“troubles future financial! ' expressed - ", gounsil's second general assembly. concluded in this Swedish Arctic ‘ community during the weekend. _ WORLD COUNCIL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | Oo maa Fourth world native group forges ahead — KIRUNA SWEDEN cP+it faces i u ‘bullders of the first majo in- ternational native - peoples' ‘associations say it will survive to ’ gpearhead the struggle for what they - all the “Fourth World’, “There is no doubt about it, it’s on. its way, ” Says George Manuel, the ‘British Columbia Shuswap ‘who founded the World Council, of In- digenous Peoples WCIP. Manuel 56, , who hass th putting the organiza ion together, his potimism as the ent six years. ‘will become an. im _ the Fourth Wor! assebly at Port Alberni. B.C., two years ago there had been some doubts about whether the council. would live to hold a second meeting. As the second assembly began her Wednesday, 26 of more -expected delegates were absent because of fouled — travel arrangements, suspected political interfernce or Jack of funds, thus _ reviving gloom about the future. ; re-elected WCIP president Saturday said that © ‘However, Manuel, despite setbacks and more an- teipated funding ‘and ‘munications difficulties, the council mportant yoice for +indians, Inuit n 60. com: : Eskimos, aborigines, New Zealand Maori, Sami Laplanders. and other native people. The council says it re] resents an estimated.30 million of these people. . in 23 countries, - The 38 delegated, alded at times by hundreds of official observers, attacked common: problems, - in- ‘cluding Jand rights, the fight for . political self- determination and discrimation. - The council approved a resolution ‘and other international bodies to end “all the violent actions and measures against indigenous es It is also recommended that. the f Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass a ' UN -establish a fund to help in- digenous populations develop, and called for the WCIP to work toward establishing an international in- digenous university in Bolivia. Other resolutions called on the UN to reconize that indigeous peoples are nations and not tribes said that aboriginal land rights never can be extinguished, candemned gover- nemnet policies of assimilation and demanded that indigeous people have the right to define who they are. The most contentious topic was whether exiles should be allowed to yote as assemblies. The council set up a committee to aid exiles and to study the voting question. Delegates exiled for Bolivia, Chile and Peru said they are banned form their homes for demanding Indian right. They alsoled Latin American delegates in accounts of how Indians have been massacred for trying to organize. Assembly organizers said there is evidence some Centre] and South American delegates were refused permission to leave their countries to attend the meeting. A larger problem however, appeared to be with a travel. agency. which did not have airline tickets. delivered in’ time, said organizers. COAST AND INTERIOR “WA, companies - These two problems iett ¢ Colum: a bia, Ecuador, £1 Salvador, on Guatemala, Paraguay - ; Venezuela not represented hére. ve Peru and Chile were represented by bot ‘exiles r The United. States and Mew oe Zealand also were not represented - -peeause, they had no money for the — § far, the Canadians and -:- Samis, supported by ‘government, :.. individuals and organizations in -:-: Canada and Scandinavia, have been --:. _ paying most of the bills. Delegates said this must change and organizers are working on new_ approaches to fund raising. : Price: 20 cents oo tou 71 NO. 82 | “Trans-provinclal Airlines Captain Ben Wittke regularly ‘ provides passengers with breath-taking views of the northern countryside on the airline’s run serving com- MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1977 munities like Iskut, Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake ‘and Schaft Creek..Herald staff writer Bil Marles went along onF riday’s flight. His story is on page three. : utitutional COUNTRY’S LEADERS AT SEMINAR _ Lawyers asked to speak on. unity ‘ByGERARDMCNEIL — “Le Devoir, a Montreal daily _ OTTAWA CP - The 20,000 member Canadian. Bar. ° Association will be ‘asked .. today to throw its legal into the con- battle’ now in Canada weight ~oulgomng president A. Boyd. Ferris is expected to urge 1,300 delegates at the association's convention to break tradition, ik division and ‘take. poo on the political ue gripping Canada, The theme of the con- vention is the. constitution, its present and future. Justice Minister Ron Basford will open. the convention with what aides: describe as 4 major speech on language rights. Basford also may give an indication of federal reaction to Bill 101, Quebec's language legislation | whieh was, passed last week Chief Justice’ Bora -Laskin of the Supreme Conart of ; | _ Canada also will speak at the opening. Prime Minsiter Trudeau and the 10 provincial premiers all ‘were invited months ago to answer questions’ on Canada’s. .. political and legal position. ng‘the questions would be former. federal New - Democratic Party leader David Lewis, former language commissioner Keith picer, newspaper columnist Anthony Westell, and Claude Ryan, editor of . newspaper. However, by Sunday, only three premiers- Richard Hatfield of New Brunswick, Ed Schreyer of Manitoba, ‘and Allan Blakene ey oe Saskatchewan had said they will attend the Wednesday session. Other sessions will be led by constitutional authorities including senators’ Carl Goldenberg. and Eugene Relations between people and ‘government f will be discussed at a Tuesday ; -maintained by him session led by Mr. Justice ' Tom Berger of the British Columbia Supreme Court, of Ontario Ombudsman Arthur Maloney, Robert Cliche who was chairman of an ’ inquiry into organized crime in Quebec, and Dr. Gerald LaForest of the Law Reform Commission of Canada., ‘The association also will ‘continue the battle for . The kovernment in freedom. of information , begun a year ago by Ferris, a Vancouver lawyer, an throughout his term of of- fice. 1976 convention outlined the principles . on which a law giving citizens . ‘access to information held -by govenrment should be. based. Ferrishas expressed | disappointment with preliminary steps taken by this area, Still doubts about. prisoner’s identity — Forsey and Batonnier ‘Miche ‘Robert of Quebec. BELFAST REUTER- Belfast police said Sunda that a man released on ba in Vancouver of Friday is’. hot necessarily suspected." ; Irish Republican Army [RA ‘GUERRILLA James Mc- Cann, wanted by the Nothern Ireland's security forces. - A spokesamn. for. “the - Royal Ulster Constabularly- (RUC) said the police force had recieved a request from . Canadian .pollce .for Mc- Canne fingerprints and sent: them three months ago. “If the man has been freedit seems likely that the fingerprints did no natch,” the spokesman’ said. «5 The man, James Ken: - nedy, 37, was arrested in - Canada May 27 and ordered on July 14 to be deported. ‘Canadian+ immigration . “authorities have said he is James McCann. Friday’s apecial immigration board _ hearing freed him on bail . pending his appeal agains deportation to Britain. The RUC spokesman said Cann but added that the matter." is. -Intirely in, the hands of Canadian authorities: McCann escpaed six years saw through the bars in . : his cell here and climbing to the groung on knotted _bedsheets. He was awaiting trial on firearms and ex- plosives charges. - Kennedy said Friday following ‘his release from “prison that RCMP are ' working collaboration with British overseas in intelligence forces. in - the suppression of. the . Irish - - nationalist groups. the RUC was never certain *- ’ that the detained man is Mc Asked on Vancouver ‘television show if he meant RCMP were.helping the British to do whatever they can ‘to. prevent the - unification af. Norther Ireland, — Kennedy ‘Tepied; Precisely.” reach accord | Talks with northern workers continue VANCOUVER CF - Tentative agreement was reached SAturday between the International Wood- workers of American and Interior Forest Labor Relations, representing companies in British The two year pact, an- -"nounced by Jack Munro, western region. IWA vice- ‘president, is similar to one reached Friday with Forest . Industrial Relations. for woodworkers. There are about 8,000 [WA members in the southern interior. It calls for an increase of 60 cents an hour, retroactive to June 30 when the previous: one year contract expired, - 55 cents an hour in two stages in the second year. Base rate was $7,01.an hour. Also included in the pact are improved pension and fringe ‘benefits, agreement on a few: issues ° _ local to the ‘southern in terior. Contract for coastal IWA a] members expired June 15. Ratification votes are to be held during the nest few weeks, ‘ Negotiations. were con- tinuing on a contract for 5,000 IWA members with forest companies in the northern interior. That contract expires midnight . Wednesday night. The tentative coast agreement received. unanimous approval for the - union’s . 17-member negotiating ‘committee. Keith Bennett, FIR president, estimated ‘total cost of the ackage to the . industry at $1 .50 an hour. The settlement is con- sidered by both sides to be within anti-inflation board guidelines, although the percentage Impact of the terms waa not disclosed. This is the first: time in recent memory there has not been at least one dissenting vote in the IWA caucus on an initial contract recommendation. ‘ bee day-long. round ‘Of rgaining Friday also suced another first, as- Teporters were invited to sit in ‘while. the IWA officially announced acceptance of the industry’s offer. Settlement came on what was considered the final day of bargaining before the IWA intended to take strike action. The settlement also in- cludes an _ additional atatutory holiday, an in- crease . in weekly im- demnities to $180 from $175 during the length of the contract, better vacation. provisions, increased employer contributions to the dental plan, and pension plan agreement. Munro said the pension improvements are a major victory for the union. IWA Western Canada, plus- - _ Columbia’ s southern interior. As part of a new, unified pension scheme to cover all certifications in FIR agreed to provide full, past service benefits to IWA members for years worked in the forest indus to 1973 when the first in- ension plan was ealated * and to increase by 50 percent the monthly ‘pensions now. received by. fetited sitice 1973. “The major thing in our whole agreement is pen- sions," Munro said. KAMLOOPS, B.C. CP - The provincial government ,. hopes to raise the standards © of the ambulance service ; and create 75 ambulance- based stations throughout the province as part of its war on “preventable' * cidents’, Bob McClelland, ‘minister, of health, said Saturday. McClelland; speaking at the ‘second "annual sym- posium of’ ambulance techniques being held at . Cariboo College here during the weekend, said there are approximately 600 prior - days with Russian onlu eight-whales killed. - and T- shirts.” . _. Wylie sald the Greenpeac Te _ in. the..first. year. of ..the;.woodworkers..'who.-have,: |... throught Frank,.that.the Russians ta keling whales: [°° 2 their shoulde Y “contract, and an additional. Greenpeace ev on Soviet vessel vancouver cp-four crew “members of the Green-. peace ship James Bay boarded Russian harpoon boat Saturday and talked with the crew after and invition from the Russian captain, ‘In .a news release Sunday, Greenpeace said. president Patrick Moore, photographer Rex Wylie, translator Rusty Frank and Bob Taunt were invited _ aboard the beat about 1,2 miles west of San Francisco. ° “Many of the young Russians were sympathetic to the © Greenpeace message,” said Wylie during a radio. tranmission monitored in San Francisco. “None of thecrew of the captain could deny that the * whales where almost gone from the Pacific.” ’ Theanti-whaling protestors said they have spent12 | eete this summer and have seen e crew ‘members. asked, rs and. “The Russians just shrugged shook their heads. We gave them Greenpeace huttons preventable accidents each year in British Columbia, ‘By preventable, said. McClelland, “We mean that someone's life can be saved ‘if they are reached and cared for in time.” The setting up of 75 am- bulance based stations should speed up com- munications between ab- vulance personnel, RCMP, hospitals, forestry and regional ambulance staff, an .ambulance service spokesman said. PMeClelland said - the government wants to raise oe RAISE STANDARDS 7 7 ‘War on accidents - the standard of the am- bulance service to level EMA 1 for part-time staff and EMA 2 for full-time fal on shy vo ving, stretcher technique and first aid. The pokesman said the government is aiming mostly at raising the standards of regional ambulance staff. Ambulance personne! in lar € population centres as Kamloops, Victoria and Vancouver are at the advanced level, he added. Churches work together despite unity problems calgary Cp-Formal union between Canada’s two largest Protestant denomination may have been stalled but that does not mean the churches must not work together, leaders of both the United Church of Canada and Anglican Church of Canada say. In an interview Sunday on the CBC-FM radio program ‘Sunday Magazine, RT.REV George Tuttle , moderator of the United Church, and , primate of the Anglican - Church, said both churches sre sre working together ‘although formal ta of union ended in 1975. “We: haven't’ been discussing church union in any organic sense," Tuttle elected chief executive officer of ther the two- million-memeber United Church said. The Anglican Church has about 1.5 Milijon members. . “We've been talking more about our relationshlops to other bodies, rticulary to the Anglican body, because for a long time we had such conversations on — the question of union that we were not beginning to do as many things together as we He said both he and Scott represent agencies that will be working together, thinking together,“‘and are far more unionfied that the average person on the street realizes. Referring to a move by both Bhurches to become more responsible for social comment, Scott said many business people felt they were attacked by some of the church's statements on northern development and South Africa. “When you have had a long period when there has been little said about these kinds of issues ard some of them start being raised, that often feels like an attack. “7 don't think the church has ever meant itin terms of attack. Rather we're raising issues that have to be looked at.”’ Tuttle said ralsing such issues is tly a question of being: cit payers, ‘adding that the church must take a stand on many question. - Asked what the churches can do to foster national izens and tax-. unity, Scott said one of the things that should be done is to try to get the rest of Canada to give some valid reasons to Quebecers as to why their province should remain within Con- ferderation. The whole gestion has changed during the last five years because there is a growing group in Quebec who feel they could go it alone,he said. . “what the French pecple want is not relevant. questionis what can the rest of Canada offer to Quebec that would persuade them to stay in some pattern of confederation, So I think that puts a responsiblity on those of us who have contact © ‘ with the rest of Canada to be sensitive to some of the Attitudes and history lof of the French people.” “We are deeply deicated . to national unity 80 We ‘do what we can.” , The united Church has ap inte? a nan officer, ench-spea! person, who will pay particular attention to the subject, he -