Imperial Metals to face ancient "protectors" in court

2014-11-10 12:51 ET - Street Wire

by Mike Caswell

The Indian group opposing Imperial Metals Corp.'s Red Chris mine, known as the Klabona Keepers, says that nobody properly consulted its members about the project, a "grave and serious" violation of aboriginal rights. The group claims its members have been the protectors of the area around the mine for thousands of years. It contends that the company is destroying the area without consent.

The statements come in response to a lawsuit that Imperial Metals filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Oct. 3, 2014, over a roadblock at its Red Chris mine. The company complained that the Klabona Keepers blocked the two access roads to the mine and refused to allow vehicles to pass. Imperial Metals sought and won an interim injunction removing the roadblock, but that injunction only lasts until a full hearing on the matter.

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"The center cannot hold." Ordinairy, not special, Canadian citizen, you just go out and block a public road. see how long you last. If you persist, the law will arrest you, you will be dragged away, accordingly charged, and judgement will be appropriately swift. But, politics must obey politics. These Natives have no written history to back up their claims of "thousands of years." Try taking your case to court on "word of mouth." " My great great Grampa told me so." You will be immediately laughed out. Politics rules. Cowardly courts rule. Our governments proclaim to all how much they want investment. "Investment creates jobs. Jobs create taxes. Taxes create government social beneficial spending," including spending on and for the Natives, but when the access road is blocked by the Natives, the exact same governments run away and hide in the closet, letting the so much wanted investors hanging high and alone. Is this a joke, ot what???

The whole business is politically smelly. All investors should take their money and invest it somewhere where people and citizens and governments and courts really have enough brains to appreciate the benefits, and that for sure is not in B.C. Somehow, I seem to think that government social spending and benefits, available from taxation, supplied by investment and jobs, are also actually passed on to the Natives, just like to everyone else, including the ordinairy citizen.

Am I wrong? Are the same Natives, doing their best to stop investment, not willing and able to collect their pound of flesh from the government?? Pretty hairy.