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In article <47lb2n$lbq@wolfe.wimsey.com>, kpollak@portal.ca (Karl Pollak)
writes:
>
> ds>Campbell is widely quoted as repeatedly saying "one law
> ds>for all."  There's no problem with that but what does it have to do
> with
> ds>reaching a settlement.  Does he mean that he'd never negotiate and
> instead
> ds>place our future in the hands of the courts,or does it just mean that
> he'd
> ds>rather play bingo than articulate his party's vision of public policy?
>
> If you had been doing your job as a Member of the Legislature, you would
> have seen this long time ago (please note the date):
>
>
>                            NEWS RELEASE
>
>                  BC Liberal Official Opposition
>      Room 201, Parliament Buildings, Victoria B.C. V8V 1X4
>          Phone (604) 356-6171   Fax (604) 356-6176
>
>
>                                                    Immediate Release
>                                                        June 21, 1995
>
>                B.C. LIBERALS ADVOCATE ONE LAW FOR ALL
>              BRITISH COLUMBIANS IN TREATY NEGOTIATIONS
>
>  Victoria -- B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell today released a
> discussion paper outlining improvements to aboriginal treaty negotiations


To claim that the press release answers the question of how the Campbell
Liberals would handle the Nisga'a negotiations is like asking someone the
colour of an orange and getting the answer hot, i.e. it just doesn't make
sense.  Everyone agrees that there should be one law for all.  What does
that have to do with negotiating as the courts have directed, or failing to
do so, accepting the consequences of a court imposed solution?  The press
release doesn't tell us anything about how the Campbell Liberals would deal
with negotiations.  Whatever they are considering on Nov. 18th must be so
hot that Karl won't post it here but I won't hold my breath about it being
any more realistic or relevant to what any government must consider.  The
answer is like the Campbell Liberal economic policy - it just doesn't add
up.
--David
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