“Any and all concessions to the native people are blindly consid- ered to be desirable, regardless of their cost ars. Consequences, THAT QUOTATION from Mel Smith's book, Our Home Or Native Land, sums up the crazy Indian land claims game. {t's financially and socially dis- astrous but is pushed by most of the politicians, most of whom have raced to drape an impossible weight around the Canadian neck. This even though no court in the land has given the Indians the right to full ownership. As Chief Justice Allan McEachern put it for B.C., ° “The reality of Crown ownership of the soil of all the lands of the province is not open to question.” Like the immigration mess, it is a result of the liberal rot in the Canadian soul. The peasants have *. ‘ been brainwashed into believing | that everybody is right except the : peasants. i Federally, the process has result- : or damned as bigoted. ' ‘ed in ridiculous handouts. Indian | Affairs’ budgets, the, author poi ‘ “out, have gone up 721% in 20°, °, ‘Years. The. one for 1994-95 is over $5 billion, an increase of 8% over .the previous year even though the federal spending as a whole went -up by only just over 2%, °°: . That’s not all. The health depart- “ment alone spends $900 million on - Natives. Then there are the costs of :welfare, unemployment insurance’ and a thousand other perks. “.- With only 3% of the pdpulation ~ of B.C,, they catch over 35% of the fish in the commercial fishery but are nevertheless given exclusive additional eds for “food purposes.” civil suits ; (These writs were fled with the court registry in Vancouver between June 212° and’ July 4, 1995, ; Information is taken from the state- “ments of. claim. ) : ‘Plaintift: Exhaust. Masters Inc:, -,1800-701 West Georgia St. ; ‘Vaneouver,. | H "Defendant: Apollo Muffler Centres : . Ltd.and: Frederick Chernoff, °102- “1975+ Tonsdale’ Ave., North’ Van-, $37,079 for pans supplied. ' “Plaintiff: Allied Shipbuilding Ltd, 1870 Harbor Rd.; North Vancouver. Defendant: ‘The ship Gulf Ivy, -her owners and all others interested in « her, and Inter-Island Trading Ltd.,. 2705 North Island, Campbell River: Claim: , $210,942.48 :: for parts, an inspections, repairs and services. : Plaintiff TSI Telequip Services Inc, c/o.1301-808 Nelson, Vancouver. Defendant: ‘Kenganey : Investments’: Inc., - 1700-595 °°. Burrard St, Vancouver; McRae’, Walker Realty Corp., .1205-510: Burrard -St., Vancouver; and Wynn Wright, 2525 , Panorama Dr., North. Vancouver. Claim: $22,134.61 for. Hydro elec: ° tricity costs, and $5,429.67 in dam-". ages for a i lighting system installa- One’ penny a gallon! No maintenance for 5 years No cartridge changes No bacteria build up :- “Mo chlorine, lead ete. = . “MULTIPLEX: 688- 7007 { Free Delivery. .”: : Plaintiff: ‘ Romualda ‘ on the ies other hand Indian “negotiators” in the land claims business fly first class to Ottawa and back. Ministers travel economy — a perfect example of “the Canadian way.” They know the motto in Ottawa is “We Surrender.” Federal negotiators have been abject, giving away huge territo- ries. Only the Reform party has fought that but its efforts have —. either been ignored by the media Meanwhile, the gall of the Indian lobby has no limits. Jack Anawak, parliamentary secretary to the minister for Indian _Affairs has stated that the Indians “are the rightful owners of Canada and that the government should be asking his Red brothers for permis- ‘sion to occupy it. Ovide Mercredi, “First Nations” ‘leader, says, “This land you call Canada was given to us by. the Creator.” If there is no way to negotiate self-government,” he “says, “we will just do it” _All we have. to do is to write the cheques. Beglajter, 9425-140th St, Surrey. Defendant: ICBC, “451: " West Esplanade, North Vancouver. . ’ Claini: Accident and disability ben- efits for. injuries sustained in an automobile accident on or about Aug. 3, 1994, ; -Plaiatitt: Katherine -Fey Phelps, “7271 Lismer Ave., Richmond. Defendant: Ralph Sivertson, 305 ° - Stephens Dr., West Vancouver; and * Waverly.. Ventures. Ltd., ‘West Hastings St., Vancouver, ; a Claim: $10,235.44 in’ connection “1700-1177 with a venture agreement. The demands are insatiable and Smith quotes a former minister in Manitoba who says that most politicians admit they dun‘t have the faintest idea what they are talk- ing about where “native self gov. ernment” is concerned. Allan Rock, our famous gun expert, has even stated there might well have to be as ‘ate justice system for Indians * art of the inherent right of self-government.” As might be expected, the ° Harcourt government takes second place to none in'the nonsduse stakes. {Chas unconditionally supported — Indian title to fand and self-govern- ment without defining them, writes Smith. . It got rid of the Jaw firm that had won the important Supreme Court decision by Justice MeEBachern and replaced it with an outfit that had represented Indian interests. No sooner had it been elected than Aboriginal Affairs Minister Andrew Petier showed his bias. “One hundred years of policies aimed al denying aboriginal his- lorie rights are at an end.” he said. That must bave included not prosecuting Endians for fish and game poaching simply because they ase Indians. Smith has issued a wake- -up ral This is the most imponiant Canadian book in years, But he is nol only critical, He proposes 4 list ~ of solutions. chief of which are that there should be at judicial. inquiry into B.C.'s obligations to Indians and, nationally; a recurn to equality before the kaw for all rather than official racism. One more thought! We can't blame the Indians forjthis fiasco. They are probably astonished at < how stupid we are, We must blame’ ourselves, Our weak-kneed media and our Indian- “pandering govern- ments. A final repor on Wednesday. Call . DEREK A. CAVE. Trial Lawyer Get the settlement #508, Kapilano 100 Building 100 Park Royal, West Van. you deserve, “Ce found it easy to talk to” “everybody here from the sales’ coordinator tothe construction _ ghanager and all the service people.” | Tikey -|Endurables " My wife, and 1 purchased 2 of your. T3G | hats in to wear on our vacation in Cartagena, ‘ Colombia. 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