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Attention News Editors:
Grand Aboriginal gathering in the Outaouais
Mega-demonstration by the 27 affiliated communities of the Quebec
Confederation
GATINEAU, July 13 /CNW Telbec/ - Core members have come to realize that
as far as recognition of their existence as Aboriginal People of Canada living
in Quebec, or of their fundamental ancestral rights, recognized and confirmed
in the Canadian Constitution is concerned, nothing has changed over the past
35 years.
After many fruitless attempts at discussion and mediation with both
federal and provincial governments, the core members of 27 communities
affiliated to the Confederation of Aboriginal People of Quebec (CPAQ) have
informed their Grand-Chief, Solange Sansoucy, that enough is enough! For over
35 years, the Aboriginals living off-reserve in Quebec have been told that
they never existed and still do not exist today. And, additionally, that they
have no ancestral rights in Quebec.
On several occasions, the Quebec government has told various leaders
representing Aboriginals living off the reserve that "the government has not
signed the Constitution of Canada," in the hope of rejecting their
responsibilities towards the Aboriginals who share the Quebec territory with
its other inhabitants.
Considering and despite the fact that the definition of the Aboriginal
Peoples of Canada, as laid out in section 35 of the 1982 Constitution Act
includes the Indian, Inuit, and Metis peoples as an integral part of section
35 of the Constitution of Canada, the expression Aboriginal Peoples
specifically covers Indians, Inuits and Metis of Canada. Moreover section 35.1
"Recognition of existing aboriginal and treaty rights", recognizes and
confirms the existing rights (ancestral or derived from treaties) of the
Aboriginal Peoples.
Consequently, based on all the preceding, we, the Confederation of
Aboriginal People of Quebec find ourselves constrained to announce to the
population at large that the situation has become absolutely intolerable and
unacceptable. The Aboriginal People of Quebec are amongst the most
underprivileged citizens of Canada. Quebec has the distinction of the highest
rate of suicide in Canada. Our people need adapted programs in the fields of
Education, Health, and Economic Development.
Despite a number of grievances filed with the Government of Canada, this
institution takes absolutely no account of its fiduciary accountability or of
its duty of good governance with regard to Aboriginals who have been
mistreated and abandoned.
The new Grand-Chief, Solange Sansoucy has declared that "this
mistreatment, this ethnocide of the Aboriginal People, whom I represent, and
who include our children, our senior citizens, and our Aboriginal population
as a whole, is over and done with..."
It is because we have nowhere else to turn that I now claim the support
of all the Aboriginals, and of the clan Grandmother who hear our cry of
distress, the support of every other ethnic group and, even more, of the
Quebec and Canadian population coast to coast, and ask them to join with us in
defending the rights of existence of our non-migrant Canadian Aboriginals now
settled in Quebec.
The First off-reserve Grand Aboriginal Gathering will take place in the
Hull sector of Gatineau, at the corners of Eddy and Duportage. We have plenty
of space for every size of vehicle (camper, caravan, canvas tents, etc). You
are cordially invited to come and help us claim respect for the fact of our
existence and the acknowledgement that we have fundamental rights. To help
this Gathering pass more pleasantly, we will be offering the attending public
traditional meat mechouis (moose, deer, bison, elk, etc.). A number of tepees
will be set up for the duration of the Grand Gathering, and there will be a
number of mobile toilets and 18-wheelers with trailers to allow those without
lodgings to stretch out in Aboriginal comfort. Finally, there will also be
trailers of logs, for lighting our sacred fires and carrying out the
appropriate ceremonies.
On this historical occasion, we will be celebrating the official launch
of the CD produced by National Grand-Chief Guillaume Carle. Profits from the
sale of the CD will go to combating suicide and diabetics, and to CPAQ
charities. This "sit-in" will also be the occasion of a number of open-air
entertainments.
Finally, I would ask for an official intervention by the United Nations,
with a view to defending our rights in every aspect of this regrettable
situation.
In conclusion, we are please to tell the Canadian public at large that
our motto is:
"Proud United and Tenacious"
----------------------------
For further information: Raymond Bilodeau, Director, Communications,
(819) 360-8261
CONFEDERATION OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF QUEBEC - More on this organization
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Attention News Editors:
Grand Aboriginal gathering in the Outaouais
Mega-demonstration by the 27 affiliated communities of the Quebec
Confederation
GATINEAU, July 13 /CNW Telbec/ - Core members have come to realize that
as far as recognition of their existence as Aboriginal People of Canada living
in Quebec, or of their fundamental ancestral rights, recognized and confirmed
in the Canadian Constitution is concerned, nothing has changed over the past
35 years.
After many fruitless attempts at discussion and mediation with both
federal and provincial governments, the core members of 27 communities
affiliated to the Confederation of Aboriginal People of Quebec (CPAQ) have
informed their Grand-Chief, Solange Sansoucy, that enough is enough! For over
35 years, the Aboriginals living off-reserve in Quebec have been told that
they never existed and still do not exist today. And, additionally, that they
have no ancestral rights in Quebec.
On several occasions, the Quebec government has told various leaders
representing Aboriginals living off the reserve that "the government has not
signed the Constitution of Canada," in the hope of rejecting their
responsibilities towards the Aboriginals who share the Quebec territory with
its other inhabitants.
Considering and despite the fact that the definition of the Aboriginal
Peoples of Canada, as laid out in section 35 of the 1982 Constitution Act
includes the Indian, Inuit, and Metis peoples as an integral part of section
35 of the Constitution of Canada, the expression Aboriginal Peoples
specifically covers Indians, Inuits and Metis of Canada. Moreover section 35.1
"Recognition of existing aboriginal and treaty rights", recognizes and
confirms the existing rights (ancestral or derived from treaties) of the
Aboriginal Peoples.
Consequently, based on all the preceding, we, the Confederation of
Aboriginal People of Quebec find ourselves constrained to announce to the
population at large that the situation has become absolutely intolerable and
unacceptable. The Aboriginal People of Quebec are amongst the most
underprivileged citizens of Canada. Quebec has the distinction of the highest
rate of suicide in Canada. Our people need adapted programs in the fields of
Education, Health, and Economic Development.
Despite a number of grievances filed with the Government of Canada, this
institution takes absolutely no account of its fiduciary accountability or of
its duty of good governance with regard to Aboriginals who have been
mistreated and abandoned.
The new Grand-Chief, Solange Sansoucy has declared that "this
mistreatment, this ethnocide of the Aboriginal People, whom I represent, and
who include our children, our senior citizens, and our Aboriginal population
as a whole, is over and done with..."
It is because we have nowhere else to turn that I now claim the support
of all the Aboriginals, and of the clan Grandmother who hear our cry of
distress, the support of every other ethnic group and, even more, of the
Quebec and Canadian population coast to coast, and ask them to join with us in
defending the rights of existence of our non-migrant Canadian Aboriginals now
settled in Quebec.
The First off-reserve Grand Aboriginal Gathering will take place in the
Hull sector of Gatineau, at the corners of Eddy and Duportage. We have plenty
of space for every size of vehicle (camper, caravan, canvas tents, etc). You
are cordially invited to come and help us claim respect for the fact of our
existence and the acknowledgement that we have fundamental rights. To help
this Gathering pass more pleasantly, we will be offering the attending public
traditional meat mechouis (moose, deer, bison, elk, etc.). A number of tepees
will be set up for the duration of the Grand Gathering, and there will be a
number of mobile toilets and 18-wheelers with trailers to allow those without
lodgings to stretch out in Aboriginal comfort. Finally, there will also be
trailers of logs, for lighting our sacred fires and carrying out the
appropriate ceremonies.
On this historical occasion, we will be celebrating the official launch
of the CD produced by National Grand-Chief Guillaume Carle. Profits from the
sale of the CD will go to combating suicide and diabetics, and to CPAQ
charities. This "sit-in" will also be the occasion of a number of open-air
entertainments.
Finally, I would ask for an official intervention by the United Nations,
with a view to defending our rights in every aspect of this regrettable
situation.
In conclusion, we are please to tell the Canadian public at large that
our motto is:
"Proud United and Tenacious"
----------------------------
For further information: Raymond Bilodeau, Director, Communications,
(819) 360-8261
CONFEDERATION OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF QUEBEC - More on this organization
_
News Releases_ (http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/orgDisplay.cgi?okey=4590)
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Photo Archive_ (http://photos.newswire.ca/)
