[Indigsol] update from Montreal solidarity collective

[Barriere Lake Solidarity]

Hi everyone,

Attached is the rough draft for a radio station proposal we discussed in
Barriere Lake last weekend. People in Barriere Lake are excited about the
project, and group members from Montreal will likely be conducting training
sessions in the coming weeks as well as securing all the equipment.

I'm also forwarding notes from parts of our last meeting. If the federal
election goes ahead, as seems certain, we plan to try to make the
government's treatment of Barriere Lake a campaign issue in the riding of
Pontiac, to pressure Conservative MP Lawrence Cannon to make the necessary
phone calls to his Cabinet buddies. The immediate aim would be to force the
feds to appoint observers to witness a leadership reselection and respect
its outcome, but we will also try to build long-term attention and support
for Barriere Lake.

It would be great if Ottawa folks were interested in helping out with this.

Great to see that the Ottawa indigenous solidarity group has taken off!

best,
Martin

*election campaign:*

-expecting an election, will know for sure next week
Martin spoke with Mary Foster, asking for advice given her prior involvement
with Lubicon solidarity and their targeted campaign of Robert Nault in 2002,
Indian Affairs Minister at the time
Ideas:
-press releases and media work
-put an ad in newspaper
-flyering in Maniwaki with community members, in Buckingham, etc., outside
of Lawrence Cannon's constituency offices
-arrange briefing sessions with opposition candidates in riding
-find out if there are 'Meet Your Politician Nights" and crash them
-lobbying in Ottawa with opposition parties' Aboriginal critics
-contact Postal Workers Union, also targeting Cannon (Anet will contact
Francine)
-Outaouais activist mobilization
*
Radio Update:*

-Charles, the radio equipment finding champ, has secured a mixer, 2
microphones, and a computer in good condition and is installing radio
software on it
-still seeking a transmitter and a phone patch - will harrass NCRA some more
-to buy a transmitter is $300, may resort to this and either hold a
fundraiser or request funds from Naomi Klein event
-Charles and Court to raid CKUT for Aboriginal content (music, spoken word)
to upload on comp
-Charles will advise shortly on transmitter timeline
*-charles will hold a workshop (3-4 hours) for BLS on radio gear, get us all
up to speed - he's offered his abode for training along with some food and a
meeting (within the next two weeks)*



On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Greg Macdougall <waawaaskesh at yahoo.ca>wrote:

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> Reminder of our meeting Tuesday at 6pm at Jack Purcell
>
> Note: starting next week, Jack Purcell is a lot more booked as their fall
> programs are starting. I will attempt to find out from them all the open
> spaces they do have, so that we can go about choosing when we will have
> future meetings (if we want to keep having them at JP)
>
> ~~~
>
> Updates:
>
> The movie screening is a go ahead, booked Wed Sept 10 from 7-9pm at Jack
> Purcell
>
> The musical fundraiser evening is Fri Sept 12 from 8pm on, at Umi Cafe, and
> the walkers will be in attendance and telling some of their personal stories
> as part of the evening
>
> Promotional posters will hopefully also be available for tomorrow night,
> and an email callout for the events should be on its way soon - courtesy of
> the promotions working group.
>
> The events are also included in this monthly printed event listing, online
> at http://linchpin.ca/files/sept2008events.pdf (copies will be available
> tomorrow night)
> [Note: these listings are a seperate venture from IPSMO]
>
>
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