[IPSM] SIX NATIONS: Phone/Fax/Email Today: Shut Down Gary McHale

[nora butler burke]

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Subject: 	[ocap] Phone/Fax/Email Today: Shut Down Gary McHale
Date: 	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:52:56 -0500 (EST)
From: 	OCAP <ocap at tao.ca>
To: 	ocap at masses.tao.ca



TAKE ACTION THIS AFTERNOON!

Phone, Fax or Email to get Gary McHale's booking pulled at McKinnon Park
in Caledonia this Sunday.

For Background information on Anti-Native racist agitator Gary McHale
scroll down to the bottom of this email.

Gary McHale has rented the town hall this Sunday the 14th from 1 - 3 pm in
Caledonia for a public info session on his January 20th Anti-Reclamation
march. We need to try to get this meeting shut down on Sunday.

The person to talk to is Dennis Howden at 905 765 2661. Or call the
general Office, send a fax or an e-mail.

      Site Location McKinnon Park
      Office Phone Hall: 905-765-3222; Hall Rental: 905-765-2661;
      Toll Free Phone 1-877-233-3352
      Fax 905-765-0711
      E-Mail dennishowden at haldimandins.on.ca

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE LAST DEMONSTRATION ORGANIZED BY MCHALE:

>From the Hamilton Spectator, December 4 2006.

OPP stop flap over flags in Caledonia
Kaz Novak, the Hamilton Spectator

OPP officers denied Caledonia residents from raising Canadian flags at the
Douglas Creek Estates site on Saturday.
By Dana Brown
The Hamilton Spectator
(Dec 4, 2006)

In another round of push and pull between Six Nations and Caledonia
residents, OPP stepped in on the weekend to stop Canadian flags from being
flown near the Douglas Creek Estates.

About 30 people tried to mount the flags and big yellow ribbons just
outside the disputed lands on Saturday morning, after starting the
campaign in the north end of town.

The group was informed by OPP they would not be allowed to hang flags so
close to the estate site, as it could jeopardize their safety and fragile
peace in the area.

"I cannot believe that we cannot put up a Canadian flag in Canada in this
spot right now," said Dana Chatwell, one of the people involved in
organizing the event. "It's disgusting, I'm not even proud to be a
Canadian."

OPP in Caledonia issued a stern statement yesterday afternoon condemning
actions on both sides of the dispute, calling them "juvenile" and
potentially risky to the entire community.

Native protesters have occupied the disputed land since late February, in
a bid to reclaim what they say belongs to them. In June, the province
bought the land and is in the process of negotiating a settlement.

Chatwell said the group was not trying to stir things up by trying to hang
the flags so close to the site, but Six Nations spokesperson Janie
Jamieson questions why the group would pick that specific spot. "What is
their motive for picking the location they did? ... It's an act of
instigation."

Jamieson said there's lots of Canadian flags hung up around Caledonia,
which she has no problem with. Her concern is the potential for things to
go wrong when tensions start to run high.

"The truth is, every time they do take action there is always that
opportunity for harm and to me I don't understand why they keep doing
that."

The group was able to hang flags about a kilometre and a half from the
Douglas Creek Estates, Chatwell said.

By yesterday, about 10 of the 30 hung up flags in the city had been ripped
down. One of those trying to put up flags Saturday was arrested for
trespassing after being asked to leave a neighbouring property and
refusing.