[Onthebarricades] CANADA: Showdown as indigenous people blockade uranium project

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Sharbot Lake Standup
Jul, 06 2007 - 8:10 PM

ANOTHER STANDOFF BETWEEN NATIVES AND LAND-OWNERS IS IN FULL SWING. NATIVE GROUPS NORTH OF SHARBOT LAKE ARE TRYING TO STOP A MINING COMPANY FROM DIGGING FOR URANIUM AT A FORMER MINE SITE NEAR ARDOCH.
NEWSWATCH'S CHRIS HARVEY VISITED THE SCENE OF THE BLOCKADE... AND HAS THIS REPORT. STORM CLOUDS BREWED OVERHEAD WHILE A SWIRL OF CONTROVERSY CONTINUED BELOW.
ARDOCH ALGONQUIN AND SHARBOT LAKE FIRST NATION PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING PLANS BY FRONTENAC VENTURES CORPORATION TO SET UP A URANIUM MINE NEAR ARDOCH, NORTH OF SHARBOT LAKE.

RANDY COTA:2
" WE'VE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND WE'RE DOING WHAT'S MORALLY AND ETHICALLY RIGHT."

ARDOCH ALGONQUIN CHIEF RANDY COTA SAYS THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR THEIR HEALTH AND FOR THE HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA.

RANDY COTA:
"WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO PROTECT MOTHER EARTH. THERE IS NO WHERE THAT ANYONE CAN SHOW US THAT THERE'S BEEN A GOOD URANIUM MINE THAT'S BEEN GOOD FOR EARTH."

FRANK MORRISON RAISED THE ALARM ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE URANIUM MINE.
HE DISCOVERED A MINING COMPANY HAD STAKED A CLAIM ON HIS LAND NEAR CROTCH LAKE TO DIG FOR URANIUM. HE SAYS UNDER THE MINING ACT, THE COMPANY CAN BULLDOZE ROADS, AND DRILL FOR SAMPLES.

FRANK MORRISON:
" AND AT SOME FUTURE DATE IF THEY REQUIRE IT, THEY CAN COME BACK AND TAKE A THOUSAND TONS OF MATERIAL OFF MY PROPERTY AND I HAVE NO LEGAL RECOURSE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF I ATTEMPT TO STOP IT, I WILL BE ARRESTED."

SHARBOT LAKE FIRST NATION CHIEF DOREEN DAVIS SAYS BY CLEARING AND BULLDOZING ACRES OF LAND,THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY DESTROYED
TRAP LINES, BEAVER DAMS AND BEAVER PONDS.
SO THEY HAVE SECURED A GATE ACROSS THE ONLY ENTRANCE TO THE LAND REFUSING TO ALLOW THE MINING COMPANY TO ENTER. AND SHE SAYS THEY'RE NOT LEAVING. 

DOREEN DAVIS:
"THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE RESOLVED IS IF THE GOVERNMENT GIVES US A MORATORIUM ON MINING. AND NOT JUST ON THIS SPOT, WITHIN THE OTTAWA VALLEY."

SHE SAYS THE MINING ACT GIVES THE COMPANY THE RIGHT TO DRAIN CROTCH LAKE IF IT WANTS TO GET AT THE RICHEST VEIN OF URANIUM.

JOHN KITTLE AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY MOVED TO THE AREA FROM OTTAWA FOR THE PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT.
HE SAYS RADIO ACTIVE MATERIAL FROM URANIUM MINING CAN LEECH INTO THE WATERWAYS AND THE UNDERGROUND WELL WATER SUPPLY.
AND THERE'S DUST IN THE AIR TOO. 

JOHN KITTLE:
" WHICH CONTAINS RADIO ACTIVE PARTICLES, AND THAT DUST IS CARRIED BY THE WINDS, AND SINCE WINDS COME FROM THE WEST IN THIS AREA THEY COULD GO AS FAR AS OTTAWA AND POSSIBLY EVEN TO PARLIAMENT HILL." 

CHRIS HARVEY:
"ON SUNDAY AT 3 O'CLOCK BOTH FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE AND THEIR NON-NATIVE NEIGHBOURS PLAN TO JOIN FORCES TO PUBLICIZE THEIR BATTLE AGAINST URANIUM MINING BY MARCHING ALONG HIGHWAY 7 WEST OF SHARBOT LAKE, BRINGING TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL.
CHRIS HARVEY CKWS NEWSWATCH NORTH OF SHARBOT LAKE IN ARDOCH." 

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