.
“I am driven by the sense of doing what’s right because it is the right thing to do, and I really don’t care about the popularity contest,” he said. “If it’s the truth, and it needs to be said, I intend to continue doing that.”
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“At the end of the day, we didn’t have a repeat of what happened at Caledonia, we didn’t have a repeat of what happened at Oka, and we didn’t spill a drop of blood,” Commissioner Fantino stated.
The commissioner has also been criticized for speaking out bluntly but, as he pointed out, this is every Canadian citizen’s right - and he didn’t surrender that right in 1969 when he entered the field. He fails to mention how he tried to force Hamilton Police officer Dave Hartless to surrender his right to freedom of speech for being a resident of Caledonia.
“I am driven by the sense of doing what’s right because it is the right thing to do, and I really don’t care about the popularity contest,” he said. “If it’s the truth, and it needs to be said, I intend to continue doing that.”
Read the full story here
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Native protester Brant denied bail after blockade
NAPANEE, Ont. — A militant activist who led aboriginal protests that snarled traffic on Canada’s busiest highway and blocked a major rail line was denied bail Thursday after turning himself in to Ontario Provincial Police.
While he sympathized with Shawn Brant’s desire to improve conditions on native reserves and resolve long-standing land-claim disputes, Justice D.K. Kirkland of the Ontario Court of Justice said it would be “dangerous” to allow his release.
“You had no intention of ever complying (with the May 3 bail conditions), did you?” prosecutor Robert Morrison asked the handcuffed and shackled Brant.
“Actually, no,” Brant replied.
Morrison also confronted Brant with his statement to The Canadian Press last week before the militant group set up the blockades for the day of action, suggesting that there would be “longer” and “harder” actions to come in the future.
“Sir, I’d not only say it then, I’d say it now,” Brant said.
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While he sympathized with Shawn Brant’s desire to improve conditions on native reserves and resolve long-standing land-claim disputes, Justice D.K. Kirkland of the Ontario Court of Justice said it would be “dangerous” to allow his release.
“You had no intention of ever complying (with the May 3 bail conditions), did you?” prosecutor Robert Morrison asked the handcuffed and shackled Brant.
“Actually, no,” Brant replied.
Morrison also confronted Brant with his statement to The Canadian Press last week before the militant group set up the blockades for the day of action, suggesting that there would be “longer” and “harder” actions to come in the future.
“Sir, I’d not only say it then, I’d say it now,” Brant said.
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Mohawk militant faces second lawsuit
Canadian National is slapping another lawsuit on Mohawk protester (terrorist) Shawn Brant for blocking its main Toronto-to-Montreal rail line.
Brant is being sued again — making two active civil suits from the corporation — in relation to parking an old school bus across its rail line during the June 29 national aboriginal day of action, CN spokesman Mark Hallman confirmed the suit today.
CN is suing for financial damages incurred when rail traffic was cancelled June 29, Hallman said. The amount has not been specified, although CN has said that $103 million worth of freight is carried on the line during an average 24-hour period.
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Brant is being sued again — making two active civil suits from the corporation — in relation to parking an old school bus across its rail line during the June 29 national aboriginal day of action, CN spokesman Mark Hallman confirmed the suit today.
CN is suing for financial damages incurred when rail traffic was cancelled June 29, Hallman said. The amount has not been specified, although CN has said that $103 million worth of freight is carried on the line during an average 24-hour period.
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We aren’t all free
To gain some credibility back, Canada needs to either 1, start upholding the laws of the country or 2, start solving native issues with real, constructive solutions. Preferably both.
Take effect for what you will, but when all was said and done last weekend, two things were evident.
First, natives want Canadians to realize their plight and the only way they feel they can do it is by restricting freedoms. They want Canadians to react to their needs such as poverty, poor drinking water and land claims. And help them. But many aboriginals don’t want to abide by Canadian laws.
By the same token, most Canadians want to be free, wherever they go within our great nation. They don’t want to be blocked in, threatened, tormented, or taken advantage of for things they didn’t do, and have no power to help make better.
Read the full story here
Take effect for what you will, but when all was said and done last weekend, two things were evident.
First, natives want Canadians to realize their plight and the only way they feel they can do it is by restricting freedoms. They want Canadians to react to their needs such as poverty, poor drinking water and land claims. And help them. But many aboriginals don’t want to abide by Canadian laws.
By the same token, most Canadians want to be free, wherever they go within our great nation. They don’t want to be blocked in, threatened, tormented, or taken advantage of for things they didn’t do, and have no power to help make better.
Read the full story here
Mohawk flag put atop Church of Our Lady
Someone climbed scaffolding at the Church of Our Lady early Monday and left a Mohawk flag atop the north tower.
A compressor at the site was also damaged by turning it on and letting it run dry.
Exterior restoration work is taking place at the church. The flag was removed early yesterday by a construction worker, but the incident puzzled the church’s pastor. “I think they did it because it’s the highest point in the city,” said Father Dennis Noon.
A blue letter ‘A’ with a circle around it, usually a symbol of anarchy, was found spray-painted on the sidewalk outside both the church and Guelph MP Brenda Chamberlain’s constituency office. Chamberlain’s office was also vandalized during the Canada Day weekend.
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A compressor at the site was also damaged by turning it on and letting it run dry.
Exterior restoration work is taking place at the church. The flag was removed early yesterday by a construction worker, but the incident puzzled the church’s pastor. “I think they did it because it’s the highest point in the city,” said Father Dennis Noon.
A blue letter ‘A’ with a circle around it, usually a symbol of anarchy, was found spray-painted on the sidewalk outside both the church and Guelph MP Brenda Chamberlain’s constituency office. Chamberlain’s office was also vandalized during the Canada Day weekend.
Read the full story here
The man who led last week’s aboriginal blockades of Highway 2 and the CN rail line says he’ll turn himself in to authorities tomorrow and is frustrated that police approached him earlier than that.On Friday, Shawn Brant and a group of Mohawks organized the blockades in defiance of many native leaders’ admonitions. That same morning, the OPP issued an arrest warrant for him on a charge of mischief and breach of prior bail conditions.
During the weekend, Brant’s lawyer, Peter Rosenthal, entered negotiations with the Napanee detachment of the OPP for Brant’s surrender. Rosenthal has represented Brant in the past and will be his lawyer in the coming proceedings.
Brant said that despite his promise to appear for a bail hearing tomorrow, local OPP officers tried to arrest him yesterday morning. “The OPP had blocked the road and, I believe, were attempting to try and do an intervention,” he said, adding that he maintained a full force of men.“They were telling me that I should get in the car and go with them and there was a warrant for me,” Brant said.
“I told them that that was not the arrangement and I thought they should wait.”
He said the officers abandoned their attempt, but that he was left frustrated with the situation.
Related Story Here
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During the weekend, Brant’s lawyer, Peter Rosenthal, entered negotiations with the Napanee detachment of the OPP for Brant’s surrender. Rosenthal has represented Brant in the past and will be his lawyer in the coming proceedings.
Brant said that despite his promise to appear for a bail hearing tomorrow, local OPP officers tried to arrest him yesterday morning. “The OPP had blocked the road and, I believe, were attempting to try and do an intervention,” he said, adding that he maintained a full force of men.“They were telling me that I should get in the car and go with them and there was a warrant for me,” Brant said.
“I told them that that was not the arrangement and I thought they should wait.”
He said the officers abandoned their attempt, but that he was left frustrated with the situation.
Related Story Here
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CN examining legal avenues
Canadian National says it is examining its legal options after a local aboriginal protest prompted it to halt traffic last week.The company is “reviewing our legal options and determining what’s available to us,” said spokesman Frank Binder of the rail line blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory during Friday’s national aboriginal day of action. The threat of a blockade stopped an estimated $103 million worth of freight and about 5,000 passenger trips.
“There have been attempts to find Mr. Brant and execute the warrant,” she said. Tyendinaga Mohawk police officers “have been looking for him.” (Edit: YEAH RIGHT! The media can find him anytime they want to, and he lives in a school bus in the illegally occupied quarry in Deseronto but they can’t find him?)
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“There have been attempts to find Mr. Brant and execute the warrant,” she said. Tyendinaga Mohawk police officers “have been looking for him.” (Edit: YEAH RIGHT! The media can find him anytime they want to, and he lives in a school bus in the illegally occupied quarry in Deseronto but they can’t find him?)
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‘Only the beginning,’ Mohawks vow
In a show of solidarity with other aboriginal protesters across Canada yesterday, Mohawks shut one of Montreal’s busiest bridges for 80 minutes at lunchtime and slowed morning rush-hour traffic to a crawl on highways through the Kahnawake reserve.
“It’s our experience with the government of Canada that you have to hit them over the head with a two-by-four to get their attention,” Joe Deom, a traditional longhouse elder, said after walking up the deserted Mercier Bridge with 150 other flag-waving protesters at noon hour.
“This is not the end - this is only the beginning.” The Mohawks’ day of protest began early, as rush-hour commuters could see a dozen purple and white flags of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy and red and yellow flags of the Warrior Society flying from the eastern girders of the Mercier.
“And as you can see, we’re getting their attention,” Deom told reporters.
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“It’s our experience with the government of Canada that you have to hit them over the head with a two-by-four to get their attention,” Joe Deom, a traditional longhouse elder, said after walking up the deserted Mercier Bridge with 150 other flag-waving protesters at noon hour.
“This is not the end - this is only the beginning.” The Mohawks’ day of protest began early, as rush-hour commuters could see a dozen purple and white flags of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy and red and yellow flags of the Warrior Society flying from the eastern girders of the Mercier.
“And as you can see, we’re getting their attention,” Deom told reporters.
Read the full story here
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