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by Kahentinetha Horn The phoney “Algonquin” protest to stop a uranium mine at Robertsville, near Sharbot Lake, has started up again. The original protest encampment at the mine gates started last summer. It’s one hour north of Kingston Ontario. Chief Doreen Davis of “Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation”, Robert Lovelace of “Ardoch Algonquins” and six other people face charges in mid February for contempt of court and a $77 million lawsuit launched by Frontenac Ventures Corp.
The land in question is the area south of the Ottawa River which is part of Haudenosaunee Territory of the Mohawk Nation. The “Algonquin” visitors are claiming this land and trying to make a settlement with Ontario and Canada.
MNN. Feb. 10, 2008 - Who is Rem Westland? Why is he concerned about what MNN
writes? He contacted MNN. He has a cottage at Sharbot Lake. He
graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1970. He
taught at Carleton University in Ottawa and then entered the civil
service. He worked at the Privy Council Office (PCO) from 1989 to
1991. He became Director General of Claims and Treaty Land Entitlement
at Indian Affairs from 1991 to 1995. He became Director General at
Ontario Aboriginal Affairs from 1995 to 1997. this guy sure knows how
to rise to the top and siphon off the cream. At National Defense he
became Director General of Realty Policy and Plans and then Assistant
Deputy Minister from 1998 to 1999. What a choice resume! Don’t you
just wonder how he got to be born under such a lucky colonial star!
The
Privy Council Office (PCO) is made up of unelected people who run the
government behind the scenes. There are 16 secretariats with catchy
Orwellian names like "Social Development Policy", "Machinery of
Government", "Foreign and Defense Policy, "Security and Intelligence"
and "Orders in Council". They write policies and give information to
the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers. In other words, these are
the guys that pull the strings. Forget about Democracy 101. They
issue a lot of “Orders in Council”. This is a nifty way to do an end
run around Parliament. It lets the shady powers that be do as they
please.
Rem Westland has been involved in military and colonial
confrontations with Indigenous communities like the Mohawk Oka Crisis
in 1990, “Ipperwash” in 1995 and nuclear testing at “Nanoose Bay” in
1999 in British Columbia.
After the Mohawk Oka crisis Rem
moved on to Indian Affairs and became the Director General of Claims
and Treaty Land Entitlement. His associates were Indian Affairs Deputy
Minister Dan Goodleaf [a Canadian of Mohawk ancestry from Kahnawake]
and Associate Deputy Minister Rick Van Loon, all Mulroney appointees.
They did everything they could to force Liberal Minister of Indian
Affairs Ron Irwin to hand over the Lubicon Cree of Alberta issue to
their pre-prepared base at the Justice Department.
According
to Fred Lennarson, advisor to the Lubicon Cree for over 25 years,
"Federal negotiators deliberately broke down Lubicon negotiations in
January of 1989 with a "take-it-or-leave-it" offer. They knew it was
unacceptable as it made no provision for the Lubicon Cree to become
economically self-sufficient."
Then Indian Affairs created the
“Woodland and Loon Cree First Nations” nearby to throw the Lubicon
claim into total confusion. The Woodland Cree leadership was offered
$30,000 for every Lubicon they could recruit to join them. Doesn’t
that sound familiar?
Rem was at Ontario Aboriginal Affairs when
Dudley George was murdered by the Ontario Provincial Police at
Ipperwash on September 6 1995. Rem’s name comes up in the Ipperwash
Inquiry Report as a shady government character throwing his weight
around. How do you like that?
In 1998 to 1999 at National
Defense Rem as Assistant Deputy Minister of Infrastructure &
Environment and Director General of Realty Policy & Plans oversaw
five other directorships: Nuclear Safety; Environment; Military
Engineering; Infrastructure & Environment which includes Human
Resources, information management and language quality; and Canadian
Forces Housing Agency. Is that why their houses are almost as bad as
the Ongwehonwe. Hey, man! This guy’s got more power than the Prime
Minister.
At Nanoose Bay Rem negotiated the Nanoose
Expropriation crisis in 1999. The U.S. military leased the area to
test nuclear torpedoes in the Georgia Straits off Vancouver Island.
The lease was going to end in 1999. The U.S. wanted to renew it so
they could keep their nukes splashing around in the bay and their
nuclear submarines cruising the waters. Each sub, two football fields
long, can carry and launch enough nuclear missiles to "destroy every
capital city in the northern hemisphere." [Gordon Edwards of the
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility]
"...Naval nuclear reactors in BC contain as much radiation
in their core as several nuclear bombs, and use uranium fuel 133 times
more enriched than a CANDU reactor. Nine nuclear propulsion reactors
already litter the ocean floor along with 50 "lost" nuclear war
heads”.
OMG! That is dangerous! The sea water is going to eat into them. What a legacy for the future generations!
Westland
signed an agreement with B.C. negotiator Lorne Seitz to keep nukes out
of Nanoose Bay. David Anderson revoked it, which probably was the
plan. The Pentagon gives $1 a year to Ottawa who turned it over to
B.C. for the rent. We hope B.C. doesn’t go crazy over this windfall!
As
Director General of Realty Policy and Plans from 1997 to 2003, Rem
predicted and reported on "realty support" for defense, such as "lands,
facilities and works". Facilities include bio-defense and research
labs such as MREL [Mining Research Engineering Limited] at the
Robertsville mine site. Last July the Mohawks caught MREL making and
testing bombs and radiation dispersal devices. Nearby the military
practiced maneuvers on a swing bridge at Ragged Chutes. Works includes
roads, water and utilities. There is an army base, prisons, military
colleges, universities and other military support institutions
throughout the area. They need to get us out so they can set up
extensive military installations on Haudenosaunee territory for who
knows what?
Once the bit of uranium is dug up at Sharbot Lake
and the people have fled the radiation, what military plans are in
place to inflate Canada's self-proclaimed image as an "energy and
military superpower"?
Rem gathers financial, legislative and
legal information for Defense. He has the Indian Affairs and Defense
background to grease the wheels involving the pretend "Algonquins", the
uranium mining companies and the military establishment.
He is
now vice-president of “Corporate Research Group” as “team leader for
Aboriginal Affairs”. They have contracts with Indian Affairs to pave
an agreement between the Quebec Crees and Canada and Quebec for more
dams and hydroelectric development on the many great rivers in Cree
territory.
Rem’s specialty is to advise Aboriginal groups to buy
land or businesses. If the Aboriginal group is in good standing with
government officials, he can arrange financing.
Rem and his
company advise the colonial governments, agencies and multinationals on
how to cut to the chase by separating rights and business agendas. It
sounds like he can ram through a uranium mine before any Native land
claim is ever settled.
In his association with the Sharbot Lake
Property Owners Association he publicly takes the environmentalist's
point of view, but does the opposite behind the scenes. The
association is part of the Federation of Ontario Cottagers Association
(FOCA) committe which is currently reviewing the Ontario Mining Act.
They want subsurface rights for their "properties" so they can decide
on a uranium mine instead of prospectors coming in with $25 claims.
What about the real owners of this beautiful area, the Haudenosaunee?
Who are the other property “owners” working with him. Rem doesn’t
work alone!
Rem sent a very telling email to MNN on February
8th: "I think the "Algonquin Claim" negotiations are very vulnerable,
and will not settle, for a very long time...unless the parties … feed
the historical facts onto the negotiations table. There is a great
reluctance to do this … because there is a great big fiction going on
which works well enough for some people..." [Is he referring to
himself. Robert Lovelace and Doreen Davis, to name a few?]
"What should really be a Mohawk/Huron/Algonquin
[Haudenosaunee] claim in the Frontenacs is misrepresented as an
Algonquin claim - and people of First Nations descent must register as
Algonquin to participate - simply for reasons of… historical denial….
because the record is very clear that the Algonquin did not have
residency after the Mohawk came in [with the Hurons who are also
Haudenosaunee. Both were there forever], and [the Algonquin] only
began to establish residency long after contact. It serves the purpose
of governments (federal and provincial) to support the fiction of
continuous Algonquin presence."
Canada and Ontario put funds through “Algonquin Nation
Negotiations Directorate” ANND, incorporated by Ontario, to pay for
this fraud to steal Haudenosaunee territory. The ANND board is native
and non-native. MNN answered Rem on February 8th as follows: “You
seem to be making the assumption that "settling" your fraudulent claims
to our land is desirable for our people. Can't you see how unsettling
it is? As you yourself admit, this is Haudenosaunee land. There is
nothing to settle and never will be. All you have to do is just stop
lying about history. That’s all there is to it!
“There is no legitimate Algonquin land claim in that area
as everyone knows. There is no point getting back to square one
because there is no square one. The whole deal is a totally
non-sensical fraudulent scam. Are you the architect of all this b.s.?
“…There's no doubt about it, everyone involved is
committing a crime. They have knowledge that they do not own what they
are dealing with and they have the intent to dispossess us, the
rightful owners. You know full well that we never gave you or anyone
else the right to negotiate for our land. There is nothing to talk
about. Go home and stop making money from everything that you are
stealing from us. You are scamming the Canadian public, … chattering
about something that you know nothing about and have less authority
over it than a blue jay sitting in the tree where his ancestors have
nested for millenia.
“ … go back to wherever your ancestors came from and look
after your ancestral homeland which must be neglected because you have
been here far too long. … go there and [see] if you really believe
that your lethal military bases and chemical weapons are good for
humanity, go sell it to your own relatives.
“ … you'd better stay off Haudenosaunee land if you have a
single honest bone left in your body. You are a trespassing interloper
and a bad guest. We know what you’ve done. Because of this, you are
not welcome”. kahentinetha
Rem told MNN this mediation was supposed to be a
“done deal”. The truth MNN put out derailed the criminal conspiracy.
How many scumbags are running around doing all this dirty work for
their corporate masters? You guys can’t hide forever. You’ll be found
and outed! You may be able to fool a few people right now, but the
coming generations will be able to see what you’ve been up - if you
don’t destroy the earth, that is! The Canadian government seems to be
a magnet for crooks. The courts are biased in favor of the
bureaucracy. They've supported the illegal colonization of Indigenous
peoples for centuries. How can such criminal opportunism be stopped?
Iakoha'ko:wa near Sharbot Lake, Haudenosaunee Territory
Chief Whitebear written by Cathie Duchene-Sharbot,
February 13, 2008
I was 12 years old the first time I walked into INAC with my grandaddy to register him as a native. Getting the documents was not easy in 1972. My grandaddy passed away in 1989, and I was the only one with him when he died...I promised him I would try to fix this Native Status before I died...The SHARBOTS have always been MOHAWKS. Well, over the years, I have started and stopped my investigating, but in the past few years, due to illnes, I am housebound and have felt pulled towards this. What started out for me as a mission of love, the love of my grandaddy, in my eyes, one of the greatest men to walk this earth, I miss him dearly, Cecil Sharbot....to get our MOHAWK Status...it has not been easy getting the proof of where the SHARBOTS came from and who they were...but alot of hard work and people who love history and people that want the TRUTH.. What was a beautiful search, for such loving people, THE SHARBOTS..turned into a nightmare. The LIES, COVERUPS...MISSING DOCUMENTS....VANISHED ALL OF A SUDDEN..only to turn up in the weirdest places. There is new evidence to prove this land is MOHAWK LAND...and for some reason...no one is listening.. Well, today, after watching our House of Commons through a hissy fit and walk out..I guess we no why. Harper is giving away all kinds of money, money to keep our military in a war that is not ours...money for going GREEN...What the hell is a uranium mine...there will be no green other than on the governments pockets and mining companies. I sent a letter to the Courts today to advise someone to know this current Algonquin claim or mining or anything else should happen, but I never even got a phone call. Now, pardon me for being stupid,but Dorren Davis claims she is a SHARBOT..Algonquin??? no, the Sharbots are MOHAWKS, why is she ALgonquin..well thats what she was told..do they have documents to prove the SHARBOTS as Algonquins...no...DOES ANYONE...No...NO ONE. Well..I think someone is not listening to the proof..maybe we need a CSI in here to let the evidence speek for itself. BUT HOW DO I GET THEM TO LISTEN ???????
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Human Being written by Waynonaha Two Worlds,
February 13, 2008
Go back to the peace courts and forget the other politics. For years the Peace Makers way was the only way so why bother with the other so called justice. If you stand in the truth and keep standing in the truth United they will have to listen. Remember one hair will break but if you braid them all together they are strong.
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The phoney “Algonquin” protest to stop a uranium mine at Robertsville, near Sharbot Lake, has started up again. The original protest encampment at the mine gates started last summer. It’s one hour north of Kingston Ontario. Chief Doreen Davis of “Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation”, Robert Lovelace of “Ardoch Algonquins” and six other people face charges in mid February for contempt of court and a $77 million lawsuit launched by Frontenac Ventures Corp. 
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Well, over the years, I have started and stopped my investigating, but in the past few years, due to illnes, I am housebound and have felt pulled towards this.
What started out for me as a mission of love, the love of my grandaddy, in my eyes, one of the greatest men to walk this earth, I miss him dearly, Cecil Sharbot....to get our MOHAWK Status...it has not been easy getting the proof of where the SHARBOTS came from and who they were...but alot of hard work and people who love history and people that want the TRUTH..
What was a beautiful search, for such loving people, THE SHARBOTS..turned into a nightmare.
The LIES, COVERUPS...MISSING DOCUMENTS....VANISHED ALL OF A SUDDEN..only to turn up in the weirdest places.
There is new evidence to prove this land is MOHAWK LAND...and for some reason...no one is listening..
Well, today, after watching our House of Commons through a hissy fit and walk out..I guess we no why.
Harper is giving away all kinds of money, money to keep our military in a war that is not ours...money for going GREEN...What the hell is a uranium mine...there will be no green other than on the governments pockets and mining companies.
I sent a letter to the Courts today to advise someone to know this current Algonquin claim or mining or anything else should happen, but I never even got a phone call.
Now, pardon me for being stupid,but Dorren Davis claims she is a SHARBOT..Algonquin??? no, the Sharbots are MOHAWKS, why is she ALgonquin..well thats what she was told..do they have documents to prove the SHARBOTS as Algonquins...no...DOES ANYONE...No...NO ONE.
Well..I think someone is not listening to the proof..maybe we need a CSI in here to let the evidence speek for itself.
BUT HOW DO I GET THEM TO LISTEN ???????
whitebear369@yahoo.ca