[Indigsol] Advisory: Barriere Lake slows down highway traffic on National Day of Political Action

[kim mackrael]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, September 29, 2008

*Barriere Lake slows down traffic on Highway 117: continues to pressure
Minister Lawrence Cannon and his Conservative Government to respect Barriere
Lake**'s agreements and leadership customs*

Kitiganik/Rapid Lake, Algonquin Territory Territoire Algonquin /- On the
National Day of Political Action, at 1:30 pm, the Algonquins of Barriere
Lake will slow down traffic on highway 117 to distribute flyers and raise
awareness about the Conservative government's violations of their rights.

 "The federal government must accept reasonable demands we've spent years
trying to reach them about – that the government honour agreements they've
signed with us and stop undemocratically propping up an illegitimate Chief
and Council in our community," says Norman Matchewan, a youth spokesperson
for Barriere Lake.

They want the Government of Canada to uphold an internationally lauded
sustainable development agreement Barriere Lake signed with Quebec and the
Conservative federal government in 1991. The Government of Canada has been
in breach of the agreement since 2001.
To resolve the situation, Barriere Lake is demanding that the Government of
Canada send observers to witness a leadership re-selection, in accordance
with Barriere Lake's Customary Governance Code, in good faith recognize the
outcome, and then cease all interference in their internal affairs.

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*Media Contacts*:

Norman Matchewan, Barriere Lake spokesperson: 819-435 - 2171

Michel Thusky, Barriere Lake spokesperson : (819) 435-2171



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