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Gold/Mining/Energy : Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline

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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (41)11/21/2005 12:19:22 PM
From: Dennis Roth   of 570
 
'No pay, no play,' say Dene
The Edmonton Journal

Sunday, November 20, 2005
canada.com

Excerpt:

A $31.5-million out-of-court settlement in July of a Deh Cho lawsuit against federal and Northwest Territories agencies did not soften Dene resistance to harming northern land and water, he said.

"Our people have been very hard line," Norwegian said.

"We've never said whether we're for or against the pipeline."

The 13 Dene and Metis communities in the 200,000-square-kilometre Deh Cho region haven't been converted into gas industry supporters by a federal promise of $500 million for northern native aid or Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan's pledge Nov. 17 of up to $2.8 billion in project assistance.

"If they travel through, they need to pay access fees and benefits to communities, and we need to be able to levy taxes," Norwegian said.

"Edmonton may be the gateway to the North, but the Deh Cho is the Kuwait of the North."

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