' | ] | | Canada Peltier appeal set for June 12 Special to the Tribune OTTAWA — “It’s been a dog’s break- fast with respect to justice,’ Warren Allmand, Liberal MP, and Indian affairs minister at the time of Leonard Peltier’s 1976 extradition to the U.S. told a news conference on April 18. Allmand has resubmitted a private members’ motion, originally put forward by NDP MP Jim Fulton, that calls for the return of Peltier to Canada and the annul- ment of all former extradition proceedings. The motion is expected to be heard by the House of Commons at a future date. “We found out after Peltier was extra- dited to the United States that false evidence had been used by the FBI, that evidence had been concealed and that other witnesses had been coerced,” Allmand said. He was speaking at a press conference during a four day prayer vigil and protest held in Ottawa as part of an interna- tional campaign to gain Peltier’s release. According to Anne Fitterer, a spokesperson with the Leonard Peltier Canadian Defence Committee, the Ottawa events are happen- ing at a time of broadening support for Peltier, one in which Canada will play a crucial role since U.S. legal channels have been exhausted. On the legal front, an appeal has been filed with the Supreme Court of Canada by Clayton Ruby and Dianne Martin who are acting as Canadian counsel for Peltier. The appeal is scheduled to be heard June 12. According to Ruby, the appeal will pres- ent new evidence of the fraud committed on the Canadian court system by the FBI and used by them to extradite Peltier to the United States. “One of the things that is very important about the material we’ve filed is that Peltier never had the opportunity to argue in the United States, in any real way, the fraudu- lent extradition, “ Martin said. “The material we’ve filed revealing the extent and the nature of the FBI wrongdo- ing has never before been examined by a May Day Greetings CUPE Local 3351 Marpole Adult Day Care “Providing quality service for our seniors ...” MAY DAY GREETINGS members and staff of Carpenters Shop Local 1928 Industrial To the friends of labour, from the 4457 East Hastings St. Vancouver lf (MAY DAY GREETINGS from the executive and membership of the Cement Mason’s Union, Local 919 WARREN ALLMAND ... re-introduced private member’s bill calling for annul- ment of extradition. court. And indeed, though lawyers of Pelt- ier have known about it for some while, no court has up to now had the opportunity to examine the depth and breadth of the FBI effort to extradite Peltier,” she said. Ethel Pearson of the Kwakiutl nation in B.C., adoptive mother to Peltier, said the only way the authorities could correct the injustice done to Peltier and to other Native people is to return him to his mother and to his nation. “He is my son. I want him out of prison.” (With files from Darrell Rankin) Greetings on May Day in solidarity with the working people of B.C. FRONTLINES ART GROUP SOS OSS DA Innu acquitted Four Innu walked out of a Newfound- land court room April 18 acquitted of mischief charges for their part in protests low-level flight tests by NATO fighter- bombers. Judge James Igloliorte, an Inuit, cleared Greg and Elizabeth Penashue, Ben Michel and David Ashini, saying the four were acting to protect their tradi- tional lands, based on the belief that the territory used for the test flights had never been seceded by treaty. Igloliorte added that if Canada was going to be viewed as an egalitarian society, it had to recognize the different cultural values of its aboriginal peoples. Greg Penashue told the media he was elated by the ruling and vowed to keep up the protests against Ottawa’s plans to establish a NATO training base at Goose Bay, Labrador. Ottawa votes against ARMX Ottawa city council voted April 19 to ban all future exhibitions of military hardware in the city. The motion, by councillor George Brown, was promp- ted by plans from peace groups to protest against the giant ARMX show to be held in Lansdowne Park next month. This will be the third time ARMX, featuring acres of military hardware and high tech gear, has used Ottawa as a location. In the past, the show has attracted over 13,000 visitors and exhibitors from 12 countries. Brown said ARMX gives Ottawa an undesirable image as the arms capital of Canada, attracts buyers from repressive regimes and is out of step with citizens’ desires for peace and stability. ARMX’s other shows have passed with little attention. This time peace groups in Quebec and Ontario are plan- ning to bus in hundreds of protesters. May Day Greetings — United Fishermen & Allied Workers Union : Local 7 ‘May Day greetings’ L.S. (Larry) Armstrong President Serving workers in the telecommunications industry since 1949. 5261 Lane Street, Burnaby, 437-8601 Doreen McMillan Secretary-Treasurer Pacific Tribune, May 1, 1989 « 7