Montreal Demo: JUSTICE FOR BARRIERE LAKE!

Montreal Demo: JUSTICE FOR BARRIERE LAKE!

Barriere Lake Caravan passes through Montreal on way to Toronto, Ottawa

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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008, NOON
In front of Jean Charest's office
corner of McGill College et Sherbrooke
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* bring banners, signs, placards, noise-makers...

For twenty difficult years, the small Algonquin community of Barriere Lake, 5 hours north of Montreal, has been struggling to hold the government to their word. In 1991, they signed a pioneering resource co-management and sustainable development agreement with Canada and Quebec to protect Algonquin land uses, to conserve the forest and wildlife, and to give them a share in the resource revenue from the logging and hydro projects on their traditional territories.

The Canadian government walked away from the agreement in 2001. And the Quebec government has sat on recommendations for implementing its side of the agreement since 2006. Instead of fulfilling their obligations, the Federal Department of Indian Affairs, with the support of the Quebec government, has been playing divide and rule in Barriere Lake, wreaking havoc in the community by ousting the Customary Chief and Council and illegally appointing a small faction as the leadership.

Join us in Montreal for this first leg of the Barriere Lake Caravan before it travels on to Toronto and Ottawa, as we demand that Quebec follow through with its binding agreements and stop meddling in the internal governance of Barriere Lake!

for more information: www.barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com

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SUPPORT THE BARRIERE LAKE CARAVAN

*ENDORSE. If your organization would like to endorse the Barriere Lake Caravan, and the community's list of demands, please send the name of your group to barrierelakesolidarity@gmail.com. Help build pressure on the governments. For the full list of demands: http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com/2008/03/mission.html

* DONATE money and food. Barriere Lake is in need of donations and supplies. You can donate by visiting: http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com/2008/03/donations.html or get in touch with us: barrierelakesolidarity@gmail.com


BARRIERE LAKE SOLIDARITY
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www.barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com
email: barrierelakesolidarity@gmail.com
Phone: 514-398-7432