keoadmin
07-15-2008, 01:31 AM
The following motion on mining and First Nations consultation will be considered by Kingston City Council at its meeting to be held on July 15, 2008.
-- Kingston Electors
Moved by Councillor Matheson
Seconded by Councillor Meers
THAT the City of Kingston, in endorsing the motion passed by the Municipality of Brockton, support the following motion:
“WHEREAS Professor Bob Lovelace of Queen’s University and spokesperson for the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, and six band councillors from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inniuwug (KI) or Big Trout Lake have been imprisoned until recently for defending their community from the operations of a mining exploration company; and,
WHEREAS the Chiefs of Ontario are seeking public support for the KI 6;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Kingston write to the Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Michael Bryant, Premier Dalton McGuinty, our local MPP and Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ask that new rules be developed for consultations between mining companies and First Nations;
- and further -
THAT the Federal and Provincial governments clarify and respect Native land rights in the constitution; and that the Premier of Ontario answer the call of 18 and counting communities that have requested a moratorium on uranium mining, as well as a review and appropriate changes to the antiquated mining act that would provide for and respect property owners rights;
- and further -
THAT this motion be circulated to AMO.”
-- Kingston Electors
Moved by Councillor Matheson
Seconded by Councillor Meers
THAT the City of Kingston, in endorsing the motion passed by the Municipality of Brockton, support the following motion:
“WHEREAS Professor Bob Lovelace of Queen’s University and spokesperson for the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, and six band councillors from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inniuwug (KI) or Big Trout Lake have been imprisoned until recently for defending their community from the operations of a mining exploration company; and,
WHEREAS the Chiefs of Ontario are seeking public support for the KI 6;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Kingston write to the Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Michael Bryant, Premier Dalton McGuinty, our local MPP and Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ask that new rules be developed for consultations between mining companies and First Nations;
- and further -
THAT the Federal and Provincial governments clarify and respect Native land rights in the constitution; and that the Premier of Ontario answer the call of 18 and counting communities that have requested a moratorium on uranium mining, as well as a review and appropriate changes to the antiquated mining act that would provide for and respect property owners rights;
- and further -
THAT this motion be circulated to AMO.”