(Bishop Gordon) Beardy backs Mi'kmaq fishers: Bishop visits Burnt Church.Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin visited Burnt Church, N.B., in late September to lend his support to Mi'kmaq who were engaged in a bitter dispute with the federal government and non-Native fishers over lobsters. "We as a diocese have a major commitment to healing and reconciliation," said Bishop Beardy's executive archdeacon, David Ashdown, in explaining why the bishop went. Bishop Beardy was not available for comment. "I think part of that includes the recognition and support of treaty rights," Archdeacon Ashdown said. "You're not going to have healing unless you have justice. "Because we have that kind of commitment, he (Bishop Beardy) thought this was an important issue, almost symbolic of the struggle going on right across the country. We don't have a lot of lobsters here in northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. and northeastern Manitoba but we do have fishing and game questions. We have trees and lumber issues, which are affected by this so we have a pretty keen interest in what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. there." The Mi'kmaq have asserted their treaty rights to catch lobster out of season. Non-Native fishers in the area demanded that many of the lobster traps Lobster Trap A strategy used by a target firm to prevent a hostile takeover. In a lobster trap, the company passes a provision preventing anyone with more than 10% ownership from converting convertible securities into voting stock. be removed and the Department of Fisheries fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland and Labrador, for example, European and North American fishing fleets have long and Oceans were forcibly forc·i·ble adj. 1. Effected against resistance through the use of force: The police used forcible restraint in order to subdue the assailant. 2. Characterized by force; powerful. doing so. The Natives ended their season voluntarily in early October. After the bishop spoke with people in Burnt Church by telephone, "he decided to go and minister by his presence there," Archdeacon Ashdown said. "His objective was to meet with people, hear their story, pray with them and see if there was any way in which he could assist in the process of finding an equitable and just solution to the problem." The people of Burnt Church warmly welcomed the bishop, Archdeacon Ashdown said. He was part of the prayer vigil vigil (vĭj`əl) [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast and then waited outside the church until dawn for the liturgy (Mass). held on the wharf and was there when shots were fired. After hearing from Bishop Beardy, the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples The Council of Indigenous Peoples (Chinese: 原住民族委員會, pinyin: yuánzhùmínzú wěiyuánhuì) (sometimes referred to as Council of Aboriginal Affairs condemned "the violence, threats of violence, and intimidation tactics used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans" in the dispute. It called on the federal government to move immediately to conduct nation-to-nation negotiations to "ensure an equitable sharing of resources between First Nations and the larger Canadian society." |
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