PETITION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

REGARDING HALT OF DEVELOPMENT
ON DISPUTED TREATY LANDS
WITHOUT ABORIGINAL CONSENT
UNTIL LAND CLAIMS ARE SETTLED

Whereas The Federal Government of Canada and all non-Aboriginal Canadians have the obligation to see that the treaties entered into by Aboriginal peoples and the British Crown are honoured and fully implemented according to their broad spirit and intent, including as understood by the Aboriginal peoples, and

Whereas Development of the land covered by the above treaties without the consent of the recognized and accepted or traditional authorities of the Aboriginal peoples is contrary to morality, the honour of the Crown, and the treaties themselves and

Whereas Canadians and Aboriginal peoples cannot live in peace, justice and harmony if the above treaties continue to be violated and disrespected, evidence of which abounds (confrontations at Oka, Akwasasne, Burnt Church, Ipperwash, Grassy Narrows, Sun Peaks, and Caledonia, to mention a few), and

Whereas Canadians and Aboriginal peoples want to live in peace, justice and harmony, which requires that each respect the other and the formal agreements made between the authorized representatives of each.

Therefore, We the undersigned demand that the Federal Government of Canada halt development of land covered by treaties made between First Nations and the Crown by individuals/organizations without the freely given consent and approval of the traditional First Nations authorities that have descended from those that signed said treaties and that no attempt at such development be allowed in land that is in dispute, until any claims or issues of Aboriginal title on said lands by First Nations are honourably and justly settled.