A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 12, 1994 Notice mailout pattern hit Gosnell, MP to debate SKEENA REFORM MP Mike Scott has accepted Nisga’a Tribal Council president Joe Gosnell’s challenge to debate land claims. Gosnell issued the challenge several times at Scatt’s Oct. 6 public mecting on land claims. 'T believe we can reach a far, far greater audience’? than those. who attended “the ‘meeting, said Gosnell. “details will be worked out or on :, What debate will take place. Commenting after the meeting, Gosnell was a bit pessimistic about the effectiveness of forums such as the ones organized by Scait. And he wondered about the level of interest there really is among the general community about land claims, If Scott was right, ‘‘this place would have been plugged,’ said Gosnell. “Mr. Gosnell, Pl] be happy to debate with you in the fulurc,”’ replied Scott alter being pressed on the issue several times by Gos- nell. . Gosnell suggested the debate should take place on either radio or TY or both. ~ There's no word yet on bow the the broadcast medium Scott gets claims sermon TWO LOCAL pastors have taken Reform MP Scoll to task on how he presented his .regional land claims mectings. Speaking at the last such ses- sion here Oct, 6, Rev. Dean Houghton from St. Matihews’s Anglican church. and Rev. Michael Hare from Knox United said Scott failed in his obligation to give out information. “I’m disappointed at forum,”’ said Houghton, He noted there is public in- formation available on the land claims negotiations process but that it wasn’t presented, “You havén’t done anything to counter your famed abjection to being labelled as a fearmongerer by listing off your comments about job loss and everything else without stating facts,’ Houghton said, ; Houghton added: that Scott could have explained the dif- ference between specific claims ~— land that was granted natives and then taken away — and com- prehensive claims. — the large and general ones: such as the Nisga’a claim naw under negotia- tion. Hare criticized Scott's state- ments that land claims should be final and cerlain. ‘(As much as we humans want cerlainly we live in a world that’s full of ambiguity and there’s no way we're -going to have cerlainty,’’ be said. — ‘And so. the secret — the thing thal we all.need to leam — is this how to live with that ambiguity — and. that I think. is. the struggle that’s ahead of us,’’ he said, Hare ‘also’. felt “that Scott’s” forums would have been better had their been a-native person on the panel. Speakers’: on the panel represented. municipal, forestry, fishing and-mining interests. irom front front Scott’ S earful *T feel very strongly you are ig- noriug the fact thal First Nations people ‘arc aboriginal people who live in this region,”’ said Larissa Tarwick. She said that while some people might lose their jobs, natives have an equal right to gain jobs, Nisga'a Tribal Council executive member. and -chief councillor of Lakalzap (Greenville) Nelson Leeson said Terrace will benefit economically ‘from Nisga’a in- vestinent after a claims sclilement is done. He added that it was wrong to think the Nisga’a will freeze any timber supply within their terri- tory. because Nisga’a depend upon. the woods industry for employment, Leeson noted that northwest jobs NOT THRILLED with Reform MP Mike Scotts tand claims meet. ings were local pastors Rev, Dean Houghton (left) from St. Mat- thews United Church and Rev. Michael Hare from Knox United. “Given the total population of the Terrace area I would have ex- pected this lobby would have been standing room only. Well it didn’t happen. It gives you an in- dication of what the interest out there is,”” he added. During his opening remarks at the meeting, Scott referred several times to attempts 1o stifle people from speaking at the other sessions he organized, “Interest groups have done their best to intimidate people from coming to the micto- phones,”’ said Scott. And he dismissed statements that the mectings resulted in fear mongering, kkkkk There was also criticism of Scott for failing to mail out meet- ing notices to native villages. “Tf Scott had really wanted an open discussion about our negoti- ations, it would have made sense to invite us along,’’ Gosnell said. ‘But Mr. Scott's message thrives best in ignorance.” Scott, however, says the mail- out did not single out native vil- lages., “‘There were many small com- munities — places like New Remo, and Kemano — that did not get the notice,’’ Scott said. “T went to Aiyansh last week and met with Nisga’a negotiatiors and tribal leaders and I extended my personal invitation to those people at that time to be there," he said. 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