[news] More than a mine, a metaphor

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Sitting beside the campfire at the  
occupied quarry a few days ago, Mr. Brant told me that since he was a kid,  
people in his community have been telling him to keep quiet. "It used to be,  
'Shawn, shut up, don't say those things about the government, they'll cut  
off our funding.' Now it's 'Shawn, shut up, they'll walk away from the  
negotiating table.' " The reason Mr. Brant isn't willing to let the  
negotiations take their course is that these talks are designed to take  
decades. And as the time passes, the land disappears. Forests are clear-cut,  
mountains are carved up, suburbs creep outward. Ineffective negotiations do  
not hold the line on an already unacceptable status quo - they contribute to  
the losing of very real ground.

  


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