Lubicon Lake Band

Prologue: Bishop Woolsey read a letter which went to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from Archbishop Edward Scott, President of the Canadian Council of Churches, in which Archbishop Scott, on behalf of the Canadian Council of Churches, urged the immediate implementation of the resolution passed on February 9th by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development calling on the Government of Canada to initiate bilateral negotiations with the Lubicon Lake Indian Band over the next six months and to appoint the Hon. E. Davie Fulton as mediator in a determined effort to seek a just settlement on this long, outstanding land claims dispute.

Text of motion: That this House request the Primate to write a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to implement the resolution passed on 9 February, 1988 by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development calling on the Government of Canada to initiate bilateral negotiations with the Lubicon Lake Indian Band over the next six months, and to appoint the Hon. E. Davie Fulton as Mediator in a determined effort to see a just settlement on this long outstanding land claims dispute. CARRIED

Subjects: Lubicon Lake First Nation - Alberta; Indigenous peoples - Alberta; Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Anglican Church of Canada; Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Canadian Council of Churches; Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-; Indigenous peoples - Canada; Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development