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From: Sara Neuert
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 4:42 PM
Subject: Apr 29 David Peterson to help resolve Caledonia standoff
Peterson to help resolve Caledonia standoff
TORONTO (CP) - The Canadian Press has learned former Liberal premier David
Peterson will be appointed provincial lead to help resolve a two-month
aboriginal standoff at a southern Ontario construction site.
Peterson will report directly to Ontario's Aboriginal Affairs Minister David
Ramsay and will work on urgent matters in Caledonia, Ont., to restore calm to
the embattled community.
Peterson previously mediated discussions between the province and aboriginals
over the past year to resolve a dispute with Ontario's First Nations
communities over their share of all provincial gambling revenues.
The appointment comes as talks between Six Nations protesters, provincial and
federal officials, and the developers of the occupied construction
site are set to resume Monday.
About 500 residents of the southern Ontario community gathered Friday near the
site of an aboriginal blockade of a major road to express their frustration
with the ongoing occupation.
Protesters say Six Nations never surrendered the land, but Canada and Ontario
say it was surrendered and sold in 1841 to make way for a highway.
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