Part of the bubble was on the rez. The natives got the percentage that was supposedly equal to that amount under ground. My dad's friend was the owner of the private property. He got a thank you very much letter, and an eye sore on his land.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:03 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) Oh Christ, on a reservation. Have a chat with the Navaho or the Cherokee about that. Dana Heald, Tim writes: > Which get contracts to mine the materials for the government of Canada. I > know this from personal experience. There was natural gas found on my > fathers friends property. Part of the bubble went on to the rez, part on > private property. The natives on the rez got a percentage and the federal > government owned the rest. They only sell companies the right to extract > whatever it is, and even then it's only for a term (not sure how long). > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > I dont see how it can be. There are a number of large mining interests all > privately owned. Alcoa comes to mind. > > Nick McClure writes: > > > But take mineral rights and healthcare for instance. If I own property and > > discover gold, if I understand it correctly, Canadian law states that the > > country has the rights to the gold, not me. > > > > Is that not correct? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:30 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > > > > Well all I know is that Tim claimed that it was socialist because the > > > large > > > industries are government owned and something about property rights, > > > neither of which is true. I have been in the states a long time but I > have > > > family in Canada and ya they own houses, work and pay taxes in very much > > > the same way that I do. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
