Progress made in Ipperwash dispute

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Negotiators for the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation and the

Government of Canada announced yesterday that the Indian Commission of

Ontario (ICO) has officially begun mediating negotiations relating to

the transfer of Camp Ippersash to the First Nation. The ICO is an

independent authority which facilitates negotiations on Aboriginal

issues. Two days of discussion ended with an interim understanding on

the joint approach to the environmental component dealing with the

clean-up of the site. Joint terms of reference will be drafted to guide

the environmental review and clean-up, and the First Nation and Canada

will agree on a contractor who will complete the work.