Author Archives: Other News Sources

(October 23, 2000) I agree wholeheartedly with Larry Solomon’s contention (Property Rights for White Fishermen Too, Oct. 10) that property rights for fishermen of all races would solve the lobster fishery problem and that we should badger our politicians into recognizing this. Continue reading →

(October 10, 2000) Yo, you white Maritime lobster fishermen, get over it! The natives won; you lost. “A deal is a deal,” the Supreme Court stated last September. The Mi’kmaq have first dibs on the fishery; you get to divvy up most of what’s left. Continue reading →

(October 3, 2000) May I provide some facts relating to your editorial of Sept. 26 (Courting Disaster). Any time you need basic information, I would cordially invite you to contact officials of my department or the DFO Web site. You state that “only now that a federal election call is imminent are illegal lobster traps being seized — a year after they were first set.” This is inaccurate. Continue reading →

(October 1, 2000) Mi’kmaq lobster fishers are finding themselves in hot water for doing the same thing that the Supreme Court of Canada acquitted Donald Marshall, Jr. of doing a year ago. Continue reading →

(September 26, 2000) Phony conservation claims and sharp dealing by the federal fisheries minister foil justice for the natives of Burnt Church. Continue reading →