AG * The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 31, 1999

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

The

Bag

Nisga’a not the target

An open letter to:
The Nisga’s Negotiators

I'm told of news reports
concerning my lawsuit
against the provincial and
federal governments.

I undersiand that they
labelled my lawsuit as being
racist against the Nisga’a,

I also understand that the
remark was made by the
Nisga’a_=—s lawyer, =Tom
Berger, in his weak defense,
in an effort to confuse the
Teal issue of compensation
payment liable by the two
levels of Canadian govern-
ment.

Mr. Berger’s efforts in
collaborating with the Cana-
dian governments in this
lawsuit have only put the
Nisga’a in a very bad posi-
tion. Even though I have not

named the Nisga’a as
defendants, Mr. Berger is
insisting that they are

defendants and therefore I
am suing them as well as the

T recently filed an affidavit
in Supreme Court explain-
ing the very opposite. I chal-
lenge anyone to show’ me
where the place or places
are that indicate any racism.

I can understand a lawyer
of Mr. Berger’s slatus and
his effortsto never lose a
case and do feel sorry for
him in that sense but he’s
frantically grabbing at the
wrong levers and someone
may have to suffer because
of his: non-calculated fum-
bling. .

I have named the provin-
cil and federal govern-
ments as defendants because
my disagreement is with
them. I see no need to name
the Nisga’a as defendants
because it only causes hard
feclings toward my friends
here,

However if Tom Berger is
going to insist that the
Nisga’a are my defendants
then a new ball game arises.

If should win the lawsuit,
and by all indications I will,
according to’ Tom Berger's
weak and apparently only
defense, then the Nispa’a
will be liable to pay this
community a sizeable sum
in the way of compensation
along with the two govern-
ments.

If that is the direction that
the Nisga’a really want to
take then please notify me
and [’l] contact my lawyers.

It’s possible that we could
save the court a lot of time
if we knew the Nisga’a
position on this matter.
Lloyd Brinson,

Nass

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Shame on us?

Dear Sir:

In a recent radio news report I heard the reporter state |
how, with Premier Glen Clark's face plastered on the front
page of every newspaper across Canada due to yet another
political scandal, that British Columbians should hang
their heads in shame. After all, B.C. docs have a history of
forcing their leaders out of offi ice.

I wonder, is it that B.C. politicians are more dishonest
than other politicians, and that we naively keep putting
them into office, or is that we British Columbians are more
vigilant and less tolerant of wrong-doing?

If the latter is true, then we should not be hanging our
heads down in shame, but rather holding up our heads
proudly, for we make our leaders more accountable for
their actions.

But if the former is true, shame on us all who keep put-
ting these people into office. Think about it.

D. Pakka, Terrace, B.C,

PM's a puppet

_ Dear Sir:

’. The strangulation tactics by the U.S, against Cuba and
their destructive activities against all independent Central
American countries tears them apart to ensure U.S, capi-

. . talist domination.

This terror bas gone unnoticed by our Prime Minister
Jean Chretien. But now, an apparently weak-kriced Mr.
Chretien denounced President Castro for passing sentence
of a few years. on some dissidents, such horrible human
rights violations.

It would be so gratilying if our Prime Minister would
seek and convey the truth to the people, even if it irks our
domineering neighbours.

Mr. Chretien justified the bombing of Iraq and said
‘sure some people may get killed’', Mr. Chretien need do
little more in this direction to become a fully graduated
US, puppet

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