[Indigsol] To Kingston we go!

[Daniel Cayley-Daoust]

I'm not sure if It's just an issue with me, but I've been receiving the past
few IPSMO emails 2 days late for some reason...? Like this email from Angela
S. was sent two days ago and I just received it at 10pm some 5 hours ago.

Take care,

Daniel

2008/2/14, Angela Schleihauf <aschleihauf at gmail.com>:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Rosemary (an OCAMU member) is kindly offering to drive people to Kingston
> tomorrow. She leaves at 7am. Chief Paula Sherman will be showing a video and
> giving a talk tomorrow night out in Frontenac, which Rosemary may attend.
> This means returning to Ottawa would be around 11:30pm at the latest.
> (I'm taking care of a couple of dogs, so I may hope a bus and return to
> Ottawa sooner than that) If you'd like to come along please call
> 613-730-1406 (my temp. number, no time is too late to call) or Rosemary at
> 613-237-477. There's room for two or three more people.
>
> Grand,
> Angela
>
> 1) SENTENCING FOR CONTEMPT: FRI. FEB.15, 9:30 A.M. KINGSTON COURT
>
> Kwey kwey all
>
> Today was another very difficult day in court. To those of you who were
> able to be there, chi miigwetch.  On Friday, Judge Cunningham will be
> passing sentence. Jail time in the order of a week for each day in breach of
> injunction has been asked for by Neil Smitheman, lawyer for Frontenac
> Ventures.
>
> Please consider supporting Paula Sherman and Bob Lovelace tomorrow in
> court by being present. It has been a source of strength and courage.
> Thank you
> mireille
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> 2) ARDOCH ALGONQUIN FIRST NATION PRESS RELEASE: Aboriginal Leaders Face
> Jail Time for Uranium Protest
>
> February 14, 2008
>
> Two leaders of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation will appear in a Kingston
> court tomorrow morning to learn whether they will be jailed for refusing to
> comply with an injunction which prohibits them from blocking a uranium
> mining company which has plans to explore land which is claimed by the
> Algonquins as theirs.
>
> The blockade began in June, 2007 when the Algonquins discovered that
> Frontenac Ventures Corporation had begun removing trees and blasting rock in
> preparation for an aggressive program of exploration for uranium near
> Sharbot Lake, located in eastern Ontario's Ottawa valley.  The company has
> hopes of seeing an open pit uranium mine on the site.  The First Nation had
> not been consulted, or even notified, before Frontenac began the destruction
> of their territory, with the approval of the Ontario government.
>
> Chief Paula Sherman and former Chief Robert Lovelace awere held in
> contempt of court this week for their refusal to obey the injunction against
> their community's protest.  Lawyers for Frontenac Ventures have asked
> Justice Cunningham of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to impose
> lengthy jail terms and stiff fines.  In addition they asked the court to
> prohibit the Algonquins from pursuing legal action challenging the
> constitutional validity of Ontario's Mining Act which does not require
> consultation with First Nations before mineral exploration proceeds.
>
> Chief Sherman, said "It's sad that it has come to this.  The government of
> Ontario has refused to consult with our community about uranium exploration
> on our land, despite several Supreme Court decisions which clearly say that
> governments must consult us before approving industrial activities on our
> land.  The failure of the province to respect Aboriginal rights protected
> under the Constitution has led to this mess."
>
> Robert Lovelace added: "None of us wants to go to jail or pay punitive
> fines, and I will miss my children terribly if I am incarcerated, but we are
> bound by Algonquin law which prohibits uranium mining and exploration in our
> territory.  I cannot obey the injunction."
>
> Last month leaders of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation
> in northern Ontario were found in contempt of court in a similar case
> involving mineral exploration on land claimed by First Nations.  They will
> be sentenced in April.
>
>
>
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