Topic 1501 Fwd: (fwd) Aboriginal protesters ri harrybridges Labor News & Notes 2:55 PM Apr 12, 1999 (at yahoo.com) From: Harry Bridges Subject: Fwd: (fwd) Aboriginal protesters riot in Manitoba --0-1957747793-923954182=:26705 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Note: forwarded message attached. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1957747793-923954182=:26705 Content-Type: message/rfc822 X-Apparently-To: harrybridges@yahoo.com via mdd103.yahoomail.com Received: from beaver.slip.net (207.171.193.7) by mta102.yahoomail.com with SMTP; 10 Apr 1999 19:46:08 -0700 Received: from sf-usr2-43-235.dialup.slip.net ([207.171.212.235]) by beaver.slip.net with smtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 10WAFB-00050m-00 for harrybridges@yahoo.com; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:45:09 -0700 From: nlahaie@labornet.org (Neil Lahaie) To: harrybridges@yahoo.com Subject: (fwd) Aboriginal protesters riot in Manitoba Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 02:43:42 GMT Organization: IGC LaborNet Reply-To: nlahaie@labornet.org Message-ID: <37160c47.16216823@pop.slip.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Length: 1626 On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 16:12:49 PDT, in clari.news.protests C-upi@clari.net (UPI) wrote: > =20 > WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 6 (UPI) -- A protest in front of the =20 >Manitoba Legislative Assembly turned into a riot, when some of the=20 >estimated 500 demonstrators, mostly aboriginal, tried to force their way= =20 >into the building.=20 > Police inside the building used pepper spray to control the rioters, =20 >and arrested some of the protesters. Several people were injured in the=20 >clash.=20 > The Winnipeg Legislature was in session when the protest occurred. =20 > The protesters were angry about what they described as Premier Gary =20 >Filmon's neglect of Indian nations in the province, saying unemployment=20 >among First Nations was high and social services were poor.=20 > One of the placards they held up said, ``Jobs, not Welfare.'' Some =20 >protesters told reporters they wanted better education and health care=20 >facilities on the reserves.=20 > The group was also angry about a recent political scandal in =20 >Manitoba, in which some Conservatives were found to have been involved=20 >in a scheme to split the vote of independent aboriginal.=20 > Retired Manitoba Judge Alfred Monnin, who delivered his report last =20 >week after conducting an inquiry into the 1995 scandal, said the=20 >conspiracy constituted ``a debasement of the citizen's right to vote.''=20 > Indian chiefs are demanding a personal apology from Filmon, whose =20 >Progressive Conservative party was involved. The premier has fired two=20 >of his top aides, but has not so far apologized to the First Nations.=20 > =09 --0-1957747793-923954182=:26705-- Conf?