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Turbot worth protecting but Innu aren't?

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OK, I'm confused. Maybe somebody out there can explain it to me. Canada, the great country that it is , gets very upset when Spanish trawlers invade what Canada considers to be "their territory" to fish for some fish nobody had every heard of called a turbot.

So as self-proclaimed "Custodians of the Fish Stocks," and to save the fishing industry in Eastern Canada, they must open fire on these fishing

boats to make their point.

Turbot worth protecting but Innu aren't?

Page 9

OK, I'm confused. Maybe somebody out there can explain it to me. Canada, the great country that it is , gets very upset when Spanish trawlers invade what Canada considers to be "their territory" to fish for some fish nobody had every heard of called a turbot.

So as self-proclaimed "Custodians of the Fish Stocks," and to save the fishing industry in Eastern Canada, they must open fire on these fishing

boats to make their point.

Turbot worth protecting but Innu aren't?

Page 9

OK, I'm confused. Maybe somebody out there can explain it to me. Canada, the great country that it is , gets very upset when Spanish trawlers invade what Canada considers to be "their territory" to fish for some fish nobody had every heard of called a turbot.

So as self-proclaimed "Custodians of the Fish Stocks," and to save the fishing industry in Eastern Canada, they must open fire on these fishing

boats to make their point.

Leadership accountability brings people together

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Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin was quoted in Windspeaker (April 1995) saying that he won't act unilaterally, but will involve Native Leaders from all across Canada: "I will ask them as I am asking you, to focus on the most archaic and objectionable provisions of the Indian Act."

I take this opportunity to accommodate the minster's suggestion for feedback concerning the archaic and objectionable provisions of the Indian Act which created an atrociously flawed system.

Leadership accountability brings people together

Page 6

Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin was quoted in Windspeaker (April 1995) saying that he won't act unilaterally, but will involve Native Leaders from all across Canada: "I will ask them as I am asking you, to focus on the most archaic and objectionable provisions of the Indian Act."

I take this opportunity to accommodate the minster's suggestion for feedback concerning the archaic and objectionable provisions of the Indian Act which created an atrociously flawed system.

Leadership accountability brings people together

Page 6

Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin was quoted in Windspeaker (April 1995) saying that he won't act unilaterally, but will involve Native Leaders from all across Canada: "I will ask them as I am asking you, to focus on the most archaic and objectionable provisions of the Indian Act."

I take this opportunity to accommodate the minster's suggestion for feedback concerning the archaic and objectionable provisions of the Indian Act which created an atrociously flawed system.

Gun law unrealistic

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There's no doubt there's a problem on the mean streets of Canada's inner cities. Drug rings, violent crime, youth crime -- anyone who reads a paper is aware of it. Things are happening there that we only used to hear about from Detroit and New York.

So the Liberal government has decided to get tough with criminals. Whether Allan Rock's new gun law will help or not is debatable, but not the subject of this column.

What we're concerned about is the disastrous side-effects this law, clearly dratted for southern cities, will have in the North.