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By MARK SYDNEY

OTTAWA — “We have moved from
the stage of forming a cross-Canada net-
work and regional coalitions to the stage
of a cross-Canada campaign against the
free trade deal,” Ottawa University pro-
fessor Duncan Cameron told a Jan. 18
press conference here following a three-
day strategy conference hosted by the Pro-
Canada Network.

The highlights of the campaign, formu-
lated by representatives of the Network’s
member organizations and regional anti-
free trade coalitions grouping altogether
over 10 million Canadians, include a
Canada-wide petition campaign on March
17, the anniversary of the Shamrock
Summit, and a massive Day of Action on
July 1, Canada Day.

Dr. John Foster of the Toronto Coali-

tion Against Free Trade said the Pro-
Canada Network believes it can “win the
campaign” against the Reagan-Mulroney
deal. “Our main strength lies in the diver-
sity of the grassroots ties our members
possess,” he said. “In this way the Pro-
Canada Network hopes a majority of
Canadians will come to know the truth
about this. deal, and decide to reject it
through a federal election.”
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Vol. 51, No. 3

Protests
support
Lubicon
boycott

Framed by Palestinian flag, Gail Harmar of the C :
‘demonstration Saturday. The protest, one of several in Canada in recent weeks, hit the violence and repression practised by

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-|sraeli security forces in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza strip. World attention has been focussed on the

action there as residents have been murdered while protesting
Harmar called for the education of more Canadians a
_ activities have brought to world attention and resulted in

on the Israeli violence against West Bank
and Gaza Palestinians is biased and hypo-
critical and must change, those attending a
Vancouver demonstration Jan. 23 agreed.

thought, and we are sure he still thinks,
that Israel is not violating human rights,
and is showing restraint, as he put it,”
Hanna Kawas asserted. —

-Kawas, of the Canada-Palestine Asso-
ciation, said it is hypocritical to call Pales-
tinian liberation fighters terrorists when

Palestinian people is rife with terrorism.
_ External Affairs Minister Joe Clark has
versed the prime minister's position, but

‘The Canadian government's position

“(Prime Minister Brian) Mulroney

the history of Israel’s policies towards

all that we ask,” he stated. —

“After seven weeks of tacit support for
Israeli measures we tell Mr.Clark that we
don’t believe your government. If your
government is sincere, the prime minister
should apologize for his bias and mis-
judgment on the Palestine situation.
“The Palestinian people are not inter-
ested in sympathy or charity...the min-
imum the Canadian government could do

is recognize the sacred right of self- .

determination for the Palestinian people,”
Kawas, speaking at the Robson Square
demonstration, asserted. :

“The Canadian people’s unprecedented
support to the Palestinian people and the
outrage at the Israeli’s savage measures is

Gail Harmar of the Committee to Sup-

the expulsion of Palestinian activities from the territories.
bout the realities of the Palestinian question, which the recent |
almost unanimous condemnation of Israel's actions.

port Palestinian Rights told the demon-
stration of some 100 people that television
coverage of the Israeli security forces’ vio-
lence against Palestinians in the occupied
territories has forced Canadians “to stare
nightly at the ugliness of racism practised
against the Palestinians whom we man-
aged as a nation to ignore, trivialize or
distort over the past four decades.”
Harmar said it was clear many Canadi-
ans are awakening to the reality of Israel’s
policies in the wake of continued demon-
strations begun several weeks ago with the
deportation of several Palestinians to Jor-
dan. And she cited a growing “interna-
tional consensus that the occupation can

not continue.” (The West Bank, Gaza
Strip and Jerusalem were seized from Jor-

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By DONNA BAINES

CALGARY — The Native spirit sang
out loud and proud here Jan. 15 when
Native leaders from across Canada joined
with 250 supporters to protest the opening
of the Olympic Native art display at the
Glenbow Museum.

Entitled “The Spirit Sings”, this 600-
piece art display continues to be the focus
for native rights activism in Calgary, site of
the upcoming ‘88 Winter Olympics.

Native leaders have called for a boycott
of “The Spirit Sings” as a gesture of solidar-
ity with the Lubicon Lake Band’s struggle
to have their land claims recognized. In
addition, Native groups are dismayed by
the callous way their sacred artifacts have
been stolen or bought illegally for displays
such as this.

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The Mohawk Council of Kannawake
(Quebec) filed a claim Jan. 15 with Court of
Queen’s Bench in another attempt to
reclaim about 10 artifacts from the muse-
um’s $3-million exhibition. One of the pie-
ces, a false face mask, belongs to a Native
spiritual society. For anyone but the society
to use or display the mark is a serious insult
and desecration.

Two other tribes from as far away as
Newfoundland are also considering legal
action.

Lubicon chief Bernard Ominayak said
that the protests against “The Spirit Sings”
and the legal actions will not be the last
Calgary will hear of their cause during the
Olympics. The Lubicon’s battle for a
reserve, promised 48 years ago, will con-
tinue to be in the public’s eye through dis-
plays, actions and predicted support from
various Olympic athletes.

dan and Egypt during the 1967 Middle
East war.)

Zayed Gamiet of the Anti-Apartheid
Network compared the liberation strug- _
gles of southern Africa — which he said
unites peoples of different races and
religions — to the struggle for Palestinian
liberation.

“In the occupied lands of Israel and in
southern Africa too, the struggle con-
tinues. And we in Canada must do what
we can to see that that struggle ends
sooner, rather than later,” he declared.

Several organizations read or sent mes-
sages of support, including the Irish Pri-
soners of War Committee, Central

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