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March 30, 1991
Enclosed for your information is a letter from Australia to
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney regarding the continuing
Lubicon tragedy.
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March 22, 1991, letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from
Frank H. Stuckert, Bright, Australia
Sir:
I am sick and outraged by the way you are treating the Lubicon
Lake Indian Nation. The Lubicons have been fighting for a land
settlement for more than 50 years. This fact alone shows up
Canada for what it is, a colonial power exploiting disadvantaged
people! Your government's so-called "final offer" to the Lubicon
is wholly unreasonable and an outrage.
Your promises made recently in Vancouver to "make the resolution
of the aboriginal problems a very substantial priority in the
second half of your mandate" cannot be taken seriously when
compared to your past track record!
Your refusal to negotiate a just and fair settlement allows the
situation of the Lubicon to worsen into a tragedy. It is somehow
ironic that you ask your countrymen to tell Keith Spicer's
Commission what kind of country they want to see in the future.
How can I take that seriously? It is high time you settle the
Lubicon dispute fairly and quickly. No one can give credibility
to your lectures about racism in South Africa, your anxiety over
the Baltic States, or your concerns about Kuwait, while the
defenceless First Canadians are invaded and plundered by Canadian
and foreign interests with the assistance of your government.
Surely at this point of human development countries are more
enlightened and have learned better ways to deal with one
another. Thank you for your attention.
Yours very truly,
F.H. Stuckert
cc: Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
Hon. Tom Siddon