And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: "Morgan Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > NEWS FROM CANADA'S NDP > > May 31, 1999 > > URBAN NATIVES MOBILIZE > AGAINST HOUSING DOWNLOAD > > OTTAWA - The Liberal government's plan to download off-reserve > Aboriginal housing to the provinces will put more people on the > streets, NDP Housing Critic Bev Desjarlais said Thursday. > > "Recent experience tells us that downloading social housing leads > to higher rents and closed units," Ms. Desjarlais said. "Either > the Liberal government cannot learn from past mistakes or they > have decided they can live with throwing more people out of their homes." > > Ms. Desjarlais presented a petition signed by over 2,000 > residents of urban Native housing projects in Ontario calling on > the Liberal government to stop the downloading. The petitioners > stated the federal government has a fiduciary responsibility to > Aboriginal people living off reserve. > > "This is yet another example of the Liberal government failing > Aboriginal people," Ms. Desjarlais said. "Everyone deserves > decent housing. It would be unthinkable to proceed with this > download knowing it will cause such hardship to so many people." > > > Please visit the website of Canada's NDP: http://www.ndp.ca > S'il vous plait visitez le site web du NPD du Canada: http://www.npd.ca. > Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&