And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes:
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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:05:52 PST
From: ara vancouver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At approximately 3:30pm today, March 4, BC Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh
was pied after speaking to a criminology audience at Simon Fraser
University in Burnaby, BC.
After claiming that BC is the "most progressive province", he sidestepped
questions pertaining to Aboriginal rights, and his pivotal role in the
Gustafsen Lake assault. He denied ownership of two direct quotes:
1. "All the violence that has emanated so far, has emanated from the
renegades." (Speaking about Gustafsen Lake on Voice of the Province T.V.
show, 13/08/95)
2. "This is not really a nation. All I care is what the limitations,
restrictions, restraints upon their rights are... The Nisga'a Nation would
have attributes in this treaty, no more no less. This is all they get, this
is all the rights they have [smiling]. I don't care if they call themselves
Tribal Council or Nation." (Nisga'a Treaty debate, 19/01/99)
After the talk, a press scrum formed at the front of the lecture theatre.
A concerned student approached the Attorney General and hit him full in the
face with a 9" lemon meringue pie. It made a satisfying "phoomp" sound,
after arching gracefully through the air. A supporter yelled "That's for
Gustafsen Lake" as several others distributed flyers, the text of which is
reprinted below.
Contact with the pie brigade can be made by email, c/o
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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March 4, 1999
Why pie Ujjal?
As Attorney General (AG) of BC Ujjal Dosanjh oversaw the 1995 siege of
the Ts'peten Sundancers at Gustafsen Lake.
Although the RCMP & AG insisted they were dealing with a criminal
situation, the siege was actually planned four months in advance. The RCMP
wanted to end the "yearly headache [of dispute of an American cattle
rancher's alleged ownership of the land] once and for all" (Staff Sgt.
Martin Sarich).
The RCMP's own investigation revealed that the rancher, Lyle James,
actually only had grazing rights to the land in question. The land has
never been sold or ceded by treaty.
Two Native RCMP officers, Woods & Findley, resigned in the wake of RCMP
mishandling of the affair.
On August 27, 1995, the RCMP staged a false ambush. Officers 'Rocky' &
Molendyk claimed they were shot in the back while inside their vehicle,
saved only by their flak jackets. However, liaison officers Montague & Ward
later admitted (on tape!): "This is not the first time we've had to take
flak jackets to the firing range." The bullets shot through the car matched
the calibre of the RCMP's bullets (.9mm), not the Defenders.
This incident was used as justification to persuade a reluctant military
to loan the use of several Bison Armoured Personnel Carriers and support
staff.
While the military refused to also allow the use of .50 calibre guns, the
RCMP arranged to purchase some from an independent American arms dealer,
with help from the FBI.
On September 11, 1995, the RCMP used plastic explosive as a landmine to
blow up a truck being driven by two defenders and carrying a dog. The
defenders miraculously escaped, unarmed, under a hail of 20 000 bullets.
The dog was shot 7 times.
To all this & more, Dosanjh says: "There's absolutely no need for any
other inquiry... There is no other side to this story, there is only one
side to this story." (The Province, 08/24/95). Silly Ujjal! Even little
kids know there's at least two sides to EVERY story. RCMP lies &
resignations, bombings, imported guns, the military & FBI... HELL YES there
should be a comprehensive public inquiry into all this, including Ujjal's
role!
So today we throw pie in your eye, Ujjal. The pie was carefully selected:
lemon meringe, sticky like the mess you find yourself in; old & stale, just
like the lies you've spread & excuses you've used to keep the truth about
what went down at Gustafsen Lake a secret from the people of British
Columbia & Canada. We're gonna make it stick.
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For more information on Gustafsen Lake and to support a public inquiry into
all aspects of it, please visit:
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/support.html
"'Finally the buck stops here,' Dosanjh said, taking ultimate
responsibility for whatever happens at Gustafsen Lake" -- Vancouver Sun,
August 29, 1995
"I'm in constant contact with the RCMP at the highest levels." -- Dosanjh,
The Province, August 28, 1995, page A5
"...surrender of rebels at Gustafsen Lake could help propel BC into a fall
election, political analysts said Sunday.... NDP support has strengthened
over the summer, a phenomenon analysts say shows voters approve of the way
the government of Premier Mike Harcourt has handled native Indian
militants.... One high placed government source predicted Harcourt will
call an election before next week." -- Vancouver Sun, September 18, 1995,
page A3
"The current actions of the BC government and the RCMP towards the Ts'peten
Defenders, as well as the negligence of the Canadian national government to
intervene and put a halt to these actions, unambiguously qualify as
genocide." FME Belgium letter to Jean Chretien, April 25, 1997
WE WILL NEVER FORGET DUDLEY GEORGE - WE WILL NEVER FORGET GUSTAFSEN LAKE
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P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." "Canada" V8X 3S2
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