One of my professors used to say, "don't bring me problems, bring me solutions". I try to live by these words. Thus, what are my solutions to the present ongoing road blockade in Caledonia? The following 8 items are not mutually exclusive, they can be combined for a more effective outcome.
1) A Court Order should be filed against those who set up and maintained the barricade. The OPP knows who these people are and they need to be served immediate "cease and desist" papers. Non - compliance, that is, if they don't completely remove all of the barricade within 3 days, means that they will be served a summons to appear in Court to answer changes of trespass and related charges. Fines should be levied against individuals AND the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) who have bilked solar and wind energy companies out of millions of dollars by pretending that there is a valid Treaty and unsurrendered land and that they are the legal representatives of the Six Nations people.
2) Irrespective of the outcome of number 1 above, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) should use their authority and enforce the law, removing the barricade and opening Argyle Street South within 5 days, and in the manner I suggested in the previous blog posting. No muss, no fuss.
3) Local merchants who advertise in the Rez newspapers should read the content of the last two issues and determine whether these media outlets have supported the HCCC barricade. If these merchants have advertising in an "offending" newspaper it should be immediately removed, otherwise they are in effect being enablers to this situation.
4) A boycott of all Six Nations businesses is NOT warranted. There is a lot of disagreement about this blockade within Six Nations, but a survey taken by Two Row Times shows that over 85% of respondents want the barricade removed, and only 15% want it to stay. There is a general recognition that we are all hurting. Six Nations businesses are already suffering. Many sensible people there, as off Rez, see the process as a futile and pathetic approach to problem solving. Click here to see the survey results. Please support Six Nations as well as Caledonia businesses - shop local.
5) The Hydro One tower that was stolen and vandalized (its remnants presently part of the barricade) should be replaced and the wires strung that would link Niagara Falls and the Toronto grid. Billions of dollars have been lost since 2006 when the project ground to a halt. Legal action needs to be taken to recover at least some of the lost revenue.
6) The illegal smoke shops surrounding Caledonia must be permanently removed - in addition to being an eyesore, they are a monument as to how Six Nations believe they can flaunt the law. One law that applies to all people, nothing else is acceptable.
7) All trespassers on the Douglas Creek Estates (DCE aka Kanonhstaton) property should be removed, and the land returned to the Haldimand County Ontario Land Registry system. This property was obtained by fraud since the claim that it was unsurrendered land is patently false. In a previous blog posting I included copies of the original documents signed by 49 Chiefs in Council in 1844 where they specifically surrendered that particular parcel of land.
8) Since the Burtch property was obtained by extortion, it should be returned to the Province of Ontario and then re-established within the Brant County Ontario Land Registry system.
There is more, but all in good time.
DY
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