And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:55:56 -0800 (PST) >From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Talks suspended. (fwd) (mainstream) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >(mainstream) > > Host: PETER MANSBRIDGE > Date: 990112 > Time: 22:00:00 ET - 22:25:00 ET > CBC-TV THE NATIONAL >[...] >Title: Talks suspended. > Guest: DARROW MacINTYRE, Reporter > DAVID NUKE, InnuPresident > BRIAN TOBIN, Newfoundland Premier > > PETER MANSBRIDGE: A major shift in strategy tonight by the Innu of >Labrador. They've suspended all talks with Newfoundland concerning some >big development projects -- including a 10 billion dollar hydro-electric >deal involving Quebec. The Innu say the talks are on hold until talks on >self-government and land claims are settled. Darrow MacIntyre has more. > > DARROW MacINTYRE: This is the sight of one of the most ambitious >projects ever mounted in Canada. > Together Newfoundland and Quebec want to turn the lower Churchill >River into a 10 billion dollar power plant. But that river runs through >land claimed by the Innu and last spring they made it clear that nothing >will happen on the lower Churchill until they give it the go-ahead. Now >they say they won't do that until the province meets their demands on >other issues. > > DAVID NUKE / INNU PRESIDENT: We will do everything in our capacity >as Innu nation to see that the Innu needs are met. > > MacINTYRE: And what the Innu say they need is self- government -- >control over their own education, their health care system and their land. >Talks aimed at making that happen have been going on for years. > Talks aimed at making the Churchill project a reality have only >been on for a few months but now David Nuke says his people are pulling >out until their other demands are met. > > NUKE: In that I think they would show some faith that they are >sincerely trying to resolve these concerns that the Innu may have. > > MacINTYRE: Newfoundland's premier says he'd be happy to fast track >the Innu land claims. He has no intention of stopping the Churchill River >negotiations. > > BRIAN TOBIN / NEWFOUNDLAND PREMIER: There's nothing stopping us >from proceeding to do that preparatory work both on the environmental side >and on the engineering side. So the notion that the Innu people walked >away from a dialogue with us will stop the preparatory work. The reality >is at the end of the day it won't. > > MacINTYRE: That maybe so but the Innu say otherwise. They've >drafted letters to all the companies involved in those preparations asking >them to stop what their doing immediately. And they say if they have to >they'll take action to make sure that happens. Darrow MacIntyre, CBC News, >St. Johns. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
