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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:50:02 -0400
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From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Native contractor wins on-reserve work Manitoba
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Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Contractor victorious
Reserve must award work to band member
By BOB HOLLIDAY, Winnipeg Sun
A blockade of the main road to the Sandy Bay First Nation came down late
yesterday when an on-reserve contractor received a promise of future work.
George Mousseau, of Un-Can Excavating, had blocked one of the lanes of the
road with heavy equipment in protest of the band awarding work to
off-reserve contractors.
"We have capable people living on the reserve," said Mousseau. "The band
paid for a lot of men to get their Class 1 driver's licence and heavy
equipment certificate. They should be put to work."
Mousseau's threat of a total blockade, beginning this morning, was lifted
after a meeting with chief John Spence. "He's going to give us work. We're
going to start working on the potholes (today)," said Mousseau, who started
his company three years ago after working for the band as a heavy equipment
operator for 12 years.
The reserve, about 150 kilometres from Winnipeg on the western shore of
Lake Manitoba, is bankrupt and under co-management. Receiver Gary Julius
said the recommendation to award work to off-reserve contractors was made
by band staff.
"I asked who in the area was capable of doing the work," said Julius. "I
had no idea (Mousseau) had the ability, or equipment, to do the work until
he approached me last Thursday."
Preference will be given to on-reserve workers, said Julius, including a
general road-maintenance contract to dig out the soft spots and to fill
potholes.
"There will be no work done until we talk with George," said Julius.
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